12.11.09
Cash Game - Not Getting Action - Then Terrible Beats
I was not getting any action from this tight cash poker online table. To compensate I decided to open for a 3x raise on every poker online hand. This allowed me to extract a lot of money just through stealing blinds, and hopefully it would help create a maniacal image for me. Unfortunately, they would fold to me when I had QQ as well as J-6. Once in a while they would re-raise me. Since they never gave any action, I tried to reciprocate by not giving them any. Once in a while I would call their raises with garbage and hope to hit a lucky flop and stack them, but this strategy was not working out too well. I was really waiting for them to do this when had a monster online poker hand. The moment comes: I get aces in the cutoff. I make my standard 3x raise to $1.50 and the player on the button calls. I don’t love being out of position with aces. If I’m beat it’s hard to figure out because I’m not in a position to raise and get information, but if I don’t bet the flop I’m letting my opponent possibly draw for free.
