Small Change of Direction

I haven't documented every session. I've done OK, but a few obvious mistakes are still letting me down. Still important to change things up until I get back into a winning groove.

This hand from today shows off my current image:

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem • 5 Players • AbsolutePoker

Generated by weaktight.com.

UTG	SHABBAXXX	$200
CO	WBFINIST	$202.40
BTN	CRATERING	$201.25
SB	GROGHEADFLOW	$355
BB	ARSENIK666	$322

• Pre-Flop ($3, 5 players)Hero is SB
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2 folds, CRATERING raises to $5, GROGHEADFLOW raises to $19, 1 fold, CRATERING calls $14

• Flop ($40, 2 players)
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GROGHEADFLOW bets $18, CRATERING calls $18

• Turn ($76, 2 players)
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GROGHEADFLOW bets $41, CRATERING calls $41

• River ($158, 2 players)
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GROGHEADFLOW bets $277, CRATERING calls $123.25

• Final Pot: $558.25

• CRATERING shows
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• GROGHEADFLOW shows
• 

• GROGHEADFLOW wins $554.75 (net +$199.75)
• CRATERING lost $201.25

Weirdly, although I was obviously chuft to see him call down here, a part of me was like Jesus have things really gotten that bad?

I've averaged 30/24 this month. Now, I think it's a myth that certain hands 'need' FE to be profitable, as this doesn't take into account the players present. 87s VS a fish doesn't need FE, I'm just gonna make a lot of money the times it makes a hand. VS regs at the moment though with my current image, I'm pretty sure I'm finding it hard to play a ton of hands where previously I could rely on getting a lot of folds.

So, while still keeping the same goals spelt out a few blogs ago, I'm having a mini change of direction. I'll be 6 tabling, but aiming for more like 21/18 type stats. This is a pretty drastic sudden change, and I wouldn't expect it to be picked up on for a while, if ever. Postflop, I'm still going to be animalastic where I think necessary, but tighter preflop will mean my frequencies for said plays will go down a whole lot.

So about to play a session, I'll post results and vpip/pfr and review the hands once I'm done.

dan