playing the role of the table bully

[bw5234]

I am not sure if this should be in this section or the B@M. I have been experimenting with playing the part of the maniac in my local casino playing 2/4. Table is usually loose passive half full of retired and then a few calling stations that will fold on the river, and a couple strong players I dont care to mess with. It is also fairly unusual to see a preflop raise. I have tried this 3 times and it has paid off nicely on all 3 runs. This has been my basic stratgey, play tight for the first hour or so when I win a big hand I immeditly try to win the next hand with aggressivness to cause a kill game. Upon successfully getting to the kill game I proceed to raise preflop no matter the cards im holding. This works best for me if I am in a early to middle position. None of the retirees will call the $8 preflop and 1 or 2 of the stations will. And if it goes on long enough and I get to late position they will fold because they know whats comming. I will then come out betting, raising and reraising. After about 4 or 5 of these hands a couple will get wise to whats happening and bumb me off of these rushes. I easily double or triple my stack in the process and knock a few players out along the way. After my streak is over I go back to tighting up.

I guess what my question is this total craziness? Does anyone else use a similiar stratagy? I know it does not make me popular at the table and can be extremelly hazordus to my bankroll but it changes the whole dynamics of the table. I get a lot more action on my strong hands.

[bw5234]

No responses? Does this mean this post doesnt belong here, no one is online, or I am the worlds biggest Donk?

[DrewOnTilt]

It's a 2-4 game. Image is almost irrelevant because no one is paying attention anyway. Raising with anything is just spewing chips, and it will come back to bite you in the end.

[bw5234]

In a 2/4 game I agree with you about image, what has me intrigued about this is that the image does change even if its for a half hour when I change the game into $8/16 on these kill games. To me it just seems like not many people at the 2/4 level care to get involved when they may lose most of their chips to knock you off. This may be nothing more the chip spewing. But I figured I was using their chips anyway

[PSW]

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But I figured I was using their chips anyway

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NEVER think this way. If they are in front of you, they are your chips and can pay your mortgage or your car payment or buy you chocolate. Always make good decisions if you are stuck or winning. I have heard people say the same thing after making a couple of good trades... "I'm gonna go for it. It's the market's money anyway..." ACK!

psw

[bw5234]

PSW you are absoulutly correct, I agree 110% about them being my chips, I guess my thought process is I am going to leverage them to get more. I know this seems like needless chip spewing but in most of these games it is obvious when you are beat.

[xxxxx]

It's a kill pot. I'm in the small blind with AQs. The poster raises. I'm the only caller. The flop is K-x-x. I check fold. He turns over 84o (no pair). Just screwing around because he is on a rush. Am I suppose to call him down?

[crunchy1]

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It's a kill pot. I'm in the small blind with AQs. The poster raises. I'm the only caller. The flop is K-x-x. I check fold. He turns over 84o (no pair). Just screwing around because he is on a rush. Am I suppose to call him down?

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Isn't this the perfect example of the point that the OP is trying to make?

[DrewOnTilt]

Check out this post from earlier this year:

Tilting while on a rush. (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=psych&Number=1495887&Forum =f12&Words=%2Btilting%20%2Brush&Searchpage=0&Limit =25&Main=1495887&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=&d aterange=1&newerval=&newertype=&olderval=1&olderty pe=d&bodyprev=#Post1495887)

It's a good discussion about how it is bad to deviate from your normal winning game, whether it is because of a bad streak or a good streak.