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This is an interesting little entry for me. One it is my first blog here, and secondly it is about the evolution of my poker playing. I live in Burnsville, Minnesota, and play at the local card club, Canterbury Park. I have been playing there for 6 years, and worked my way up playing part time while in college. The majority of college is behind me, and now I play about 20 hours a week, mostly online.
I have always played hold em at full ring games up to 100/200, but that limit was much more of shot taking. I played for 2 years full time in 04 and 05 on Party and made a very good living at 10/20 and 20/40 multi tabling.
It was this year that I really started concentrating on short handed play and 6 max tables. Hold em is not my favorite game, however, obviously it is the majorities only game.
I started on a new site, and found some interesting numbers after about 20k hands. I was struggling at full ring games from 5/10 to 20/40. It was not from poor play, but short term luck from draw outs. This site is linked to a number of sports books and they all give plenty of action.
I decide I want to look up someone who I trust as an excellent hold em player, and search for Schneids. After seeing his blogs, and doing some number crunching I had a game plan on how to approach the six max tables.
So I started out low, 2/4 and now have worked my way up to 20/40 and 50/100. The former is my best, as the later is filled with winners from some other games.
The 20/40 games however have some players that just give money away, and I think I am understanding why the best players like shorthanded games. I don't think it should be for the action, rather the chance to make poor play stand out even more.
Here is my best example I had happen today:
20/40 6 max
villian is UTG and limps in. 70/5 for vol. and raising. very loose pp.
this is so funny, because these guys always tend to try and lay a big trap when they get a monster, yet call all the time anyway with everything else.
utg +1 calls
3 folds to me BB
I check the Q7 offsuit.
flop QQ7
I check, villian fires, next mucks, I check raise.
Villian 3 bets. I call
Turn: Q I lead he raises we cap. 4 bets.
River: A ....now, I have to give him credit here for a big hand, however it is queens full of what??
If he has no Ace, this guy probably knuckles river...so instead of checkraising, I lead....he pops and caps it.
Made Aces full on River. Why do these people always do this?? try to sandbag, when they are in 3/4 of the pots anyway??? I think it would be a blast to sit and have a conversation with this guy just to see what color the sky is in his world, and what he thinks about daily.
Anyway, Schneids, wanted to thank you for the ideas you bring up and your continued drive for improvement.
Nathan Guentzel
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