First post alert! QQ vs. LAG - Page 2

SteamingFish · #1 06-22-2005, 03:36 PM

Villian sees nearly every flop, raises everything without looking at his cards, yet somehow always seems to win. Not much other info to give since I recently started multitabling (multispewing?), and can barely keep up. Also, I'm tilting like crazy (which makes me play even more passive than normal).

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Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero raises, 1 fold, UTG+2 3-bets, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 5 folds, Hero calls.

I should have reraised PF. It was just about the last hand of a very painful evening, and I'm a coward.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

I should have bet out, right? And called his inevitable raise?

Turn: (6.25 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets, Hero calls.

River: (8.25 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB

On that note, here is why my evening was painful:

This has made me rethink my strategy somewhat. Clearly, two pairs and sets are overrated; they should be abandoned completely. (TPTK? HA!) I know straights aren't usually so bad, so I will call down with them IF I flop one on an unpaired, rainbow flop. If the board pairs or a third suited card comes on the river, I'm folding (even if checked to me on the button). They're just too costly to play.

This leaves flushes and full houses. While I did win an unusually high 50% of my flushes, this may be due to the small data set. On second thought, I'm going to fold those, too. Full houses -- I like these. I will keep them.

I also have a new strategy preflop. I will play AA from the big blind for free ONLY! This has two advantages. First, in the long run, I expect to run about -8BB/100. This is about 5BB/100 *better* than I've been running the last couple nights. This is a HUGE improvement! I've given up trying to win, my goal now is just to get screwed less. Second, this should give me a pretty ultra-tight image. When I get aces and forget the aforementioned strategy and raise from the big blind, it should scare off my more observant opponents. Of course, when 7-8 of them call anyway, I will fold unless I flop a full house, but only aces-full.

I just started reading SSHE for the third time, and as usual, will completely ignore everything I read. Also, I'll drop back down to .50/1 (are there any sites that host $0.01/0.02 games?) Yeah, sorry for this post, but it's my first, so I wanted it to be, you know, special. Since I'm really asking for it, flame away!!

-SteamingFish