Im in the process of reading Sklansky and Lee Jones.

Im having many lightbulb moments and realising where im going wrong! Im dying to get back on the tables, but Im torn between finishing the books first or wading in and getting some more experience.

Ive bought tracker and trashed my old DB as it had lots of tilts in it, so I hope to play with more concentration than before and get some decent stats to analyse. My main pro b was playing top pair/over pair, I just never saw when I was beat until too late

One question

Do I really need to worry about calculating EV as well as pot odds at the table or will PT sort the EV for me after?

I got a crib sheet for odds to help me out a bit.

Don't worry about calculating EV. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS consider the pot odds! I cannot stress that enough! Try to get in the habit of calculating pot odds based on the amount of small bets (pre-flop and flop) or big bets (turn and river) in the pot, not the actual numbers.

I think it's a good idea to play while you're still reading the material. You can apply what you've learned so far, and review and read more after the sessions.

Cheers chaps!

Had a weird session last night.

Found a table of maniacs on 32red at .25/.50.

I had to adapt my play to win money as their were no preflop raises at all and several call stations so was wary of being outdrawn even though I had best hand.

Managed to double my money in 30 mins though so not a bad night, just frustrating that I cant play my proper tight game because I saw that I could take advantage of them. Not really a great lesson but a chance to adapt I suppose.

For example

im UTG with AA. i call coz I know they will fold to preflop raise.

2 others call and the flop is 9d4s8c. looks good for me

i raise and the calling stations do their stuff

turn 3c, another bet another call, river 2s bet, call

i turn over AA, second player has 10,2o

other has 2h,3d.


Saying that 77 BB/100 over the 3 hours so im not complaining.

yep sorry I was calling them maniacs as in "mentally unstable" not poker terms

I guess they would be call stations