As I've said I've been playing HUDless lately, and really enjoying it. One thing I've found is that I'm both getting decent reads earlier, but also more confident acting on them. Heres a couple examples:

Hand 1
This guy was doing this 3x steal every single time it folded to him. This is by no means a great play, but I decided to play back at him. Pegging him as a non-thinking tagfish I figure he c-bets flop 100% of the time, but a raise there looks bluffy to me, so I decide to see a turn and evaluate his action. That big bet looks like he wants me to fold not call, so I do the opposite. Not only do I base my play on the "big bet bluff" read, but again his actions look like he wants folds not calls. Fairly marginal, but I decided to take a read and go with it.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG klim83 ($34.90)
UTG 1 stedubirl ($38.96)
CO riverjackpot ($142.95)
BTN RandomNerd ($100.00)
SB iut5cjyyktbk ($100.50)
BB Hero ($100.00)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is BB
4 folds, iut5cjyyktbk raises to $3, Hero calls $2

Flop: ($6, 2 players)
iut5cjyyktbk bets $4, Hero calls $4

Turn: ($14, 2 players)
iut5cjyyktbk bets $12, Hero raises to $36, iut5cjyyktbk folds

Final Pot: $62

Hero wins $60.10 ( won $17.10 )
iut5cjyyktbk lost -$19.00



Hand 2

Only been at the table about 4 orbits, and havnt actually seen this guy showdown yet, but from actions on previous hands I'm fairly sure this guy bets big with bluffs and takes more passive lines with solid hands.


$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG Bragz ($20.00)
UTG 1 macluckster ($92.74)
CO NotOneTime ($107.50)
BTN inotsleep247 ($98.00)
SB Hero ($100.00)
BB LesLaLec ($411.14)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is SB
1 fold, macluckster calls $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $4, 1 fold, macluckster calls $3

Flop: ($9, 2 players)
Hero checks, macluckster bets $8, Hero calls $8

Turn: ($25, 2 players)
Hero checks, macluckster bets $24, Hero calls $24

River: ($73, 2 players)
Hero checks, macluckster bets $56.74, Hero calls $56.74

Final Pot: $186.48
macluckster shows:

Hero wins $183.48 ( won $90.74 )
macluckster lost -$92.74



He accused me of seeing his cards and said there was no way I could call his bets otherwise. I could have pointed out that his play was transparent to anyone paying attention, but instead I just told him I like to gambool and cant fold KK.