I put in a ton of hours today, and it was a real roller coaster ride. Mostly I was playing 25/50 cap, for some reason there were six fish-filled tables running today. A couple hours into the session, I was running like crap and having one of my worst days ever. But I (mostly) didn’t get tilted, and I was still doing well in the FTP $500 (ended up with a shallow cash for less than twice my buyin) so I kept playing and ended up booking a solid win. Since these were mostly cap hands, there isn’t much interesting to recount, so here’s a pretty sick graph:
What adjustments do you make when you play in the cap. games? Seems like people are more willing to stick it in there with draws and generally have more gamble in them than if they were playing regular or deepstack pkr. At the nosebleed levels i’ve seen players just shove with any pair which can’t be too profitable in the long run. Thx
My background in tournament poker is definitely an asset. Your observations are pretty on point. You definitely need to tighten up pre-flop- can’t open as many pots or call as many raises against crazies. Then be careful how you structure the betting- don’t give your opponents opportunities to check-shove on you when you have a draw, try to pick up fold equity yourself with re-steals and semi-bluffs, etc. It’s all about identifying flop and pre-flop leaks in your opponents and then exploiting them.