Choosing my spots

Well, my shot at $50NL is still going well after a third winning session.

My tight strategy seems to be working and I am making full use of my tight image to bluff/pick off pots in key spots. My hand-reading skills are really improving too. In this session I flopped TPTK and I folded to a bet and call. – The flop was pretty dry and both villains were pretty solid players. Turns out I was right – Villain 1 had pocket Kings and the villain 2 (who called) had flopped a set.

Here are a few hands:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1668190

Standard positional raise from the button. Once villain called my c-bet, I realised I was obviously beat.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1668200

TPTK vs a calling station, donk-betting into me. Hmm, I just wanted a cheap showdown here. I think I lost the minimum.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1668223

This is the big laydown with AQo and TPTK on the flop. I could have gone broke here.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1668244

I love suited connectors in position, particularly with a board like this one. I can understand villain betting out on the river, but I can’t believe he called my raise on the turn and value bet on the river. WTF does he think he’s beating ?!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1668261

Villain here had been raising all sort of marginal hands OOP, so I just decided to call preflop and disguise my hand a bit. It was obvious he didn’t have a 7, so he was definitely crushed here. In hindsight, I am sure he would have called an all-in bet on the river as people can never fold a full-house.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1668276

Wow! TPGK can also be the nuts at $50NL ! It is so read-dependant. On the turn, I put him on a draw and the pot was getting big, so just decided to felt it

Session stats:

Number of hands: 455

Net profit/loss: +$54

Winrate: +11.85 ptBB / 100

Bankroll: $946