30k hand prop bet update

Actually sessioning as I write this so I’ll post some stats/graphs immediately afterwards.

I’m almost done my exams, 2 down and my last one is on Saturday. I feel pretty decent about what I’ve done so far, but I’ve had bigger shocks in my life. It’ll be nice to get home but I’ll miss my girlfriend. Anyways on to poker.

I’ve just been playing 4 tables for my past couple sessions, I’ve noticed I’ve been able to develop much stronger reads while only playing 4 tables as opposed to 10-12. Was actually just able to fold top pair on the turn (T8 on a T933 backdoor flush draw board based on a way the player had played a previous hand – in addition to his nitty pokertracker stats) and I was kindly showed QQ after I folded, which was nice.

Also something else I’ve noticed while stepping down in limits. At higher limits (even 1/2) there are certain regulars who’s game I respect and barring certain circumstances (uber fish) I will try to avoid their tables. However I have not yet run into a single decent 100nl player on pokerstars who has made my time tough while they had position on me. I also have noticed that the 3 bet frequency in the games drastically drops, which is to be expected and pretty much common knowledge.

Anyways heres my graph so far for the prop bet. Lost half a buyin in the last orbit on a hand where the board came out backdoor 4 flush (spades) on the river. My opponent block bet the river for about 1/4 pot and I decided to bluff raise with air. He tanked and eventually decided to call with the Qs and the pot was shipped to him.

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~ by Mike on April 18, 2008.