Originally Posted by asdpikas

Apart from that, see for yourselves... It is all mostly FAIL

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

You seriously only fold 38% of the big blind to a steal?

Originally Posted by elipsesjeff

Otherwise 1 ptbb/100 at 3/6 both 6max and full ring is still not "Bad" and better than most. It also depends on how many tables you play too as if you 8 table then obviously 1 ptbb/100 is really good, if you 1 table 1 ptbb/100 probably isn't that good.

Originally Posted by Chopper

as for your shots...

i feel you have almost trained a lot of the way i think, juan, and i have to say, we may be overly aggressive at times for TODAY's games. i think we have the tendency to default to "max value with medium hands" because we feel we can read the other guy better, and we feel an overwhelming need for "balance." so, we tend to keep the throttle down. instead of earning max value, we also blow people off pots.

sure, we know how to induce bluffs, but we don't know when to sit back and take it easy with them. we adjust to certain villains, but don't tend to let them spew off multiple streets often enough because...

we are too concerned with slowplaying, and getting burned, and giving free cards, and not grabbing all the value we can in a game where max value is absolutely critical.

lately, i have been all over Lawdude for not maxxing value in some spots, but he has also tempered me a bit, too. from going back to SSHE and HEFAP, for the fundamentals, i have focused on passivity a bit more often. it does a couple of things...

- makes you hella tough to read.
- earns you more because these fools think you turned off the gas because you are beat.
- allows you to play some other crappy stuff cheaper.
- allows you to keep some odds in your favor.

dont get me wrong, i am still a HUGE fan of aggression. but, i cant help but wonder if the dynamic of TODAY's games has changed to such an aggressive format that playing passive isn't almost a little better way to go at times. the games are very "bluffy" and i can only imagine the higher levels are worse.

guys are so concerned with value betting Ahi that they kind of screw themselves when the stations are out there. the only trick to my strategy, that i am focusing on, is to balance between being a station and lag (not that i could ever be a lag).....and bouncing back and forth. i overlimp a lot more now, and i wait for the river more, and i still know when i am up against a station so i value bet the shit out of HIM!

just a guess from one great mind to another....lol.