I think this really highlights the difference between cash game and tournament mindsets: the adjustment made for bet sizing.

In cash games, when everyone has 100, 300 big blinds or more in front of them, it’s basically never correct to bet less than 50-75% pot.

But in tournaments, 30-50 big blinds is actually quite a lot. I think I of bet sizing in tournaments as, do I want to set up this spot to get stacks in, or not?

There’s also the point Harrington and Miller first made… every chip you lose hurts you MORE than every chip you gain helps you. I think this is why you see such small preflop raises, and half pot or less cbets.

Still, I think your point is a good one. If my bets are close to 1/3 pot, even in a big pot, that’s too attractive a price for almost any holding that gets to the turn this way.

something something Euro Rounders, congrats!

happy for you man.

That's like riding out of town one step ahead of the posse!

Yee haaaaa!!!

Yes, I know what you mean. I am not diligent enough either in taking these big sizings that I know can be effective. However, a lot of that has to do with being handcuffed by stack sizes in tournaments. There is often not enough room for a big bet without making myself too short and/or too committed.

Well done on getting unstuck

Well done, TJ! Safe travels ack home.

i second that

I want to quit my job, and become a double board bomb pot pro.

Since we last spoke, I found a GREAT card game here in town. I knew a bunch of underground card games in Atlanta, where I’m from, but I didn’t know any in Raleigh.

An acquaintance I met in a bar through DJing got me into this club. It’s a pretty professional operation. They run tourneys and cash games, and play 5 nights a week. The cash game is 1/3, sometimes alternating rounds of NL with PLO.

And, crucially, a PLO double board bomb pot on dealer changes every half hour.

The rake is pretty steep, plus a drop for goofy high hand promos I’d rather not have. There’s probably $200 an hour coming off the tables in that room when they have two games going. But there’s plenty of gamble, with bad players making CATASTROPHIC mistakes, in completely standard PLO and DBBP spots.

I’ve played 7 sessions so far at this club. Six wins, one loss, and currently up about $4.2k. Better than $100/hr. Sustainable?

Plus, I’m still playing in the online private 2/4 PLO game, when it runs. And that one has no rake!

So I’ve been keeping busy, and my live reads sharp, in between casino trips. The next WSOP Circuit stop comes to Cherokee after Thanksgiving.

The Econo Lodge is already booked. I’ll be there!

absolutely no reason for you to swerve off a monumental heat check
keep pounding every edge the table offers