yours is no disgrace

The title is what I said to myself after todays session. I was up 4k and suddenly I started to recieve very standard set ups and lost 8k. But I'm not whinning about it cause this has been my first losing session since my last entry and I was the benefactor of these standard set ups during that time.

Nevertheless, I know that my game improved a lot lately. I'm doing less big mistakes but still I'm doing some small ones. On top of that my awareness on player styles has improved. I change gears a lot during the game to push my opponents into deception and when I notice they make adjustments I change gears again. I don't mean becoming lag or tag by changing gears I mean I can change my preflop raise range, my calling range, I can increase or decrease my aggression, I choose between playing solid like a rock or playing like a maniac/making -EV calls or raises for deception and to push them on tilt.

I also think that during that change in my game my image in the tables changed as well. I've been known as a solid tag for the past months but now people are not so sure about how to react against me. I feel that they usually don't know if I'm going to make that call or not or they can't make a clear guess about what am I holding. Bluffing me becomes more and more difficult consequently.

During evenings I play and during the day I usually analyze my game and my regular opponent's. I will suggest you a very helpfull study. Try to find new bluff lines against your regular opponents. Don't raise too big to commit yourself into the pot for example, raise smaller and let them know that this can be a bluff regardless of you are actually bluffing or not. Don't let any of your moves mean something. Try to eliminate from your game moves that shout "I got a big hand". If you are in need of slowplaying some big hands that usually means that you are not pushing your opponents enough with bluffs.

Get better or quit.

Untill next time.