late night micro-limit session

Hadn't played in ages - just no interest, no idea why. But I logged on out of boredom tonight, and saw millerd33 was at a .05/.10 table. I watched a crazed lunatic at the table shoving with utter crap over and over, and promptly took a seat. This dude is open-shoving $25 when there's nothing but the blinds in the pot!! I'm just waiting - waiting! - to be able to take advantage of this! And it finally comes when I find AJs in the SB and he open-shoves from UTG+1. Unfortunately, fate had other plans:


I forgot that K5o OOP was the new nuts....

No way in hell I'm leaving this table, though - that money is coming back, one way or another.

Here's the other thing: he was a complete loose cannon, and when he shoved I mucked unless I had a monster. Only non-monster hand I contemplated playing against him was when he shoved UTG and I found 1 red 9, and 1 black 9. I was probably ahead, but I had zero invested yet, and was feeling patient enough to wait for a stronger spot. BUT: the rest of the table were such passive pussies!! I had no fear limping in position with 107o, and betting the flop if checked to, and if called firing at the turn if checked to....the vast majority of hands I won at that table were stone bluffs. Not even semi-bluffs. Stayed away from one calling station, but the rest of the table (if the Loose Cannon had folded) was cake! Softie-softie-softie!!

Not too many hands after the K5o hand, things are looking VERY bright: two red aces, in middle position! Dude to my right raises to....something bigger than is appropriate for there only being .15 in the pot - think he raised to 2 bucks or something. Overbetting for value (scroll to Sept 11), I shove (only had like 12 or something anyway). Better yet, Mr. Shove-OOP-with-K5o reshoves!!! And, to my utter joy and excitement, the other dude calls. Talk about the dream-situation for AA v 2 hands, check this out:


Knowing I'm not gonna get drawn out on (save for some weird super unlikely straight) is sweeeeeeet As soon as the cards are flipped up, I thank both of them :) Nice triple up, and quickly ensure an unstuck session unless I self-destruct.

Not sure how much I'll be playing online... probably just a phase, but -- I'm tired of sit n go's, MTTs are a boring grind, and I don't feel like I play online cash games very well (well, except for super-short handed, super-low LIMIT, which is BORING as all get-out). Date tomorrow, and the Pokerstars blogger freeroll Sunday afternoon, so no Tulalip (besides the bankroll took a hit when I dug into it for the new computer). Next Saturday (or Friday - kinda depends on the chick honestly :) ) will find me at the Tulalip. I feel so much better about my live game vs my online game. Maybe it's b/c of the cash game stakes I play (.10/.25) -- maybe I need to move to 1/2....

Will need to decide if I want to try a LAG approach at 1/2, or my typical (and typically profitable) play at 3/5. I'll probably stay with 3/5, but am thinking about at least starting at 1/2 and, even if I lose a buy-in, it'd be good experience. If that happens I'd simply move back to 3/5 and play my usual game. TAG is my style, so playing LAG would be quite a trip -- yet very educational if keep my observation up.

That's a week away, though --no need to decide 'till I get there, but something to mull over, that's for sure.