Session 21

Hands: 476
Net: $549

Played a bit of 5-10 with a fish sitting, and the usual 2-4 games. Fairly happy with how I played anyway.

Played this at 5-10:

$5/$10 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players

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UTG	WESTLAKE64	$828
CO	CATWOTISADOG	$2,102
BTN	HAI_THERE	$2,974.25
SB	BLACKHOLE_	$1,084.25
BB	UOFGSFINEST	$2,188

• Pre-Flop ($15, 5 players)Hero is CO
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1 fold, CATWOTISADOG raises to $33, 1 fold, BLACKHOLE_ raises to $109, 1 fold, CATWOTISADOG calls $76

• Flop ($228, 2 players)
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BLACKHOLE_ bets $150, CATWOTISADOG calls $150

• Turn ($528, 2 players)
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BLACKHOLE_ checks, CATWOTISADOG bets $298, BLACKHOLE_ goes all-in $825.25, CATWOTISADOG folds

• Final Pot: $1,651.25

• BLACKHOLE_ wins $1,648.25 (net +$564)
• CATWOTISADOG lost $557

I was talking with Martin today about floating these boards in 3bet pots and how effective it is, but I dislike how I played this. I certainly don't hate the initial float, he'd be suicidal to continue betting on this board once I flat the flop, but what I hate is my betsize. It's going to be obvious to a decent midstaker that I'm floating this at least sometimes, but where I went wrong was in my betsizing.

Basically, I bet too big, meaning that if he shoves AJ etc and is wrong it is much less of a mistake than if I had bet say 1/3 pot. This is just a spot where betting smaller actually exerts far more pressure than a larger bet, whilst obviously saving me money the times he's shoving anything anyway. This is my belief anyway, comments welcome.

Session 22 coming up, I've a mild headache, and plan to take a low variance approach, if that's even possible playing 33/27...........

dan