Today there was a period where the usual tables were too shorthanded for some applied nittery. Maybe it was the weather or something, but I decided to take a shot at the .1/.2 Tables. I was watching them and I noticed that there was some mad fishing going on- people making 20 dollar all-in bets with Ace-rag and calling them with the likes of KJ. It struck me that this was a great place to be for a nit if he could catch a few big hands. Ironically, my one and only big pot was won by going against all my nittish insticnts and making an EV+ decison that involved going all in on the draw.
To add a bit of deception to my game (and because I read Brunson on suited connectors), I have been playing the occassional suited connector in the hope of flopping a monster or a monster draw. While sitting on the button, I was dealt 57c, a hand with some potential. With 5 callers and the pot at 1.40, I bet .8, hoping to either take it down or position myself for a good semi-bluff(yes, I was much more loose than normal, but I had position and was in experimenting mood). Two called, bringing it to about 3.80. The flop came Ac Jc 4d. For reasons best known to him or herself, the first to act went all in for 7.40. Then the next player moved me all in for about 17.90.
The pot was now at about 30 dollars or so.
Based on past form (I had seen both of them move in with Ace-rag or something mad like QJo), it seemed highly likely that I was looking at top pair or even middle pair. I guess that was the major gambling part- trying to work out what the had. But based on my gut, I figured that a completed flush would probably be the best hand. Based on this, I could see that price offered was a bit better than the odds of making the flush.....but only very marginally so by my standards. However, I had been reading about EV+ play and this seemed like a good spot to try it out as the odds were on my side and simply playing at .1/.2 was a once off.
As it turned out, the first guy had 10 Jo and the second guy had A 7 h. I made my flush on the turn and spent the next 5 minutes laughing at hate speech in the chatbox. All I can say is that I will probably not be doing something like that and at that level for some time. I will probably make a few similar plays at the lower levels, but only when I am drawing to the nut flush with overcards.
It felt good to put some theory into practice and actually achieve the desired result, but until I learn more, my all in calls will be significantly less marginal.
One more thing....this means that I have met one of my profit objectives for the month. Now my instinct tell me to protect it and build on it by decidedly more nittish means.
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