Having Fun at 50nl [240 hands / +$40.85]

Posted by icemonkey9 on Sep 22, 2008 in General | 0 comments

Just put in the 1 session today and had a blast. OMG are there fish at 50nl. I put in refresher time before the session with some of the Ed Miller's Poker Made Simple videos from Stox and then hit up the tables. The games were standard and I made some great reads versus LAGs and exploited the TAG and Nit play.

Consider this ... in 250 hands I got AA twice and KK twice. Combined profit from those four hands: $4.60 ... that's right, never got to see a flop with any of them. In addition I hit a set with some 7s, but the board was a nasty 9JQ with two hearts and the opponent called my cbet and then shoved the K turn that filled the straight and the flush (obviously I let it go). Since my big hands weren't getting paid I really feel this session went well and I made solid reads by exploiting position and 3betting at the right time.

Stats:

Hands: 240
Tables: 4 @ 50nl on PokerStars
Profit: +$40.85
bb/100: 17.02
3bet %: 6.2

So I'm really happy obviously with the amount won. I am real close to retaining Silverstar status and should I put in some work hours tonight I'll have more free time tomorrow and Wednesday to get that done. Couple that with a totally free Saturday morning (VERY rare for me) to hit up the tables and I'm looking good.

Some hands ...

Jedi Hand Reading? Maybe.

Villain over only 9 hands is a 100/0/0.3 ... yeow. Anyways I put him on some crap hand. The flop is great for me and I was actually surprised he flatted me. I bet again and when he flatted I really thought he had some overs ... something like A9 or even AJ. I went with my read and bet the river and I can't explain his call.

Exploiting Position + Weak Bets from Opponent

His cbet was really weak so I figured I'd float him on that flop. The plan was that if he checked or did another really weak bet I'd pop him, and if he 3/4 to potted it, I'd go away. Well he weak bet the turn and so I raised him very healthily and took it down.