So Who Said I Was Smart?

After having the tilt of a lifetime yesterday, I decided to shut it down for the day. Walk away...Clear my thoughts...So what do I do? Back to the SnGs this morning. After 2 non-cashes on some ridiculous beats, I decided I wanted my money back now. I went up a level to the $10+$1 SnG.

Now I KNOW that was a horrible idea. I realized that shortly after I registered and the table popped up. I glanced at my cashier page, and what do I see? That I only have $18.55 of my original $50 deposit of TWO days ago left.

So I do the only thing I can.

I win the damn thing. With dominance. I was playing rock solid until we got 4 handed (the bubble), and I realized quickly that I was among passive players. So I did what Action Dan said to do--I switched and became Mr. Aggressive. I would limp and bet the pot on the flop with hands like 86o that caught nothing. I took it down right there.

I went from seeing about 19% of flops to seeing closer to 50%, and my chip stack was increasing incredibly fast. All I had showed down to that point were my hands like QQ, AKs, and things like that. Then I started to bluff people--and win. Then I would show my occasional bluff. You would not believe the psychological effect of winning a 500 chip pot, then showing 86o with a board of K-J-J.

Invariably, players would tilt a little and they'd call my bluffs. Then I'd show them KK or AK, or something like that...

I played mean today. In Boston, they'd call it wicked hardcore.

Back to the green...