Recovery

Made a recovery from Friday night's loss last night. Started at a $65 buy-in limit tourn, never picked up anything to gain any momentum and went out meekly about 60% through the field with a J,10 suited. Then went to Hideaway 10/20 game. Short handed game, my favorite. We played 4 and 5 handed most of the night until the game broke and I had to move to a full ring game after about three hours. I kept up a pressure aggressive game that was working well against a couple of inexperienced short handed players. The other guy was a good player that I just had his number that night. I picked up a quick $1,000 during the shorthanded play, and then went card dead in the ring game and treaded water. Ended up quitting after a $938 win there, add that to the $65 loss in the tourn and the day ended up $873. Not a bad recovery for the month. Now to get going in the right direction this month.

Short handed play is so much different than a ring game. The aggressor is usually the winner. There are just so many flops where both players miss that with position and aggression you can just run over some of your opponents. The swings can be a lot larger, but the better player usually ends up with the money a heck of a lot faster short handed. It forces the weak player to play post flop, and not just play their good cards. It really helps work on reading skills, and play making to maximize your pots. It is a lot of fun, and is a very necessary part of anyone's game. SJ