Originally Posted by Fortune 500

What I'm trying to say is this, I guess.

Some of these hands are garbage, and against a better player, I get eaten alive in game 1. I wasn't against a better player. I was against a guy who leaked chips like a sieve, and I was catching the droppings. My cards were pretty much irrelevant, because he wasn't going to play back at me. Against a more competent opponent, I play a lot differently.

I appreciate your feedback... it's been helpful. Any more comments are more than welcome.

Originally Posted by andy-akb

I definitely understand your strategy and why it worked against this playr, I used to play very similar to this. Try to feel out my opponent by making a lot of bets in different places early on, but realized that the majority of the time that is spewing chips. Here it worked because you were playing against a very weak tight player; however, the majority of the time I find that Im up against either a maniac or a calling station, both of which make this chip spewing unless you have a hand. So yea, I agree that it worked against this opponent, I just feel like that is too narrow a perspective. It worked here, but often would have costed you chips that you didnt need to be spending. Your cards were irrelevant, but your bets were not, I feel like you could have had this same outcome without as much risk. Try to find how little you can bet to get your opponent to fold so that when they do play back at you, you can let go of the hand without costing yourself a lot. Again, those first 10 hands you dont know if you are against a better player or not, so your strategy should be one that isnt easily exploitable by a better player. You seem to have a good grasp of the heads up concepts, I just feel like you take the aggression a little too far when it isnt needed.