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LAGging indicators
Dec. 31st, 2009 12:01 pmI decided to play a Laggy style on Stars this morning. No particular reason. I'd read a rather good post on the matter on 2+2 (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78/micro-stakes-full-ring/improving-your-redline-pooh-baah-637589/); I'd kind of reached all of my targets for the year; I suspect that all of the sites will eventually move to contributory rake, and I just fancied a bit of interest.
Obviously, I did my bollocks. Well, not really, the actual loss for $100BI 250 hands was not that much ($87), although the volatility was obviously much higher. Given the cards I got, I would probably have lost about $30 playing my "normal" style.
My standard 12.5%/10% style moved to 22.5%/17%. Button raises went up from 20/15 to 43/30. Of 30 hands, 3 went to showdown and I lost the lot. But I still finished up ahead from button play. My losses were in my normally "strong" areas of early position and middle position.
Mentally I'm not suited to this style even though, paradoxically, I find it more exciting. The paradox is resolved in the sense that I am not seeking excitement or "fun" when I play my "professional" poker. The big question is the bottom line.
Now, given that I am rather new to this kind of play, and that it is necessarily more volatile, I would probably have to stick with it for quite a while to establish whether I would be able to generate a higher win rate per hour. I think I could definitely generate a higher win rate per 100 hands, but six-tabling in this style is far harder than six-tabling at 12/10. I spotted at least one situation where I had put in a dodgy raise and then failed to make a continuation bet because I had a difficult river decision on another table. But, well, practise, practise.
Here's some hands, with comments:
( hands )
Obviously, I did my bollocks. Well, not really, the actual loss for $100BI 250 hands was not that much ($87), although the volatility was obviously much higher. Given the cards I got, I would probably have lost about $30 playing my "normal" style.
My standard 12.5%/10% style moved to 22.5%/17%. Button raises went up from 20/15 to 43/30. Of 30 hands, 3 went to showdown and I lost the lot. But I still finished up ahead from button play. My losses were in my normally "strong" areas of early position and middle position.
Mentally I'm not suited to this style even though, paradoxically, I find it more exciting. The paradox is resolved in the sense that I am not seeking excitement or "fun" when I play my "professional" poker. The big question is the bottom line.
Now, given that I am rather new to this kind of play, and that it is necessarily more volatile, I would probably have to stick with it for quite a while to establish whether I would be able to generate a higher win rate per hour. I think I could definitely generate a higher win rate per 100 hands, but six-tabling in this style is far harder than six-tabling at 12/10. I spotted at least one situation where I had put in a dodgy raise and then failed to make a continuation bet because I had a difficult river decision on another table. But, well, practise, practise.
Here's some hands, with comments:
( hands )
