NIT City

Yesterday was pretty frustrating for me on the tables.  I was cruising along and up a couple of buyins before losing a huge pot when I flopped a set of tens against AA on an all diamond board. 

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=4794345
pokenum  -h ad ac  - th ts  -- td 3d 6d 
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing Td 6d 3d
cards  win   %win  lose  %lose  tie  %tie     EV
Ac Ad  337  34.04   653  65.96    0  0.00  0.340
Ts Th  653  65.96   337  34.04    0  0.00  0.660

I’ll spare you the hand history on that one.  I can’t complain about getting my money in as a 2:1 favorite.

Everything kind of snowballed after that and when I finally gave up, I was dead even on the day. 

The games are so dry right now.  I’ll datamine 16 tables at a time on FT and maybe only 4 will have 2 fish or more.  The rest are filled with rakeback nits and TAGs.   Since I’m trying to improve my game, I don’t mind sitting with TAGs at these micro levels.  They are pretty good pre-flop, but for the most terrible post flop.  I have been trying to stay out of the pre-flop wars with them and outplay them post flop. 

When you play against TAGs, you gotta mix it up a bit.  Raising pre-flop, throwing out a c-bet, then check folding the turn will get you into trouble with a semi-thinking player, so you have to throw a changeup every now and again to keep them honest:

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HAND #1


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Full Tilt, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players


Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker





SB: $24.40 (97.6 bb)


BB: $25.10 (100.4 bb)


Predator314 (UTG): $39 (156 bb)


MP: $63.75 (255 bb)


CO: $62.15 (248.6 bb)


BTN: $25 (100 bb)





Pre-Flop: Predator314 is UTG with K A


Predator314 raises to $0.85, MP calls $0.85, CO calls $0.85, 3 folds





Flop: ($2.90) 4 2 6 (3 players)


Predator314 checks, MP checks, CO bets $1.75, Predator314 raises to $6.50, MP folds, CO calls $4.75





Turn: ($15.90) J (2 players)


Predator314 bets $11, CO folds





Results:

Spoiler:

$15.90 pot ($0.75 rake)

Predator314 mucked K A (high card Ace) and won $15.15 ($7.80 net)

I think I’ll change things up a bit this evening.  I’m not sure how much time I’ll have for poker as I have several real life chores that need done.  However, when I do sit down, I think I’ll play in a tourney or 2 and then keep 2 ring games open at the same time.