Playing Ax Suited at a LAG Live 3/6 Table...

[fishyak]

It is clear that you were not comfortable feeling "surrounded" by LAG's. If you aren't ready for the high variance those tables will produce, there is no problem asking for a table change to try and find LAPland.

But these games are profitable if you take a longer view than one session. I play a lot of these wild sessions at 4/8 and just went through a two month -200BB fluctuation. My limit in a session is -40 BB.

We know:

1) That long term these LAGs are action junkies, not winners.
2) These pots have LOTS of dead $ in them.
3) In your OP Axs is an EV+ holding.
4) While you would like to play it for one SB, what hurts is that you are playing it for 4SBs. But the number of SBs does not alter the fact that you are EV+.
5) 3) & 4) together are your variance. If you do not connect with these boards, your stack will shrink, even though all your bets were EV+.

Emotionally, it is part of the learning curves on these games to puch to play each hand properly regardless of where you are in your session. That is hard to do, but it is a big part of playing these games.

All it takes is about 2 of these big pots to make a winning session. I had AA last week and got chased by a family pot. NOBODY folded and they still held up. EV+ AND a little luck, sometimes.

So try and stay focused and play EACH HAND SEPARATELY. If your brain says you are EV+, call or raise, do not fold.