Running good is so nice

So online has been good to me since I started back up at 100NL. A few pots I lost to some suckouts but I've been focusing on just playing solid positional poker. However at times it's been hard to play a decent amount of hands and play them aggressively. I tend to play tables where alot of people are putting money in to see the flop. That way I can play a tighter game and exploit them by playing strong hands while they are playing a wide range of hands. Now my strategy can be exploited here because if my opponents know I'm playing a small percentage of hands it will make it easier to determine what hands I have at certain times. So I also throw in a decent amount of semi-bluffs to keep them guessing, while appearing to play a very tight game. The money I put into the pot in the cut off or on the button is double what I put in from the first position to act preflop. Also given that this is a small stakes game alot of the players are very bad.

On 2 different tables tonight I was running even tighter then normal, some due to bad cards, and some due to people playing very aggressive thus minimizing the hands I would be able to play. Even still through this I had these 2 hands play out where between the 2 tables I had been puting money in preflop about 10% of the time (extreeeeeeeeeemely tight)

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

Hero (SB): $98.50
BB: $83.70
UTG: $104.30
CO: $102.60
BTN: $127.00

Preflop: Hero is dealt Ad Ac (5 Players)
2 folds, BTN raises to $3.50, Hero raises to $11.50, BB folds, BTN calls $8.00

Flop: ($24) 6c 7c 2c (2 Players)
Hero bets $17.00, BTN raises all-in to $115.50, Hero calls all-in for $70.00
Uncalled bet of $28.50 returned to BTN

Turn: ($198) Qd (2 Players - 2 All-In)

River: ($198) Td (2 Players - 2 All-In)

Pot Size: $198.00 ($3 Rake)

BTN had Qc As (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$98.50)
Hero had Ad Ac (a pair of Aces) and WON (+$96.50)


Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.50/$1 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SB: $152.75
BB: $99.10
UTG: $80.45
CO: $77.45
Hero (BTN): $105.10

Preflop: Hero is dealt Ah Ac (5 Players)
2 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, SB folds, BB raises to $11.00, Hero raises to $29.00, BB raises all-in to $99.10, Hero calls $70.10

Flop: ($198.70) 3d 4h Ks (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Turn: ($198.70) 6d (2 Players - 1 All-In)

River: ($198.70) 2c (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $198.70 ($3 Rake)

BB had Qd Ad (Ace King high) and LOST (-$99.10)
Hero had Ah Ac (a pair of Aces) and WON (+$96.60)


Both villains here had stats around 20/16/4 where 1st is % of times they put money in preflop, 2nd being % of times they raise preflop, and 3rd is the aggression factor calculated by the number of times the bet+raise all divided by the times they call.

So with these villains stacking off very lightly to me, especially while running as tight as I had been just goes to show how beatable the games still are.


Heres my stats and wins since I moved back to 100NL May 17th. (Not alot of hands for one month)