example. Last night playing 1/2 tables. Firstly I went onto a 9 handed game and found no matter how large I raised pre flop when I was holding things like AA, JJ (twice) and TT I got busted by someone calling and catching 2 pair or trips when the board paired.
I was raising about 5 times the BB and people were still calling me with things like T2o.
Of course this a lot of the time results in a decent win for yourself but it also results in large loses when they catch, and unfortunately for me they all seemed to catch last night.
I left that table almost even having swung back and forth between $50 and $10. I went to my favourite 6 seater game and whenever I had a good pocket I raise. This time most people would fold to give me the blinds or call when they had something half decent. Usually then, they'd fold if I made a big bet on the flop, resulting in nice pots for me. People just seem to play more realistically and don't chase too much on the 6 handed tables. Of course it still happens but it seems not as much. |