Session #1 Review

Very pleased with that session, I felt like looking for creative options everywhere really opened my mind and got it out of 'grind mode'. I had a few decent coolers totalling 2 BIs, and didn't win a whole BI myself in any pot but still finished 0.5 a BI up.

http://weaktight.com/6517912- I probably would've folded this river this morning to be honest, because it went against some of my 'rules', basically the ones pointing me towards no needless spew. The thing about rules is that they can take you out of thinking, but here I was able to realise how wide his turn stabbing range is, how the 3flush river increases his bluffing frequency way more than it makes him a flush, and the in-congruency of his turn stab and his river overbet. Preflop is one of those things to change up my ranges a bit, and I'd probably have AK close to 100% here had I not decided to stop being so predictable.

http://weaktight.com/6517938- preflop I really like squeezing at the moment, PSR is often difficult for anyone to do anything about it, and picking the right spots can generate a much higher success % frequency. Flop and turn again were just about a little thinking rather than blanket 'zomg reverse equity', guy was a semi fish and had wideish stats in this spot, was 3betting a decent amount so didn't have AK, wouldn't play KJ like this, we block KQ, yada.

http://weaktight.com/6517944-  couldn't quite get away from this. I know the guy from a skype group and I hated it when he shoved, but then it is quite an attractive spot to jam a flushdraw given guy in the middle stabbing a ton, I have QQ a lot, etc.

http://weaktight.com/6517950- proud of this one! Passive fish and the timing and sizing just had my instinct screaming AA. Probably can't describe just how certain I was, and resisted the urge to play on anyway and 'see'.

http://weaktight.com/6517958- unsure on this one. The guy is a decent 1-2 reg, and therefore the best bluffs VS such guys are those where the villain has an uncapped range and it's therefore perceived suicidal to be bluffing them. The ace river in his shoes I would've snapped off with Kx, simply because of what it does to my bluffing frequency (up) while keeping my value range steady. Again though, he's thinking that he has AK, 9x, therefore I can't be bluffing.

http://weaktight.com/6517971- creatively played hand where again on the river I get snapped off by Ad sometimes, but I have zero perceived bluffs in my range and it's a good spot. Flop is a raise, just because I think call loses money and it keeps my options open.

So yeah, decently happy with how it turned out. The hard part may be keeping this mindset up, but so long as I keep thinking and looking for creative options I should be able to get into good habits.