I know it's very table dependent but what advice would you give to a player for Bovada? I seem to struggle sometimes at 6 max playing a basic ABC style.

Nice post man.

I'm spoiled. My girl is a great cook and she makes pretty much everything for me. But there's times when she's working/too tired to cook, that this stuff would come in handy.

Best thing to do if you are struggling is to watch a lot of 6m videos and go back through hands that gave you trouble and think about how you could improve your decisions in the hand. It's important to actually be thinking about why you are making a play rather than just replicating what you read in a book or saw in a video.

Time to find myself a girl who can cook

I thought I saw you post in my thread a few times? 'Life of a bovada mtt reg'

If not must have been from mtt sweat thread.

I grind exclusively bovada Mtts. Have to be the highest volume grinder on there.

Def not from sweat thread, don't think I've ever posted in there. Definitely remember checking out your thread before so I probably posted in there. Despite the low guarantees I'd imagine being a MTT reg on bovada isn't too awful. Small/soft fields really makes the variance of mtt less crazy. Personally I only play the really good value ones that have a decent chunk of $ up top (35k/100k/sometimes the 15k). Biggest benefit of regging a mtt while i play though is that it keeps me grinding cash longer than I might if I wasn't forced to stay at the comp.

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No real online volume today. Ended up making a foxwoods trip with some friends. Only played a couple hours (5/10nl) and made ~$500. Game was very good and got shorthanded towards the end which I love. Was sad to quit but my friends wanted to leave and it was getting pretty late. Probably playing live again tmrw.

Currently have one and she's the stove cold nuts.

Silly question: I see solid players saying they "prefer short handed live games" alot. What are the specific reasons? What factors go into a good short live game?

Is it all about non showdown winnings in position?

it's all about the fact that u can start exploiting opponents and getting involved. trying to run over a 10 handed game is going to end in disaster no matter what, when it's 5 handed, u can start to fling those chippies around but with good reason.

Ha the few times I've tried I think I've still been overly aggressive? I don't get much opportunity with live short games but in my experience the fold equity is still close to zero and I end up spewing alot.

#liveABCfish

Yeah basically what p2 said. It's mainly because I have lots of experience in shorthanded/hu games and a lot of people who play primarily live don't. Because of this they aren't going to adjust as well and make bigger mistakes. It also is great when there's a fish or two at the table last night because it lets me play more pots with them profitably. Heads up is also my favorite thing to play. Most fun I ever had playing live was when I got to play 5/10nl heads up for like half an hour at borgata before the table started to fill.

Can you give some concrete examples? Bigger mistakes they make. Edge you have? Etc.

Sure, I'm on my phone so not gonna type a long response atm but some of the more obvious ones are people not adjusting their opening ranges so they still open the same tight range they would at a full table. Also along that same idea people not defending wide enough. Then on the other end of the spectrum you have people who over adjust. They know they should play more hands but they don't know what hands/how to play them so they end up spewing.

I mean really anytime you can have your opponents feeling uncomfortable and dealing with making decisions they haven't made before that is going to be a great thing. A lot of people don't actually know how to think about poker, they've just figured out a system for how to play that happens to win against the current field. That's why longevity in this game (guys like galfond or negreanu for example) is so impressive. Adapting can be hard.

Very uneventful couple hour session at mohegan today. 2/5 is biggest game running there most of the time so was stuck playing that. Game was very good, made about $300. Probably get some volume in online tonight while i watch some preseason foosball.

Strong content in this thread already. Looking forward to following my friend, run good!

Thank you sir!

Swingy night at the tables. Decided to just play hu tonight and got a lotta soft action at 1/2. Started off down almost a grand but managed to claw back to even on the session. Overally pretty happy with my play. Made a couple bad sizing mistakes that I'm unhappy with but overall played solid.

Watching wolf of wall street at the moment. Pretty awesome movie, def worth the watch.

Good luck guy.

Continue crushing and move on up. Probably be seeing you in my games in no time.

I have similar poker stuff going on too. Grinding mid/high stakes Bovada. Just made a PGAC thread, so check it out if youd like. (:

Edit: definitely recommend starting HU tables when lobbies aren't full as **** at your limits, so many fish and real juicy roll building imo

will do, gl to you also!

Kinda interested in finding someone to stake/coach at 50nl 6m/hu. Thinking it might be nice motivation for me to talk about the game a bit more. Would have to be someone who already has some experience in poker and who has a good reputation. If anyone following thinks they fit that description feel free to PM me.

You want to get coached or do the coaching?

Go thai. People are sweet as hell, can usually cook well (at least my wife can), and are loyal. Never dated Asian before my wife, but the looks/cooks/drama-free combo cant be beat.

I would be staking/coaching someone for 25cent/50cent

You live over there?

I wish man! Another few hundred thousand hands and I'll be there!

BTW OP, I wanted to get your opinion on grinding 6-max Double Ups to build a bankroll. The rake is only 5% at the $5 level and the games seem relatively soft. I'm trying to reduce variance as much as I can. Currently sitting on about $350 bankroll. Trying to figure out how to conservatively grind it up to about $2k and cash out for live.

I am a cash player but really do not enjoy playing more than 2 tables, so it becomes painfully slow to grind 5NL on Bovada.

If you are trying to do it a very low variance way than DON sitngos seems like a very good choice. There is not very big swings in that format and the soft games will help as well. You should be very aggro with your shot taking when you are playing that low as long as you are winner in the games. I would start off at $10 level and move down if you drop 10 buyins.

Hey man, PM me your Skype I am always down to talk/discuss hands, and don't mind being bitched too when the tilt is real. If I still can't receive messages then you can find me starting PLO tables as player 6 and I can give you mine there. GLGL and keep it up