Posted by Dr Fro 9:52 PM
I sure did enjoy that Amir Vahedi article. It helped shed some light on the 83o hand about which I wrote and also discussed with Anonymous. Most of the time you lose, you should blame yourself for failing to read the guy's hand rather than worrying about how stupid he was to play that hand. This weekend, I took that thought a step further...

We are all used to chalking up losses to this old gem, "Well if he keeps playing K3 before the flop, he will eventually get his due. The negative EV associated with that is just terrible." Well, try this one on, "If I keep failing to read my opponent's hand, regardless of how 'bad' a call it was pre-flop, I will eventually get my due. The negative EV associated with not reading your opponents hand is the worst negative EV out there in NLHE. You will lose it all quickly doing that."

Thank you Amir, and thank you, Anonymous.

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Jane had a friend in town, so there was plenty o' peace and quiet in Dr. Fro's office all weekend. Ergo, I played a lot of Party Poker this weekend.

I kicked butt. It felt nice. I have been playing the $200 buyin $1-$2 NL game primarily. I always buy in for $100, and that has worked out well. I cash out +$30 to $50 regularly, and occasionally lose the full $100. It seems like buying in for only $100 saves me $100 everytime I bust out. That is, I tend to bust out on hands where I am going to lose 100% of my stack regardless of how much I have (e.g. KK vs AA, etc). On the flip side, I never have been in a hand yet (since this new money mgmt strategy) where I wished I had more money. I don't get a lot of all-in calls from people with $200 stacks, so whether I have $100 or $200, I am going to win the same amount. Hey, if the shoe fits, wear it, so this is what I have been playing and the shoe has definitely fit.

I also took Padilla's advice and played some heads-up SNGs and went 3-0. Thank, Padilla. I hardly have to adjust my game at all for heads-up. It is all about well-timed aggression, the one aspect of winning poker that comes naturally to me. That darn 'patience' thing that always alludes me at the full table is not needed at the heads-up SNGs. In fact, inpatience is a virtue heads-up.

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Now that High Stakes Poker is done with new episodes, I caught up on some of the 2006 WPT episodes. That Courtney Friel is no Shana Hiatt, but I do like her. I watched the Doyle Brunson North American Championship, which was pretty entertaining. I thought Action Dan misplayed a few hands (if I read his book correctly) and was lucky to still be in it at the end. I bet Dan is losing a lot of sleep waiting for my approval of his play.

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