I've gotten annoyed at online tournaments as of late... it seems the play is very loose and calling-station like. Now in a cash game that is good, but in a tournament where you need to make bluffs more often, you need to steal blinds, and you need to make moves if you arent getting dealt to avoid being blinded out, this hurts your overall strategy tremendously
It seems most earn their bulk at limit cash games... me I cant play limit very often. I just can't. Most of my game involves pushing players off hands when I know they are weak but better than me,denying drawing hands correct odds, limiting the field to 1 or the most 2 callers with a strong Preflop raise, and elminating bad beats by forcing players to call large bets if they want to suck out..... in limit this doesn't work... I don't like 'showdown' poker, I don't like how people can chase with an over and a backdoor draw and be correct in doing so mathamatically.
So for me it's NL cash games... lately LIVE NL Cash games... I've began increasing my reading abilities, and have also began picking up more physical tells of different players.... my friend gave me a huge piece of advice, he said I tend to hold my breath when I bluff or bet quicker than normal when I bluff.... I didn't really notice any of these two things...in fact I could swear he's incorrect... but Im gunna watch for them now....
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