January has been just terrible for me.
I think I have been on soft tilt for the entire month. I can remember one weekend morning after a very good week at the beginning of the month. I was 3 tabling 4NL on Cake and I got it all in PF w KK three times in an hour and got beat by lesser hands. I don’t think I ever really recovered.
Meanwhile, I had been making some steady profit while experimenting with CAP tables on Everleaf, 10NL (CAP $2), so I decided to focus on that for a little while.
I started out playing my normal 6max game. I was instantly amazed at the looseness of the game, especially the F’n crazy Italians on the site. They’d shove PF w just about anything. Initially I was swinging up and down like a yo-yo but I soon learned to tighten up and wait for premium opportunities. The most appealing aspect of the CAP games is that you will get paid off 99% of the time when you make a hand. The least appealing aspect is that you can only win 20 or 25BB. Around mid-month I hit a spell where I was break even for a week or so and just lost my patience… again. I decided to try an experiment.
I noticed a couple players that seemed to have a very simple and efficient style that was suited well for the CAPs. Shove pre-flop AA-JJ + AK and maybe AQ-TT in late pos or after a loose-crazy (a.k.a. Italian) opened. With a few minor exceptions, that was really it. So I figured I’d give it a shot. It was so simple I could easily play 8 tables (which is a lot for me). I ran ok (ok meaning break-even) for the first day and a half, but then everything just fell apart and I spewed 3 buy-ins (15 CAPs) within a two hour period and decided to abort the mission immediately.
So here we are in Feb and I’ve decided to take it back to the basics and just play a good solid tight game. 6Max and/or FR. While looking back at my stats from last year I see that my best BB/100 was at 4NL 6Max. I had a slightly higher $$/100 on the 10NL Cap games, but that has been completely erased by my January CAP Fail.
My goals:
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VPIP/PFR:
20/15 @ 6Max, 15/10 @ FR - At the micros I’m completing the SB with a largish range if I have multiple limpers in front and the BB has a PFR < 5. I also will call limpers in late pos w small and med PP. Otherwise my PFR might be closer to VPIP.
BB/100: 3+
I’ve had no trouble achieving this at the Micros in the past.
$$/100: doesn’t matter.
Leaks I need to plug:
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Stop bluffing:
It should be obvious that it’s just not profitable at the micros but it’s not. I keep doing it. I get to the river and have totally missed my hand and the only way to win it is to bet at it. Everyone is calling with very marginal hands. The way I see it I have two choices, bluff much stronger or just let it go. My plan is to take the NIT road and just let it go.
Exceptions: Stealing blinds, C-Bets, and against very well known tight players… but keep it to a minimum.
Stop calling down w junk on the river:
Why do I so often feel like I’m being bluffed? Probably because the villain’s line didn’t make any sense… well duh, he’s probably a clueless noob. Just let it go. Don’t bluff at it, don’t call it, just let it go and pat myself on the back for doing so.
BR:
Cake: $47
Everleaf: $180
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