Re: Looking for inspiration...
just try to play your best and avoid tilting while on this down/break even streak. when you start winning again, you'll be happy you didnt blow up.
that is exactly what I have been focusing on. thanks for that comment as I needed someone to say the same thing I was thinking....
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one thing that seems very different at $400 relative to the sub-$400 games is the EV of the continuation bet...
when miss flop:
my continuation bets were very +EV at lower levels... others would often fold if they had nothing... picking up these small pots keeps your head above water waiting for a big hand...
also at lower levels, my turn (second barrel) bets were not +EV so I generally shut down after flop. Now at $400, my flop continuation bets don't seem to be +EV as I get called more and to compound that, I am prolly not firing enough second barrels. when I do fire a second barrel from position looking for free showdown, it often gets called and then the opponent fires a big bet right into me on the river... that 2/3 pot river bet when I have not much is troubling me...
another thing:
I went on a nice run up when I first started NL$400. I was catching super aggressives with my big hands... I was making nut flushes on turn and checking and then LAG's would go all-in into me on river.... I was making sets and others were overplaying their hands... lately, it seems that nobody is overplaying their hand vs me...
lately, I am making monsters and not making much and pushing big draws hard and getting called down by modest holdings by opponents....
so I have become way too gun shy... I have reduced my AK continuation bets on those Jd Td 8c flops as they aren't working... but this just leads to more bleeding of my stack waiting for the big hand that doesn't get paid off...
I really think that if I am tilting, it is maybe the kind of tilt where I get too tight, not too loose... I am trying to get back on track through tight play but it might be too weak-tight for the $400 game...
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anyone want to share a good example of a switch to their game when they hit a higher level which really helped them??
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