Quote Originally Posted by biondino
However, since I'm playing very passively now, until I get some wins under my belt, at least I didn't lose my entire stack. The trickle, however, is still demoralising.

Oh dear. Why do you assume that passive = winning? It doesn't, and it won't. You'll win by playing your good hands aggressively and making money off idiots who call with bad odds.

If you continue to play passively, I promise you the money will continue to trickle away. Playing aggressively DOES NOT mean you have to go all-in on every hand. It means you bet hard and use the info your opp gives you to determine whether to bet for value or fold if you're beat. It means you bet enough to never give drawing hands good odss, but fold if a clear flush draw hits on the river and bets as if he's hit.
OK,... everyone thinks I'm a true maroon, I see, but really, I'm not as stupid as I sometimes appear. Still a maroon, but maybe 3rd class, as opposed to 1st class.

Whilst I truly appreciate all the response to this post, I really don't play AK that poorly as a rule.

Secondly, Mr Biondino, I do tend to disagree with your above-noted quote, and here's why.

I should have used the term "counterplay" as opposed to passive, though an element of counterplay is passivity. This strategy is proven. It works well against tables of morons and sharks. It isn't perfect, of course, but the idea behind it, is to minimise suck-outs and bad beats and to maximise profits from your strong hands.

Gee, doesn't that sound like what you went on to write in your last reply?

What I'm seeing at these limits, is the same sort of players as at the lower limits.

Let me put this to the test. I've got about 3,000 hands in now. About 1,000 of those were from before I smartened up my play, so they really shouldn't count but I'll leave 'em in. I'm definitely doing poorly in all PT categories at the moment. I'll let you know how my results are in 1,000 more hands.

My BB/100 at the moment is -11.65. That's up from almost -16 a couple of days ago.

Let me try my theory and see if it doesn't improve more. If it doesn't then I'll adopt a new approach.