Maybe it's a rationalization or an excuse that enables me and my degenerate gambling ways, but I feel like I am learning something every time I finish a session of play. Be it a tournament or a cash game, I come away with information on my opponents, situational play, and my position.
I was playing well with the cards I was dealt. I didn't have monsters, but I played my position and bet well to pick up a few pots. I got caught a few times with mid-pairs and the flop never tripped me up except for one time where I raked in a huge pot. I also made some key calls to get information and I actually had the nuts when i thought I was just paying the other player off.
In the meetup tourney's we use a white chip to force the other player to show what they had if you should fold to their bet. I never like to use mine. If they don't use that in bigger tournaments or cash games I won't make it a habit now.
Here are a few key hands from last nights game:
Hand #1:
I'm dealt a pair of 4's in late position...a few limpers, and I raise 3x BB, a couple more fold and button calls me...the rest muck. Flop comes K-J-3. I continuation bet the pot. Button calls. Turn comes 8 and we both check. Turn brings Ace. I bet feeler bet of $300 into a $1100 pot...button raises to $600...I call to see what he has...A-3 caught his two pair on river but here's the key...I learned something about Andre the maniac. He is in love with the A-rag. More than 3x he called or check down a hand to reveal "Ace high" 50% of the time he actually won. Not so scary as I thought he was.
More soon...
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