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Yesterday, I discussed general poker issues with a friend and after the talk felt inspired to seriously reduce the number of tables I am playing.

I want to play good poker with style, aggression and reads and this is not always possible when I play 6-8 tables at a time.

So I played a NLHE and PLO sessions yesterday on 4 tables. The last time I played 4 tables was 6 months ago, when I discovered that you need a very simple strategy to beat NL50. I was able to focus on table selection more and choose two tables with loose calling players and the results speak for themselves.

Small sample, still running below expectation, but better than my return on 8 tables

NL:

PLO:

Hope to keep up with this winrate

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Since the beginning of the month, I have been running way below expectation, 6 buyins not counting coolers.
Today’s session was just the cherry on the cake. I started and after 800 hands I was 5 buyins behind. The crazy thing is that my expected winnings were actually in the green.

I lost AK << AQ preflop, TT << AK (money went in on low flop), top set vs flopped straight, bottom two vs flopped straight and also lost two preflop flips.
I made a break and afterwards I had a great session in which I recovered and finished only half buy-in behind and only 3buyins below expectation.

My worst month ever...OK, I stop bitching now
The funniest hand from today:

Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: $207.00

MP: $264.95

CO: $215.15

BTN: $190.20

Hero (SB): $450.65

BB: $254.05

Pre Flop: Hero is SB with J T

UTG raises to $7, MP calls $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: ($23.00) 7 T 2 (3 players)

Hero checks, UTG bets $200 all in, MP calls $200, Hero raises to $443.65 all in, MP calls $57.95 all in

Turn: ($738.90) 5

River: ($738.90) 7

Final Pot: $738.90

UTG shows 9c Tc (two pair, Tens and Sevens)

MP shows 2c 2d (a full house, Twos full of Sevens)

Hero shows Jh Th (a flush, Jack high)

The preflop raiser the push was a misclick and since I played afterwards for a bit with him and he was decent. Still it is an interesting situation, since the other guy flatting actually screams monster, but If I include his two pair hands and stuff like 98hh I have good odds

I had a misclick also two days ago, haven’t had one since 50NL. He actually thought for his whole time bank here, said he almost folded, I know how to put pressure
Full Tilt Poker $1/$2 No Limit Hold’em - 6 players

The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: $225.50

UTG: $83.80

MP: $200.00

Hero (CO): $200.00

BTN: $225.65

SB: $172.00

Pre Flop: Hero is CO with A 2

2 folds, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, SB calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: ($16.00) K J A (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets $193 all in, SB calls $165 all in

Turn: ($346.00) 3

River: ($346.00) 6

Final Pot: $346.00

Hero shows Ah 2h (a pair of Aces)

SB shows Kh Jh (two pair, Kings and Jacks)

SB wins $343.00

(Rake: $3.00)

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