Back to playing home games

August 2, 2008 | Posted by admin

Well I’ve now played in quite a few home tournament games again and have learned I need to work on my heads up skills as well as a few other points. I’ve racked up 4 2nd place finishes out of 9 games, 0 firsts and then a lot of other random outs. For the past 2 weeks I’ve placed 2nd in the first game then been knocked out quickly in the second game. Blinds go up after each person goes out so perhaps I’m getting used to playing with the larger blinds from the first game and can’t adjust accordingly for the second game. Or perhaps I’m just burned out on playing by the time the second game comes around. I’m still working on that. My reads have been going out as of late as well, I’m more focused on my own damn hand then what everyone else has at the table. I know this is a major problem with me as of late, especially considering that I’m playing against the exact same people almost every week. I seem to do better playing blind, as in not looking at my own hand. If I’m playing off my opponents checks and bets I do better but hey thats how you’re really supposed to play, off the opponent. The cards don’t matter. So I need to find the proper balance.

As for those 4 2nd place finishes 3 of them I had the chip lead going into them. I seem to crack against extremely aggressive players. This used to not be a problem for me. Then again I may just be warming up again. I’ve turned into a lets see the flop type player then I fold to bets. I need to adjust that as well. Any pointers from any of my readers would be greatly appreciated. I seem to be focusing in on a lot of well if I raise big no one will call me with garbage or if I call their big raise and hit with garbage they won’t be expecting it. I think this is a big hole I picked up from trying to play like Gus Hansen a few years back. Blindly wildly aggressive used to be my style. I’ve tightened up quite a bit now that I don’t booze while I play. I guess I just need to readjust and change around my style to less of a numbers game and more of a read game. I’ll keep you updated as to the increase / decrease in my ability and once I have my game back down pat I’ll be putting out a revised version of From Goldfish to Piranha which will more than likely be called The Poker Struggle.

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