Monkeys

I have to keep reminding myself that the $1 level on pokerstars is full of monkeys & fish.

I played a few different games yesterday but a Fifty50 I played ended when I showed in 7th spot v 6th place guy with A3o.

Now anyone who hasn't played these nor understands the Nash Theory will probably think donkey, but in this position I shoved knowing that a reasonable player would only be able to call this shove with a good pair or AQ+, meaning that the increase in stack of 30% meant it was a risk well worth taking.

Well the monkey made the mistake of calling with QJo (I am a 56% favorite) but he hit the flop to leave me out.

I am finding it difficult to get out of the $1 level games...I am seriously thinking about going straight to the $3.50s.

Last night I won a $2.20 Sunday Storm Satellite which I converted to T$ I will now run these through the Fifty50s to push to BR back up.

Winning, losing and bad beats

Been playing a few tourneys but seem to be getting the rough end of variance at the minute.

I do have selective memory though like most players I am sure. Just took a quick look at the win/loss stats in my HEM (Holdem Manager) and found that I was winning over 80% as expected with AA.

If you ever think the poker gods are against you just remember they are not, take a look at Poker Stove which is a free app that allows you to check how various hands play out against each other.

Take a look at the screen shot...

Against a couple of random hands you are only going to win 73% of the time, so post flop play is important. Getting married to a high pocket pair in the face of big bets or re-raises can be a recipe for disaster as you could be up against a set or on draw heavy boards getting out drawn is likely.