nevadanick
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I saw part of Aussie Millions where Phil Ivey raises with rags very often and reraises very frequently. ? was there a reason to this
As mentioned, TV shows give a very distorted view of real-life poker. You do NOT see the non-action hands, folded hand after hand. Basing your own play only on what you see them do on TV makes for a VERY bad strategy.
Any $ you've made is a fluke. You'll lose $ in the long run playing like this.
Yep, these are the majority of players that we see disappear from the player list in the first hour of large field MTT's.
I think you just made me open my mind by making me realize that changing styles of play can be very effective. Play loose-aggressive and then when people think i play like a lucky jackass while being a chip leader, i become tight-aggressive using chip leader strategy and play solid poker. By the time people try to adjust to my loose-aggressive play, I can play tight-aggressive and it'll screw up their strategy. Once people start thinking I play very conservatively, I will then bluff often and play loose again because I've given tight-image to the table. Changing styles can be very effective. Thank you very much for this information. I guess changing styles can be effective. I'll try this tomorrow in daily dollar.
So far, I've been playing through one style, which was tight-aggressive with little gambling feel inside of me. But now, I'll try changing styles.
You might want to consider limiting those 'changes of style' to more of a 'range of hands' change. Switching from jackass mode to super-nit puts you all over the board and still means your sessions of 'jackass' mode need to survive with nothing more than luck. Good players pickup on this quickly and will still adjust to you and the chip bleeding will continue for you.
Look at your own stats on OPR. Are your MTT results anywhere near what you would like to see?
I built it up to 7000. Kept doing the same thing, and then later, when I got monster hand, I flopped set of 7s. Kept doing same thing but opponent had pocket Kings and hit his King on the river. Since I figured I would be going on tilt from this bad beat, I didn't bother re-buying.
I'm wondering if that guy would've laid down his overpair(pocket Kings) if I played tight-aggressive and pushed all-in like I normally played. I think downfall to this strategy is, you run into many bad beats compared to if you played tight-aggressive.
If you want a good comparison, check out the following for yourself. It will take some time to do it, but you might find the comparisons interesting.
Look at your Full Tilt OPR stats. Your style MUST be very loose overall... it shows.
Look at my pokerstars OPR stats (user ID = nicklong on Stars). I'm ITM almost 40% playing a mostly tight-agg style. The only reason my ROI is down overall is from playing in the CC Invasion games that are outside my Stars BR, but I play them for fun with CC members and it's with all monies won starting a BR from $0. I have never deposited on ANY poker site. Remove the few $2.20 games and I would be a +ROI playing the dimer and 25c DONKFESTS. (I've also won the LMS (Last Man Standing) in the Invasions to pay for almost all of the losses in the $2 games.)
I'm not a poker genius ... far from it, but I've played live since '69 and save my cash for live table play and MTT's here and in Reno. What I've played online is more 'experimental' and for the fun of it, but I still maintain a tight-agg nit style.
Also take a quick look at my Full Tilt OPR (id = nevadanick). I'm a losing player like you as far as ROI, but that's equally deceiving since I've never deposited on any site. How do I have the funds to play all the fun CC and OFC events? Freeroll and ring game winnings.... but the point is, my play is tight-agg there too and I get a lot closer to ITM than you do playing 'jackass' strategy.
Check it out ... then decide what works. If you think 'jackass' works for you, please continue. We love your chips, even with all the blood on them ...
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