day 10 + 11

didnt really play that much over the last two days.

yesterday:
time: 2 hours 15 minutes
profit: +$51
bankroll: $733


Holdem results ($1/$2 LHE)
Time played today: 1 hour
Results today (green=win; red=loss): -$38
Results for May: +$ 595
Holdem bankroll: $695

i shouldn't have played late at night tonight, I knew i shouldn't have. Opponents are much looser and stupidly aggressive at weird times making some of them highly unpredictable. I dont have the edge yet to apply the proper change up to adjust to these "night time players". Its just not +EV for me to play at night, its far more efficient for me to play agains the "day time players", its far easier. Started 3 tabling lately, its been going pretty well, was up at least +$10 on all 3 tables tonight, except for one table... I just couldnt seem to stop running into bad luck. 3 times i lost big pots to an opponent rivering two pair, couldnt hit any of my flush draws on that table either. At least a solid +$20 win on another table helped pad the loss of a full buy-in on that unlucky table... sigh


i read an interesting article Tiburon wrote in his blog about aggressiveness in relation to win rate:

his research in his database are as follows:

Rating Category................................................BB/100

Ultra Aggressor (AF-T>2.00).........................3.59
Tight Aggressive (AF-T 1.5-2).......................1.98
Semi-Loose Aggressive...........................................1.97
Loose Aggressive................................................0.72
Tight Neutral (AF-T 1.2-1.5)........................0.45
Semi-Loose Neutral..............................................1.79
Loose Neutral...................................................0.71
Tight Passive (AF-T<1.2)...........................-3.70
Semi-Loose Passive.............................................-11.42
Loose Passive...................................................-14.41

"As in my autorate rule discussion in another stickied thread, aggression is the key to winning poker. Plain and simple. No doubt about it. Pre-flop aggression factor is absolutely worthless. Ignore it. Your VP$IP and PFR aren't bad, but if you play passive post-flop, you will lose. Raise with your made hands, raise with your draws. Raise more than call, Fold more than raise.

• Aggression is vital to success in Limit Hold'em. Without playing aggressively, you will almost certainly not be a long term winner.
• Never try to semi-bluff or bluff a calling station. Before you try the plays listed here, make sure your read on the opponent is that he can lay down a non-nut or other mediocre holding. If you feel he can't lay it down, play aggressively, but don't try to overplay him.

--------------credit Tiburon----------------------------------

definately have to start being more aggressive with my draws, I've noticed i've slipped into this passive role when playing my flush draws and straight draws against opponents simply because I feel like most of the time i won't hit and they will call down with mid pair or less more than half the time anyway so it isnt worth trying to raise and re-raise draws. I think im pretty aggressive but I know I should push these draws harder than I have been...I also need to work on folding more often rather than calling.