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Old 03-10-2006, 10:04 PM
TheRegulat0r TheRegulat0r is offline
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Default Re: Tighty-whitey\'s downward spiral.

One of the adjustments I made that got me a lot more action was sticking in a whole lot more flop raises in position, and doing more check/raising and less continuation betting OOP with everything from sets to overpairs to draws to air. These raises are relatively cheap, especially in unraised pots, and they make a world of difference when you're playing against fishy opponents who have an image of you based on anywhere from the last 5 to 50 hands.

Getting to showdown in say a 20 bb pot and having the whole table see you made that flop move with 8-high is awesome. It happens to me fairly often, and I lose some money obviously, but I more than make up for it by getting paid off by all kinds of crappy hands when I have the goods. If I do pick up a set or a big pair when my image is like this, I often put in big all-in overbets on the turn or river and get paid because my opponents fail to differentiate between my small bluffs and my huge value bets.

The key is looking a whole lot crazier and looser than you actually are without losing much, and this relies heavily on knowing which guys can and can't fold hands.
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