A style that appears to be working thus far...

[micloren]

I've been playing an Semi-Loose Ultra Aggressive style lately and it seems to be working well profitability wise. To elaborate more ... here are some things i've been doing:

- Using the auto raise buttons to annoy people or otherwise making split decisions.
- Constantly raising and reraising.
- Mixing up my plays constantly.
- Overall still playing decently tight for a shorthanded 5/10 table. Just making decisions quicker.

Here is what i've noticed:

- I give off the impression that im psychotic and loose and people "constantly" call me down with mid pair, bottom bair, ace high, and sometimes king and queen high.

- It almost instantly tilts some people.

- It's easier to pick up on what other peoples styles are and what they might be holding. I think this is due to the fact that i'm forcing them to play their ABC game by speeding up play... which after a few hands is really easy to follow.

- When i hit a big hand i almost always get paid off well.

- After a while most of the tighter people at the table almost refuse to play a hand against you unless its top pair top kicker. Which is easy enough to stay away from.

- Overall ... its the weaker players that seem to dump off more of their chips than if i were playing at a slower pace.

[micloren]

If i can get some stats ill post em although at the moment its probably not enough hands to really mean all that much. These are just my observations so far.

[micloren]

Hand that illustrates my point here...

Ed ... is the weak one. This guy was raising with garbage half the time ... and way overplaying hands after the flop. He could be raising with a wide variety of hands (PP, Ax, Kx, Jx, Suited Connectors). One particular hand i hit the nut straight T to A ... he capped it to the river on a flush draw. The other guy ... wheat ... i knew right off the bat he had a monster. You can say how much i suck about raising A3s here but, thats how i play sometimes (mixing it up here against people like Ed) ... it works ... and if i hit Ed's going to pay me off big time. If i dont its an easy fold... and hitting an Ace isn't a "hit" in this situation. I was looking for trips, a flush, or a straight.

Hit my trips.

I knew Ed would BO here with anything ... and of course im going to raise no matter what. Wheat raises me obviously with his high pp and Ed caps... telling me that he either has a 3 or a high pp. The only thing that got me here is the reraise on the turn when the Ten came by wheat. I almost decided to call it down on the off chance the guy had actually capped it with Tens preflop until ED reraised and the guy paused to call. On that note ... i decided to raise the river after ED bet out again.

PokerStars Game #5849953614: Hold'em Limit ($5/$10) - 2006/08/08 - 23:51:32 (ET)
Table 'Scorpius II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Micloren ($715 in chips)
Seat 2: clwheat ($188 in chips)
Seat 3: DevilFishin ($282.50 in chips)
Seat 4: nikkib222 ($249 in chips)
Seat 5: EdTenor ($388 in chips)
Seat 6: Scary_Tiger ($242 in chips)
DevilFishin: posts small blind $2
nikkib222: posts big blind $5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Micloren [3h Ah]
EdTenor: raises $5 to $10
Scary_Tiger: folds
Micloren: raises $5 to $15
clwheat: raises $5 to $20
Betting is capped
DevilFishin: folds
nikkib222: folds
EdTenor: calls $10
Micloren: calls $5
*** FLOP *** [5d 3d 3c]
EdTenor: checks
Micloren: bets $5
clwheat: calls $5
EdTenor: raises $5 to $10
Micloren: calls $5
clwheat: calls $5
*** TURN *** [5d 3d 3c] [Ts]
EdTenor: bets $10
Micloren: raises $10 to $20
clwheat: raises $10 to $30
EdTenor: raises $10 to $40
Betting is capped
Micloren: calls $20
clwheat: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [5d 3d 3c Ts] [4c]
EdTenor: bets $10
Micloren: raises $10 to $20
clwheat: calls $20
EdTenor: calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Micloren: shows [3h Ah] (three of a kind, Threes)
clwheat: mucks hand
EdTenor: shows [Qs Qc] (two pair, Queens and Threes)
Micloren collected $274 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $277 | Rake $3
Board [5d 3d 3c Ts 4c]
Seat 1: Micloren showed [3h Ah] and won ($274) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 2: clwheat (button) mucked [Kh Kc]
Seat 3: DevilFishin (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: nikkib222 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: EdTenor showed [Qs Qc] and lost with two pair, Queens and Threes
Seat 6: Scary_Tiger folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[micloren]

Within the first 10 hands of me sitting down:

DevilFishin said, "u are horrible dude"
Micloren said, "i know"
Micloren said, "dont you love it"
Micloren said, "who are you talking to"
DevilFishin said, "lmao"
DevilFishin said, "u"
Micloren said, "oh"
Micloren said, "cool"
DevilFishin said, "nice one again"
DevilFishin said, "BRILLIANT"


When i first sat down:

Seat 3: DevilFishin ($370.50 in chips)
Seat 1: Micloren ($500 in chips)

When i decided to leave:

Seat 3: DevilFishin ($172.50 in chips)
Seat 1: Micloren ($903 in chips)


This is the guy that i semi-tilt with this wierd style... he called me down with Ace high and King high on numerous occasions.

[micloren]

Some PokerOffice stats so far:

Hands: 640
$Won/Hand: $1.9
BB/100 Hands: $19.36
Total: $1239

Like i said ... i only started trying this wacked out style this past weekend so we will see in the coming weeks if its still profitable.

[ugignadl]

Interesting. Keep us up to date.

I suspect you would get pwned in NL with this strategy.

[micloren]

Interesting. Keep us up to date.

I suspect you would get pwned in NL with this strategy.

Definately

[mervhage]

Very nice. Based on some of the previous hands you posted at 5/10, I wouldn't exactly say you were a fish by any standard.