Quote Originally Posted by HalvSame
Quote Originally Posted by KrazyBluffer
How about this hand today: I think I was too aggressive and should have just called the $4 bet on the flop. ( I know I screwed up)
You didn't screw up at all, if anything raise more on the flop.

May I ask how your BR management is going, seeing as there are hands from three different levels in this thread?
Well I have so far turned $50 into over $1600.
I cashed out $200 so I have a BR of around $1400.

I thought I should try some higher levels of play.
I tried 50NL and found it almost the same as 25NL.
Then I tried 100NL to clear the William Hill bonus. I've got almost 3 hours in and am up $85 (includes 2 hours of bonuses). I won't get too excited yet, cuz when I go AI at the 100NL my heart skips a beat, even though I still play short stacked.

BTW my biggest downswing ShortStacked is down 4 buy-ins. My biggest win is up 6 buyins(shortstacks) in about 10 minutes of play.

I like shortstacked for bonus whoring, cuz the bonuses are the same, with less risk. I also notice it is easier to get my last few dollars in the pot with a really good hand. People figure I am pot committed, and call, and then i show the a strong hand at SD.

Also, shortstacked I give less implied odds, and alot of the times it is wrong for a person holding a small pair to call.
Example: NL25
I start with $10, get delt QQ with 2 limpers ahead.
I raise to $1.50 and person behind calls with 66, and everybody else folds.
Implied odds say that I need $12 left for this person to call, but I may only have $8.00 left at this point. So even if they stack my $8 they are losing in the long run. So I just laugh at them for calling!!!
The other seven times I make $1.50+.50+25.+.15=2.35 x 7 = 16.25.
If this person calls my cbet than that number is more.
Now with $25 if I get stacked (which I know i shouldn't) but if i did, it would be a result in a loss. In other words, shortstacked I can play way more aggressive and still come out ahead even when getting stacked.

Does this make any sense cuz it has been working for well over 10000 hands???

Edited: Just wanted to add another point about BR. I was told you need 20x full-buyins to play at your stakes. So for 100NL you should have a BR of $2000. But so far, in my short experience I have found that playing shortstacked I only need 20X the shortstack. So for 100NL I only need $40x20 = $800.
Any comments on this. It seems unlikely I will loose 20 short buyins in a row. Even if I did bonuses should keep me pretty much even during that time anyway. And I could always move down.
(I hope I didn't just jinx myself )