I went to the Seneca Niagara Casino on Saturday with a buddy and ended up having a pretty good live game session, and a not so good tournament session.
The tournament was a mid-range buy in with a total of 47 participants. I tried playing a little more of a lowball style early on but never seem to hit any flops. Then I tightened up and waited for premium hands. When they came I got no callers and when I missed it seemed like I was always up against a raise and a re-raise, and I’d be out of position. I was never really in contention with this tournament and was knocked out at the one hour thirty minute mark.
I quickly moved over to my regular game and had an impact immediately. My first hand was AKs and I hit my Ace on the flop. I had a caller all the way so my first pot ended up being a decent one. I spent about nine hours at that table and left with an ROI of 51%. I didn’t get as many Big Bets per hour as I would have liked but that was mostly doe to some tough hands near the end of my session.
Overall, I have to say that I was very happy with my performance in the live game. I was very relaxed and had a very good read on the table. I spent more time thinking about my decisions and I think that went a long way to keeping me out of trouble. I found myself either winning small pots or very large pots and I think that’s the safest way to play low-limit. It seems like with the average sized pots you never really know where you stand in the hand and it’s always vulnerable.
