A new era

haha I typed "a new ear" but then I had to change it.

jun 12th I decided sngs are dead. my edge keeps getting lower and there is no creativity. i switched to cash games but unfortunatly ive had mixed results the last month and 3 days. but im okay with it. i havent played that much so its just variance. with vegas, camping, and some work at home ive played 5 days this month. speaking of vegas i shipped $4100 there going 2 for 2 with wins in sats. i run good live

back to cash games, i havent had a chance to import PT hhs in awhile but i think ive played like 15k hands almost breakeven. which is nothing. thats like 300 sngs plus cash games have more variance. and probably 6k of those hands i wasnt playing well. when i first started i was overvaluing TPTK and playing OOP was more difficult. also since 6max is so different than sngs i decided to start at full ring. which kinda sucks because today i realized you can only 8 table cash games. 8 tabling 6max would be much more difficult but i kinda like being a robot still even though 8 tabling FR is kinda boring

although ive been a robot playing cash i think ive gotten way better at poker. I am constantly analyzing hand ranges and optimal plays and what i am repping. sadly, and embarrasingly, thru over 20,000 sngs i never did that, nor had to. i have been more confident with basically everything.

one thing that still bothers me about cash games is how boring they are (yes i know im not playing 6max but hold up.) i feel like im only playing small pots. before i switched everyone always talked about stacking people like it happens once every 3 orbits. it is somewhat rare to get all in. i love pushing late game in sngs and i miss that. i understand that 6max is more action and hopefully i will get there soon. but for the time being i have discovered a solution. 1-3 mtts while playing 5-7 cash games!! mtts keep me playing just due to their nature, and i get to push more.

i developed this strategy yesterday and so far its working out. i played for 7-8 hrs straight both days and didnt feel burned out. granted playing that long is a rarity, its nice to play a lot after taking almost 3 weeks off. i obv wont be able to keep this up, or keep running this good at mtts. a big problem ive had with mtts is the time factor. once my gf gets back from ecuador when the f am i gonna have 6 hrs to burn on a tourney when i could be with her? i have no idea.

i guess every type of poker has its pros and cons. sngs were ideal timewise but are lacking the money. mtts arent any harder but take forever. cash games require much much more knowledge and experience but can be very rewarding. ideally i will be playing cash games exclusivly in a few months but its nice to know i am developing the skills to pwn sngs, mtts, and cash games for the rest of my life. if i ever randomly end up at a casino i can be 100% confident in all areas. (not that i wouldnt be anyways vs casino nits but im a huge variance/edge nit to begin with)

ive been kinda ranting but i just got 2nd in a 587 man 25k guar on FT and have been celebrating with beers. since i started my strat yesterday im like 5-8 on cashing in mtts lolol. props to my roommate runner4life7 for a sick (probably standard by mtt pros) bluff that gave me a good stack at the final table:

10 left so 5 handed at my table and it folds to SB who is good and aggro with a lot of chips like me. we are dead even in chips with ~20bbs i think. he completes???? its either a trap or he doesnt wanna mess with me. ive restold a few times already. i have 86o and contemplate a raise but i dont wanna get pushed on so i check. flop is J6x two hearts. he checks i bet 2/3 pot and he raises a medium size amount. i should probably mention we are like 3 and 4th in chips ish and there are about 4 stacks pretty short. i think for a bit and push. standard with a good read? probably. i wasnt sure but props to Evan for helping me out there.