Quote:
Originally Posted by gobbledygeek
I can't recall: what is your overall sample size, and especially the size of hours since you adjusted your game from nitty to more "strange"?
GcluelessnittynoobG
Well, I played over a million hands online back in the day and played mostly ABC, set mining type nitty style. I dont remember what good online win rates were back then, but I remember mine was probably 75% of what top players were reporting. I was still winning but I was struggling a bit when everything went to 6 max and everyone was hyper aggro. Nittiness wasnt working that well because I was getting run over.
I decided to use everyone's aggression against them and started short stacking 5/10 games and made an absolute killing. After a while that got boring and I stopped playing altogether a few months before Black Friday.
Recently I moved to Florida and have played fairly regularly and have about 750 hrs where I have slowly but surely started taking more "strange" lines or playing "trickier". Whatever you want to call it. Its mostly player dependent.
I know lots of people who have played a lot of hours think 750 hours is nothing, but my results have been very consistent most of the time. Ive had one 100 hour break even streak. Ive had one stretch of 70 hours where I won $125/hr. The rest has been a very consistent steady win rate.
Ive had a max of 3 losing days in a row and Ive had a max $2000 downswing.
I just think alot of people come here to get advice and they all end up reading the same advice and all end up playing alike and its very easy to read. As soon as I hear someone at the table use phrases like "ship it" or "Im at the top of my range", I know they are most likely 2+2ers and I play accordingly. I do alot of things that people here think are stupid but it works for me so I keep doing it. That tells me its probably not as stupid as people think.
I limp a lot if people behind me let me get away with it.
I buy in short a lot depending on who is at the table which goes back to my shortstacking success.
I flat call raises with big pairs more than most would say is correct because thats exactly what people dont expect.
I check/call a lot if Im confidant Im ahead and the guy will keep betting.
I fold to a lot of raises and Im sure I fold the best hand a lot