i think i figured something out.

i like to play small. i like to raise 3X with draws and button steals. i like to open pots w/ pps for 3X too. i like to throw in 4X when i really would rather avoid the flop. and, i dont usually go over a raise of $1.25, unless i have the goods...then, its $1.50 based on limpers. and, RRes go to 3X the original pot, or whatever it takes to destroy odds to draw.

i like to minraise sets on dry boards. i like to semi-bluff bigger hands repping sets. i like to bet some draws and check them when they hit. i like inducing bluffs, too.

it appears i like to value bet very softly. i do. my bluffs look like value bets, and they often come on scary boards...with my tight ass image, and they usually get folds. and with all that soft-betting...i fold to aggression, unless i'm setting you up.

thats my game. and i'm sticking to it. it wins. not maybe a ton, but it wins. my reads are better when i play like this, my variance is minimized, too. i'm a value-betting nit, that likes to semi-bluff.

however, lately, i have been doing a lot of talking about bet-sizing, picking off bluffs, etc. and i have received a lot of advice, from well respected posters here and elsewhere, and the advice varies a little, but is correct....more so than my game.

so, i decided to follow that advice. AND WENT ON THE WORST RUN OF MY LIFE!!

dont get me wrong, its not the advice. its that it took me completely out of my element, and may as well left me in the dark. and i couldnt make the adjustments.

i have learned something from this 12 BI swing over the last week...dont make wholesale changes to your game.

incorporate them a little bit at a time.

now its time to return to my normal game. small pots and value bets...with the occasional big pot mixed in when i have the big edge.

lets see the results over this week...combined with the fact that variance cant kick me in the ass any harder than it has.

nowhere to go but up, baby!!