Keep it Simple

totally not putting in the hours I should be. But that's ok. Relaxation is key.

I played 2 hrs today for a $95 profit. Man, while i was playing, i was thinking 'this game is way too swingy, I hate it' haha, I hope I don't get stuck playing only poker for the rest of my life. I'd want to make money in other ways as well :)

a random convo that made me laugh:
Mike: i wanna learn to box
bigg: ...
bigg: ur too small
Mike: D:
Mike: wow!
bigg: u'd be in the kindergarten classMike Songlasses: WOW
Mike: i actually
Mike: laughed out loud
Mike: lol
Mike: i was tlaking
Mike: and then mid-setnence
Mike: i started laughing
Mike: u asshole

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Alright. Let me start off by saying something I strongly believe in,

Like begets Like.

This means exactly what it sounds like. like like like, like if I'm a very happy person and you're around me, eventually you can't help but feel happy. You're more inclined to have a positive attitude, whereas if I'm really pissy that day, you will feel more negative and pissy as well. It can be a conscious or subconscious change and some people are really sensitive to it.

So poker is a game played against __________? People! Not everyone has a stoic approach to the game and some have a drastically emotional approach, i.e. hyper sensitive to being bluffed or to constant aggression.

At low limits, where the game is very simple compared to higher stake games, the last thing you would want IS to make it play like a high stake game. Sure the players may not have the skill that the pros do, but if they start playing back at you, bluffing and semi-bluffing, the game is going to get a hell of a lot harder. This is something I had been forcing upon myself by playing a very very aggressive and laggy game.

Keep it simple. By playing ABC, and I'm not advocating a complete textbook game here fellas, just don't go out of your way to look like a hyper aggressive maniac. In short handed limit where you are playing lots of pots, it is more profitable to have an honest image than a lagtard as you want to win more uncontested pots. Winning uncontested pots means less reliance on your cards, meaning less variance! Yes!

Keep it simple. By playing honest, you encourage others to return the favor and 'tip' you some extra $$ :)

Did this help?

Good luck everyone!

-Mikey Song

p.s.
I'll start posting 'entertaining' hands at the end of my blogs btw while keeping ones that I want to explain in the beginning.

[Jan 21 17:32:35] : Hand Start.
[Jan 21 17:32:35] : Seat 1 : mustfoldem has $288.50
[Jan 21 17:32:35] : Seat 2 : MikeySong has $195
[Jan 21 17:32:35] : Seat 5 : TEAGA has $233
[Jan 21 17:32:35] : Seat 6 : ST@CKED has $171.50
[Jan 21 17:32:35] : mustfoldem is the dealer.
[Jan 21 17:32:35] : MikeySong posted small blind.
[Jan 21 17:32:38] : TEAGA posted big blind.
[Jan 21 17:32:38] : Game [44269] started with 4 players.
[Jan 21 17:32:38] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Jan 21 17:32:38] : Seat 2 : MikeySong has Ah Jc

[Jan 21 17:32:43] : MikeySong called $2.50 and raised $5
[Jan 21 17:32:45] : TEAGA called $5

[Jan 21 17:32:46] : Dealing flop.
[Jan 21 17:32:46] : Board cards [Ts Jh Js]
[Jan 21 17:32:47] : MikeySong bet $5
[Jan 21 17:32:50] : TEAGA called $5

[Jan 21 17:32:50] : Dealing turn.
[Jan 21 17:32:50] : Board cards [Ts Jh Js Jd]
[Jan 21 17:32:52] : MikeySong bet $10
[Jan 21 17:32:54] : TEAGA called $10

[Jan 21 17:32:54] : Dealing river.
[Jan 21 17:32:54] : Board cards [Ts Jh Js Jd Th]
[Jan 21 17:32:56] : MikeySong bet $10
[Jan 21 17:33:04] : TEAGA folded.
[Jan 21 17:33:04] : MikeySong wins $48 as the last player standing
[Jan 21 17:33:07] : Hand is over.
WHAT?! WHY?! SO STANDARD ~!


Absolute Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $5/$10
6 players

Pre-flop: (6 players) Mikey Song is UTG with 8d 8c
Mikey Song raises, UTG+1 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB 3-bets, BB folds, Mikey Song caps, CO calls, SB calls.

Flop: 6d 6h 8s (13SB, 3 players)
SB bets, Mikey Song raises, CO folds, SB calls.

Turn: 6s (8.5BB, 2 players)
SB checks, Mikey Song bets, SB calls.

River: 6c (10.5BB, 2 players)
SB checks, Mikey Song checks.

wowowoowowowooww.