CistaCista
Visionary
Silver Level
Disclaimers
1) I am just learning the game so bear with me
2) This is an experiment and I will probably develop away from it
As a developing player I was looking to become more agrassive, and have adopted the small ball strategy as Daniel Negreanu explained it in some available videos. I play a large range of hands, often raising but with just minimum bets.
With small ball, since you play both so-so hands and monsters in similar ways, the opponent cannot pin down what you have. More info is coming in yor direction than the other way. In my experiment I take this to extremes: in short, the decision whether I bet or check post-flop is randomised. (I will try to expain it better in the next post).
What I get from this randomisation is that I KNOW that I am not sending information about my hand to the villain. He may THINK he is getting info on my hand, but the only actual information is going from him to me. Even if I play the same guy for hours he will never be able to figure me out.
As always with small ball poker you lose many small pots while waiting for big wins. That’s fine with me. What I can see is that after I started this I am beginning to win actual money here and there, and see some people getting quite upset with my random playstyle. I can also see that my strategy works better against more skilled opponents that pay attention and try to pin me down, and it works better on smaller tables.
Do you think the experiment is useful? Any comments are welcome!
1) I am just learning the game so bear with me
2) This is an experiment and I will probably develop away from it
As a developing player I was looking to become more agrassive, and have adopted the small ball strategy as Daniel Negreanu explained it in some available videos. I play a large range of hands, often raising but with just minimum bets.
With small ball, since you play both so-so hands and monsters in similar ways, the opponent cannot pin down what you have. More info is coming in yor direction than the other way. In my experiment I take this to extremes: in short, the decision whether I bet or check post-flop is randomised. (I will try to expain it better in the next post).
What I get from this randomisation is that I KNOW that I am not sending information about my hand to the villain. He may THINK he is getting info on my hand, but the only actual information is going from him to me. Even if I play the same guy for hours he will never be able to figure me out.
As always with small ball poker you lose many small pots while waiting for big wins. That’s fine with me. What I can see is that after I started this I am beginning to win actual money here and there, and see some people getting quite upset with my random playstyle. I can also see that my strategy works better against more skilled opponents that pay attention and try to pin me down, and it works better on smaller tables.
Do you think the experiment is useful? Any comments are welcome!