This week, I've been researching and thinking through a new colour coding structure for villains and also a new structure for note taking as I prepare for moving up to a new set of villains at 25nl. I found a good structure for note taking on "the poker forum that shall remain nameless" but there isn't a lot of usefulness in the colour coding structure out there. I've also been reading a lot of strategy articles and blogs online. One of the writers I've ben particularly enjoying is Carl "The Dean" Sampson, along with M2Ms early blog. Both are definitely worth looking up and trawling through if you haven't already.
Play at the tables has been going reasonably well. It's staggering how different pre-flop play is at 6-max 10nl on Stars midweek compared to weekends and adjustment is essential. The majority of players play VERY badly post-flop however, but in different ways - the key is working out how to exploit that, with one tactic working well at the moment at both levels being flat calling on the button and using the position post-flop to make profitable decisions. My pre-flop stats go to rat-shit with this tactic and I expect this to be grossly exploited by better players as I move up, but it's certainly profitable at 10nl.
One thing I've noticed in particular recently is just how postionally unaware most of the "TAG regs" are. A standard 22/20 for instance often opens 20% in EP, MP, CO and BTN, which is just asking for trouble and leaving dead money at the tables when in late position. It's certainly not something the 3-bet monkeys in midweek are even thinking about either as they 3-bet every single btn on the assumption that villain is opening super wide.
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Originally Posted by The Bean Counter
