http://simong_uk.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] simong-uk.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] peterbirks 2006-03-05 04:53 pm (UTC)

Re: Also a fan of Ax suited....

Interesting feedback. I don't play $2/4 and haven't done for a long time (apart from when helping out a new player for a few hours here and there) and I don't keep the kind of stats that you do, although I do keep them, so I am inclined to give your version the nod. I think we definitely do have different styles, you mentioned in a previous post about +/- $100 sessions, and my style gives me far more extreme results (pro rata'd)than yours. I wonder if I played using your ID if anyone at that level would notice? My instincts tell me no - there are a lot of ridiculously unobservant players at much higher levels, but perhaps there are a few train spotters at $2/$4 that would notice the change in style. In the games I am currently playing, I maintain that that hand is destined for a showdown. I will only be part of that showdown, of course, with a made flush. This is where the 30-40BB pots are taken down.

In terms of "harmless players" I meant that as anyone that would be drawing to a worse flush or drawing at a straight with multi-way action. You are drawing at your nut flush and if it hits, it is good. If I don't get an extra caller or two behind me, well that's too bad, and I may have to accept that I am marginally out of line from time to time, depending on how the betting goes. I am comfortable with that - in fact a lot of my preflop play is -EV, with the intention of taking advantage of some appalling post flop play elsewhere.

I think you probably are playing against weak-tight players and it should be absolutely harvest time for you, nice game selection!

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