Over the past two nights it really has been swings and roundabouts! I've played a variety of games, Omaha 8, Stud 8, Limit Holdem and Razz cash games. I've even moved up to $0.50/$1. I went down to as low as $522 but now back up to $585.85 following the grind of the early hours of this morning. Staker says I can keep all that I make pre-Xmas which is awesome.
I have looked into my rakeback and it turns out I am getting 10% on Full Tilt. Abysmal. But it seems the guy is still around to pay up because he messaged me back instantly and it sounds like he does check stuff regularly. He says next payment comes in mid January.
I've got a-chatting to a couple 2p2ers, marshalldylan10 and LT7. LT7 said he was interested in staking me. I told him I already got me some money but I need a roll on Stars. Marshall likes Stud 8 but mostly plays on Stars. I am gonna try to keep talking to them both about hands and strategy.
I had a fair few big hands this morning. I got rolled up trips at least three times. One time I had rolled tens and a guy who took off with split sevens made quads. Ouch. It also didn't help that he was the most aggressive player at the table, meaning that I lost a lot of bets that hand. No matter, I won them all back from him later because he kept jamming a low draw against my three jacks and three sevens ^_^. They couldn't figure out what I had when I was going berserk with a JT53 board with no suits. I think if I keep betting and raising no matter what I should turn a big profit with those hands. Previously I thought it was better to try and make it look like I have a low. But the board doesn't come out good for me often enough and I just miss out on a load of money.
Marshall suggested I sort the categories on my PT Stud out. We figured out that small split pairs are likely longterm losers. I'm making money on my buried 99-QQ but not split. I put KK into its own category - it obviously does a lot better than QQ and worse as long as there's no Ace showing. The lower the pair the more you gotta worry about overcards being paired in your opponents' hands. I will update on this later once I've got a few thousand more hands in.
In the Omaha games I am doing very well. I'm not making any mistakes preflop and I think my recognition of how to play various hands (limp or raise) has developed a lot. Postflop there's always room for improvement. I think I make a lot of good folds but there are times I think I should not pay off on the river so much regardless of pot size. I look at the pot and can't resist the pot odds! I think I have to improve at Limit 6max as I have struggled a lot against some hyperaggro players. It's frustrating seeing the flop with your strong hands out of position but missing and giving them the pot just because they've got a bet and a dream. You can't just throw away A23x to a guy because he has position, ya know?
I forgot to add that I also played some Triple Draw 2-7. It's so fun! Here's a little picture of me holding THE HOLY CITY :
Signing off,
LUCIUS VARENUS
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