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Old 01-31-2010, 10:04 PM     Post subject: Looking for balance #1 (permalink)  
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I am a tight aggressive player. I play 1/3NL live.

My problem is I never seem to win any money but I dont lose a lot of money either. I can sit in a 4 hour session and maybe win 35-40 dollars or lose 30-40 dollars. I have had a few times where I have won 100-200 and I have had times when I have lost that much but on the average its usuall under a hundred win or loss.
Today for example I played 3 1/2 hours and lost 35.00. I would have been a big winner but my trip 7's lost to a player who stayed with 6-9 and got her flush on the river. Tjis is another thing that always seems to happen. I will build a nice stack and usually run into a hand like the one I just described.
I dont want to loosen up too much because I watch the board and dont see alot of hands I would have taken down.
I think I am a good solid player and always finish in the top 5 in home games but in live poker I cant seem to cash.
Should I loosen up my starting hands, keeping in mind my position.
Should I limp in more with hands like K-10s, Ax s/os and throw in a few suited connectors (5-6,7-8-8-10) I have no trouble playing the big connectors or pairs.
Any advice would be appreciated. I enjoy the game and playing for 3-5 hours and only being out 25 to 40 dollars or being up that amount is not the end of the world but I would like a better return on my money. The casino does pay me 1.25 an hour to play and I am comped all my meals and in the VIP room drinks are only a dollar so there are some fringe benefits for the time spent in the casino.
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Old 02-01-2010, 12:39 AM #2 (permalink)  
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1. my guess is you're a conservative player. if you can handle the swings, play your big hands and big draws more aggressively.
2. build bigger pots with your big hands preflop. anyone who has already put $3 in the pot is loathe to fold, they must like something about their hand. $30-$40 preflop raises are not that uncommon in most $1-$3 games.
Playing big pots at small stakes.
 
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Old 02-01-2010, 01:58 AM #3 (permalink)  
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As already mentioned, it does sound like you are a conservative player. You also seem like the type of player who wont 3bet 55 in position too. To further the type of player you are, I'm guessing you will play your small hands small and your big hands big.

If this is the case, maybe here is where you need your balance.

Personally I am a big fan and advocator of playing aggressive/aggressive and betting almost everything that suits me at the time. I bet sets like I would draws (and air) and incorporate hand reads and ranging into timing.

By having a more consistent approach to betting, over a set amount of time, your opponents will struggle to range you and this is where you can get a lot more out of your bigger hands and really start to extract value.

I started to adopt this strategy when I was finding that I would get no action on my big starting hands like AA/KK, simply because I was seen as an extremely tight player. When playing like this, you really need to think about what youre doing and how far you are prepared to take it. You also need to be completely aware of all the players on your table, including table dynamic and know the best time to switch gears. The ideal time I find is when it is obvious to the table of the type of player you are.

In the example that you provided losing with a set of 7's to 6/9s do you have anything more to add on this to determine where things went wrong for you?

How was this played preflop? What happened on the flop/turn to keep your opponent in the hand?

The way that you describe this is that you paid your opponent off in the end when they made their flush. If you're going to be doing this, why wouldn't you just try and stack them on the flop/turn and work more on protecting your hand? Better question is how did they become involved in the hand in the first place?
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