Introduction & a question

[imported_metrognome7]

Good evening, or morning, or whatever it is where you are.

My name's Adam - 25, radio news anchor from Illinois. I just signed up here at 2+2 after reading "HEfAP" and a few other tomes, and just clicking around reading everything I could tonight I feel my game has improved. Thank you for the advice and the shared knowledge.

Poker's been a hobby for me since I was old enough to sit up at the table on my own power. For about fifteen years all I played was live $.05/$.10 and $.10/$.25 limit dealer's choice - everything from 7stud and Texas to Baseball and Between the Sheets. From those games I learned basic strategy, bankroll management, reading skills. In the last few years I've joined the mad mob and started playing NLTHE more than anything else, both live and online. FullTilt, for some reason or another, is where I play. Real-world bankroll issues have kept me on the upper nanolimits ($.10/$.25) and $11 SnG's for the last year; if I make $50, I have to cash it out because it helps pay the bills. Maybe that's foolish, maybe not, but it's kind of nice to have an extra $50 in my pocket every month from killing the fish consistently.

Anyway, I'm posting partly for the purpose of introduction and partly because I have a question: how much do you all rely on theory, odds, and such things, and how often do you simply "feel" the right move? When I'm stuck or confused or whatever at the table I'll use math and such to help find my way out of the woods, but oftentimes - if I'm calm, breathing normally, relaxed - I'll sort of take in the situation as a whole and then POW! The right move is there, fully formed in my head. Sometimes it's just a matter of "Fold. You may have the nut straight but you're beat," other times it's to the point of "This a**clown's got Kd9s and he's trying to make a semi-bluff because he's put me on a double draw. RERAISE!" Does anyone else experience this?

I look forward to f*cking around and learning with y'all in coming days.

--Adam--