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 Looking for feedback [new to cash games]
Hi everyone,
first of all, I wish you all a happy new year  and to anyone who takes the time to read all that stuff I'm going to writing here: thank you for your time and feedback.
Second, I just want to write a few things down, so you get an impression of what kind of player I am. I started playing poker (Texas Hold 'em to be exact) about half a year ago and loved it. So I started accumulating knowledge, playing a lot, learning stuff, improving myself. That is with play money, of course. Within a week or two I started to get a real feel for the game and enjoyed it too. After a few weeks I also noticed that I was slowly building up my bankroll (went from 200 to 10k in half a year). Back then I also had the thought that one day, I wanted to try playing poker with real money. So that's what I did  Basically I would say that I'm an ambitious player, always trying to improve myself, who treats poker seriously. Just so you know
I also have to say that I didn't play much sit 'n go up until now. I first started playing SnGs with play money to get the feel for it and of course to prepare for my "real money excursion". Many articles about starting to play with real money recommended SnGs b/c you can learn and play a lot for relativly small buy-ins (I totally agree with that btw). Still, I ran into some (expected) difficulties. So maybe I'll just tell you about my experience with the 5.50$ single table SnGs so far.
But Before that: The style I adopted over time and feel comfortable is tight/aggresive, you know, the white wolf, waiting in the snow, ready to pounce I also know, when to quit (have folded those double aces quite a bit, knowing they were beat) and I have become very adept at limiting the hand ranges of my opponents during a hand. So in essence, I think I can play a solid poker game.
(I played a total of 6 SnGs which I almost all finished 4-6 place, one as last (stupid mistake *slaps self*))
One of the first things I noticed how extremly tight players are in cash games at that level (5.50$), especially in the beginning. I kind of expected this, but not THAT tight. In the end it doesn't concern me much though, it just limits the possibilities to win a large pot if you have a very good starting hand like AA, KK, QQ. or AK. I've noticed that you end up with the blinds a lot (I usually raise 3-6x BB PF depending on position and situation). In any case, if things go well I usually end up with a small plus (1500-2000 with 1500 for starters) on my stack after the first few players have left the tables. Sometimes I'm even in the lead, but I tend to run into problems lateron. My main problem is the bleeding. In the first two games I noticed that I unconciously tightened up my game even more when the blinds got higher, I essentially bled myself to death, so to speak.
Maybe an example from a play money SnG I had a few days ago (finished second) I was the underdog in headsup with like 3.5k against a 10k opponent. After some bleeding with total crap (you know, 3-7o and so on) and a bad beat I was down to 1.5k, so he just kept raising me >1.5k pre flop so I would have to go all in, which I never felt like doing, b/c I didn't have anything (not even connectors or gutshots) for 10 hands, when I finally went all in with AQo and lost. So what I want to know is how to defend yourself in situations like these, I felt a little "toothless". Of course I could just go all in and pray to god he's got crap too and "let me" steal the blinds. Even though all he has to do is have a marginal hand and call my all in when it essentially all comes down to luck (which is one thing I really hate; what I mean by that is generally people going all in pre flop, which is just gambling to me, something I'd rather not do).
All in all I noticed that I still bleed chips, especially later in the game, when things start getting a little looser. This may be b/c I am not adjusting fast enough, or I just had plain bad luck with my cards the last 6 games (those 3-8o kept chasing me, you know *giggles*)
In many threads of this kind ppl asked for an impression with a hand history, so I uploaded one ... okay I'm not allowed to post a link yet, so I'll just double post *ducks for cover* I would also like to say something about my hands, just so you get an impression of how I think. Please, feel free to comment. I think I can learn a lot about cash games
In my opinion the table was very tight, if you ask me.
Hand 1: I knew the hand was very weak, even though I decided to "limp in" to see the flop, which in retrospect seems pretty unconsitent I might add, I think I have to work on that. Check/Folded since I missed the flop.
Hand 2: KQo, not that good to begin with in my opinion. (PF) I had the impression everyone just limped in with HILO, so I gave it a shot. When he bet 3xBB I was pretty sure he had top pair and I didn't want to risk drawing out on the straight, even with 2 overcards so early in the game.
Hand 3: Speaks for itself, I suppose.
Hand 4: Didn't want him to draw out on me. I was pretty positive he didn't have three of a kind b/c of "past" impression during the SnG
Hand 5: Well, It was starting to get a little looser, so I called with a low pocket pair, you know, the wolf prowling, but was scared away b/c of 77 (thought he had like A7 suited). Turns out I was wrong, he just wanted to protect his good starting hand with his bet.
Hand 6: limping for the flop (if you ask me, still a halfway descent position), hit the flop with medium pair but decided to be veeeery careful b/c of my position.
Hand 7: see 6, bet was pretty obvious to me, not worth risking low pair
Hand 8: I thought about the pre flop raise pretty long, decided to see the flop. I then decided for a strong raise, when he reraised all in, my thirst thought was: danger, overpair; so I quit to not get pot commited by him and get out, as long as I could.
Hand 9: I felt he either had A low, straight- or flush draw, in any case too dangerous for my drawing hand in my opinion.
Hand 10: Blinds are starting to get really high.
Hand 11: Well, the blinds took their toll, first good thing that I came across. Maybe I shouldn't have gone all in, yeah, but I could only have played one more round (blinds). That maybe was a bit inconsistent but I don't see how I could have recovered. I would have needed a looooot of luck, I suppose.
game over
So just out of curiousity, what did you think? Just a bit unlucky? Does this happen a lot to you too? Huge mistakes everywhere? And what do you suggest in general. Continue with SnG? I also thought about going to the cash tables, but ended up deciding against it b/c of the general unspoken rule of having at least 10 buy-ins on the bankroll, which, even at the micro stakes tables is quite a bit of money, like 250 $ for the 0,1$/0,25$ tables. Even though I think I'll give it a try anyway sometime.
Well in any case. I enjoyed my first games, even though I didn't get into the money ... yet
If you read to this point ... thank you again, for taking the time.
See you at the tables and greetz from Germany!
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