Re: Comments on roryk's play at Greg's

Date: 2004-12-18 04:23 (UTC)
It is funny, because I play much looser at Greg's game than I do in any other game, and I am positive that is the reason why I get creamed constantly in that game. It is an ego thing-- it is $4/8, how good could these guys be? But, they are good enough so that I cannot overcome the card advantage I am often giving. I would be better off playing my usual game in that game, I think.

I think it comes down to style. I am used to people always thinking I have the ace when it flops, because I usually do. I am content to take down little pots instead of big ones. I win by just not playing many hands and generally winning whatever little pots I am in on the flop. If I catch cards I accumulate a lot of money-- if I don't I lose the blinds every round and whatever but I don't lose much either because I am not playing many hands.

Playing too loose winds up messing up my postflop play at Greg's game, because my postflop play is predicated on the generation of a always-has-it image. I steal the blinds with crap in that game, and once I've shown some garbage a few times, I lose the cornerstone on which the rest of my play is based.

I tried to play like Bruce (and you to a lesser extent) does a few times, just to see what it was like. It requires a completely different skill set postflop which I don't have. It requires, I guess, better postflop skills that I have-- that is why I think you are a better player than me. I just wait for better cards than you do.
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