Okay since my "good laydown or good bluff" thread I've decided to become more aggressive with my raising and reraising playing NLHE. I'm playing the penny tables for now till I know I can beat the game before moving up. I was doing fairly well (up about $88 after 9K hands) Well in about 2 days and a few 100 hands I'm about $16 off that number. I know some of you lose that just being in the small blind on a table but I figured I'd start and the bottom of the barrel and move up, gotta start somewhere right . I'm playing 2 tables and and usually buy in for between $3-4 (max is 5). I've been busted at almost every session except one, where I wound up slightly better than even. In PT I'm a SLAA after changing them from a thread I found on here that someone created for NL. So is it more likely this is just a bad run right now or should I try tightning up on my betting? Thanks

Originally Posted by Pok 7's

Okay since my "good laydown or good bluff" thread I've decided to become more aggressive with my raising and reraising playing NLHE. I'm playing the penny tables for now till I know I can beat the game before moving up. I was doing fairly well (up about $88 after 9K hands) Well in about 2 days and a few 100 hands I'm about $16 off that number. I know some of you lose that just being in the small blind on a table but I figured I'd start and the bottom of the barrel and move up, gotta start somewhere right . I'm playing 2 tables and and usually buy in for between $3-4 (max is 5). I've been busted at almost every session except one, where I wound up slightly better than even. In PT I'm a SLAA after changing them from a thread I found on here that someone created for NL. So is it more likely this is just a bad run right now or should I try tightning up on my betting? Thanks

This is good BR managemnt and well discplined play.

I'd be careful with raising and re-rasing too heavily on the pennies... It confuses the other players.. you'll find that a lot of ppl will simply push all-in at the first opportunity (not always a bad thing) but this can cause some swings...

So basically I shouldn't sweat it? Yes the people pushing all in is what's been getting me and I get out drawn.

Originally Posted by Pok 7's

Yes the people pushing all in is what's been getting me and I get out drawn.

Thats what happens in penny games...because the loss isn't severe. Personally, I'm weary of learning from low-stakes games just like I'm weary of learning from play-money games...people are willing to call with alot of different hands, and are willing to take risks that they wouldn't take if the stakes were higher (IE not good poker). Its hard to learn in those situations, because you're getting results that aren't typical when the money matters.

If you're trying to see how different moves work, it is my personal opinion that you have to play bigger stakes. It's easier to get people to fold to a raise when they're playing for $100 as opposed to 10. You don't have to play huge stakes, but something where it MATTERS when they lose.