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ponyboy
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02-03-2005, 11:16 PM
Post subject: Best to move tables or stay where you are?
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I have been tending to move around playing online NL after about 50 hands so that nobody can get a read on me at a table. So far it has been paying off. The only problem is that I spend part of the time getting to know the other players.
Do you stick at one table for the duration of your play or do you move around a little? Would you rather "run the table" with an aggressive style or sit back and wait for the good cards to pop up?
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JeffreyGB
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02-04-2005, 04:01 AM
Post subject: Re: Best to move tables or stay where you are?
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Originally Posted by ponyboy
I have been tending to move around playing online NL after about 50 hands so that nobody can get a read on me at a table. So far it has been paying off. The only problem is that I spend part of the time getting to know the other players.
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If you're reading players, you're ahead (assuming you play at fairly low stakes - less than a dollar blinds). You're better off staying with a table that you have a read on than moving to a table in fear that someone else has a read on you. At these stakes, chances are good that the people you're playing against don't have the knack for reading you that you fear.
Even if you're playing at higher stakes, if you have a solid read on people, you'd better serve yourself by throwing them off a bit through changing gears for a while than by moving to a new table. If they read your play, their responses will be predictable, so you can just invoke the responses you want by playing the way they think you'd play with a given hand.
For example, last night I played a hand that ended up heads up. I was sure the guy had little read on me, and just as sure that in a heads up situation he'd slowly build the pot and then try to buy it on the river, no matter the cards. I had QQ. Flop 994. He min-raised and I just called. Turn was Q. He raised 2 or 3xBB and I just called. River was a rag. He went all-in, and naturally, I called. He had T4o - 2 pair, 9s and 4s. Naturally, my full house beat him. He asked why I hadn't bet. I just told him it had seemed like a good idea at the time. Then a few hands later when it was heads up between us again, I mimicked the same play with J high. He checked the turn and when I bet 1/4 the pot, he folded, stating that he knew that I had at least an over pair to his top pair. Both hands were possible only because I had a read on him AND I played his read on me against him.
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Originally Posted by ponyboy
Do you stick at one table for the duration of your play or do you move around a little? Would you rather "run the table" with an aggressive style or sit back and wait for the good cards to pop up?
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I do a mix of both. Running the table is awesome, but at a full table, you have to have the cards to back up your play at least enough times to make an impression. You'll hear that Tight/Aggressive is the best style of play. Choose good cards to go in on, and wrap the table around your fingers when you have them.
- Jeffrey
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