Party Poker Strategy Help

[Moonsugar]

Recently had my worst losing streak ever playing SNG's. This has caused me to reevaluate my strategy at Party. It was a combination of bad play (I am afraid it is true) and some really bad luck. (I had just made my biggest cashout, maybe there is a cashout penalty!!!!) Essentially I lost so much that I went from $50 sng to $20 sng in order to regroup emotionally, reasses my strategy and make sure I didn't have to ever add money back into my poker account from my checking account.

I like playing at Party because the players just aren't that good. 2 or 3 bad players at the table makes your equity go way up. However my strategy needs some adjustments.

Essentially I play a supertight, aggressive strategy.

First few orbits don't play anything but AA-JJ. AK and AQ. Most of the time I will raise as the tables are usually passive, but limping with AA and KK is preferred if I feel I will be reraised from early position. Open raise I ALWAYS (problem?) raise 3x the blind in the beginning of the tourney.

If action is folded or many limpers to me in late position I will also play pair down to 33 (depending on how many limpers etc.). Play other high cards here too, depending on texture, but usually not if anyone is in ahead of me. First from mid to late I will (almost) always raise.

Later int tourney I loosen up.

Nothing earth shattering in these hand requirements. And I don't think these are the biggest problem I have. The real problem is what to do after the flop. If I flop a big hand I basically dont have a big enough stack to protect it after the first few levels (unless I have doubled up). Typically post flop I make pot sized bets (problem?). This may be a problem I have with position too, as if I flop a nice hand I (almost) always bet if I raised preflop and was called.

Example lets say I have T750 and I get AK in UTG+2 when the blinds are 25/50. I raise to 150, button calls and blinds fold. So, pot is two way with T375 and I have T600. Flop comes KJ3 with 2 hearts (of which I have none) and I bet T400. Usually I will win but now at the turn I can't charge an effective price to any draws.

Notice that since I almost always make a big bet if I have a hand I also make a big bet if I am bluffing (problem?). So, if I get called or raised on a bluff later in the tourney I am toast cause I have so few chips. I see these guys that vary chip bets and wonder how they do it.

Essentially what I am getting at is Party Poker becomes basically an all-in fest rather quickly for me with this style. It seems like poker should be more than memorization of all-in prices.

Should I just continue my style and know that math will make me money (given the right game selection)? Or are there some changes I could make to allow more poker? Maybe I need to reduce the size of my bets post flop? I see guys do this all the time but that seems like a gamble to me. Any comments appreciated.

Oh, don't say go to Stars cause I am already there. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Just want comments on strategy at Party.

Thanks.