Full House
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Under a bridge
Posts: 1,367
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Jason,
I agree with a large part of what you said (multiple tables, AIEV). However, when it comes to red line, I feel like it has been a great tool to judge my game. As I tend to only review hands where I win or lose 50BB or more. Many things that can help me win more money lies in winning tons of 25-35BB pots. Specifically, very controlled aggression, I wouldn't realize my problem if i just looked at where money goes in. I personally find little value in AIEV, as I review those hands anyways and just because you suck out on someone where it was Bottom set vs top set, doesn't make your all in action on the flop bad. Yet sadly, whenever i ran "hot" I would question my decisions.
I also know that what is hard for people to keep up with action is different from person to person. When I was teaching my gf to play Play money tables she couldn't keep up with one table. I am not 24 tabling, though I know that when I had "it" in feb, i was fairly good at taking notes and picking up on reads. Then after my shot at 50nl, my game broke down a bit, i refused to drop the tables and the money loss continued.
Further, I fully plan on playing 9 tables again once I get the basics down. My point is that you have found things that work for you and many of your thoughts are applicable to me, which is why I appreciate your input here, and likely to the wider poker playing population. But, telling others to ignore red line and just focus on reviewing hands, may not be the most efficient way to improve one's game. The reason I vocally disagree here is because, there might be some 2NL person reading this and thinking that since Jason the 200NL says so it must be true, where I suspect there a many different styles that can lead to success in this game.
!luck
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