Ok, so, i'm Mr break even. It pisses me off so bad. I play awesome then fk it all up in 1 bad session.

So I decided. I would get good at cash. No tournaments, just cash.

Some of you may have read my previous attempts at full ring that went bad. That's another story. So I grinded out 50k hands at $50NL 5 max at ongame network.

I also received HH advice from Wota who has been a massive help to me over the past few months. Anyways, to the point.

This month I started playing half stacked the level up from mine which is $100 NL. There are several reasons for this. If you play half stacked, you can play a level that you don't have a BR for. In my case $1500 was a full 30 BI BR for $50NL. So can also be used as a 30 Half BI roll for $100 NL.

Make sense so far? So why would this be better? Reason 1, twice as much bonus. I make $16 p/h 4 tabling $50NL and obv $32 p/h at the equivalent $100NL with same money at the table.

Half stacks also have the advantage for several reasons. Your opponents are pot committed far more easily. People tend to call you down or put you all in much lighter than usual. You don't have set odds very often so you save money not chasing mid pairs.

If you want more info on this tactic, read sklanskys NLHE Theory and Practice. It has a full section on it. Below are my stats for this month. All the $100NL and $200NL is half stacked. At the bonus and level i am playing my BR will double every 1 month or so.

Good luck at the tables and try some half stacked cash. I highly recommend it. Remember to tighten your starting hands in all positions.

I will produce a video next month demonstrating how its done.

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Half stacking is for nittttts. Solid results though, NH.

Just Variance

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Very nice. I'd be interested to see a vid on shortstacking. Even though it pisses me off like nothing else when those gay boys turn up on my table it would be nice to double my bonus and rakeback while getting experience of a higher level.

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50Bb is not really shortstacking.
It's easy - AK TPTK and QQ-AA as overpais increase in value.
Implied odds hands (small pairs and SCs) decrease in value.

Benefits are:
1. you gain a lot of fold equity preflop since people never have implied odds to set mine against you, any time you 3bet they have to ask themselves am I playing my 88/99/TT all in or folding now?

2. They get more commited if they do see a flop since oh well its only 50bb total Ill stack off with top pair decent kicker.

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For all non US Players I strongly recommend this site:
Red Kings: Plays on OnGame network, juicy games & continual bonuses given which clear at very good rate.
http://www.redkings.com/index.cgi?aname=jadegoody

I've always been told it's best to have the most money at the table so when you go stacking people you're doing it properly.

Is this the only downside to playing short stacked? I don't think I'd have the discipline to play tight enough, I love my suited 1 gappers from LP and set mining.

I had an awful session on RedKings, I lost one huge pot to top set v straight but other than that it was just that people were incapable of laying ANYTHING down pre flop (yes, including 37s). Obviously in the long run we want this but in order to decrease variance I decided to start playing with $25 on the 50NL tables and I found it profitable.

Would it be more politically correct to say "vertically challenged stacking"?




They're still gay boys though...

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I tried to make a video earlier but my aces got cracked by 44 on a 362 board when he called my flop c bet and turned a straight with the 5 and i got myself pot committed on the turn. I then lost my rag and pushed all in with AKo to a 3 bet from the BB only to find him with Aces. So it wasn't the best vid ever. I did manage to end the 2 hour session + $20 and $50 bonus but I was still annoyed.

I will definitely make a 1 hour vid half stacking $100NL one of half stacking $200NL. Maybe a less tilitish one.

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