In my last approximately 30 hours of play, I am up 76.975 bets, but still down real dollars. Huh? Sometimes, it REALLY does matter the stakes you are playing and which games you run well in, and which games you don't.
In the 8/16 and the 20/40 when it goes, I have been running like a god. But in the 40/80 I have been getting my teeth kicked in. Now of course there is a difference in the player pools and the caliber of play, particularly when you go from 8/16 to 20/40. However, the 40/80 player pool and the 20/40 player pool are essentially the same at Oceans-11, with a few extra people who show up to play 40/80, but nobody I can't handle. I just can't seem to catch a break in the 40 game.
In my last ten 20/40 sessions, I am up 148.325 bets in 28 hours of play. In my last ten 8/16 sessions, I am up 213.9375 bets in 35.5 hours of play. In my last ten 40/80 sessions, I am down an obscene number of bets in only 127 hours of play. Part of the issue with the 40/80 is that it only goes once a week, and so it is difficult to keep any positive momentum or energy flowing easily from session to session, and makes it hard to turn it around, since I have to wait another week before I get a chance to play at that level again. Possibly, since I have been playing a lot more 8/16 this year bad habits from playing that game are creeping over and causing me to make mistakes that get magnified and punished in the 40/80 game that the 8/16 players are not capable of doing. So I am going to be much more aware of that this week when I play.
I got out for a rare Tuesday session last night. The 20 game got fired up around 5:30 starting 4 handed. The game eventually filled up and we had a ramming jamming chip flinging affair. At some point in the evening, overs buttons got passed around and everyone at the table took one. So we were basically playing 40/80 with mini blinds and $20 preflop wagers. It was a very fun game, and I simply got to run over it to the tune of 92.5 bets ($40 bets). Not sure exactly how to book this game in my stats, since it was technically a 20/40 game, and I don't remember what time the overs came into play. Hmmm, I'll figure something out here eventually.
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Can you share an example of a bad habit at 8/16?
So for example you really shouldn't open with J9s more than 3 seats off the button. However in 8/16 I take liberties and probably open it sooner than I should. However at 8/16 this is ok as I rarely get 3 bet and usually just get cold called in multiple spots and I know how to navigate post flop pretty well against typical competition at this level. In the 40 this is a rare occurrence. This raise if done too early is usually going to result in either taking down the blinds or getting 3 bet and then having to play a bloated pot out of position or getting involved in a blind defense against the big blind. The number of heads up pots versus multiway pots is probably like 3:1 or more in the 40 game.
Thanks. That kinda explains why i get clobbered when i play low limit games.
Wacky,
What time does the 40 usually start?
Thanks
The 40 game usually starts every Friday sometime between 8:30 and 8:45 am, although it seems like lately, it has been starting earlier and earlier.
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