$10/$20 is where the fish are swimming!

$10/$20 trip report

Yer – decided to take Kader’s advice and move up to where the respect my raises – there were no $25/$50 tables runningso had to make do with $10/$20.

I decided to fain drunkenness in order to beat the game:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2105278 – well this hand may look fishy to those who aren’t regs on PTY, however, those who are understand that being dead to 4 outs is in no way a bad spot to get your money in. Ship the $1400 pot to the Prof!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2105275 – when you realise you have no showdown value it’s probably a good idea to shove for pot in order to win. Many people are scared to make this move because of the high variance, but I recon it works about 12% of the time.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2105279 – in this hand we see another technique – it’s called the river value min raise – it’s a difficult move to pull off without a table to players vying for your chips.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2105282 – AK is very much a drawing hand, and for this reason it must be played to the river sometimes in order to draw to a pair – however, if you fail to make a pair you should be looking to fold or shove – it’s fairly neutral.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2105285 – with top pair no kicker you should be looking most players up – esp. this vil, mainly because he’s called Haki – which has connotations with Tony the Hitman Hakki.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2105284 – at this level you must remember the pros feed on weakness – therefore, in order to avoid being sharked – don’t show any weakness. Not betting all three streets with bottom pair is a leak in most people’s games.

Okies – so there you have it – ProfPOWER made $985 in 44 hands – which, my friends, is a pretty good win rate.

GL at the tables

(disclaimer: may not have been Ollie Power playing – but the advice clearly came from a pro)