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Experiment 1 – Loose Aggressive

I played my first $5 SNG with the loose aggressive style, here’s a quick recap of my view on loose aggressive:

Loose Aggressive
I want to see a lot of hands, and I want to raise a lot of hands, especially with position. When I get in a pot I want to take control and bully my opponents. If I catch a substantial piece or a big draw Iâ€™m going to play it like its the nuts. I wonâ€™t slowplay anything because that will make my big hands all the more obvious. Bet-bet-bet is the strategy. And Iâ€™m calling with overs, suited cards, and inside straight draws, and you will like it!

Well, they liked it alright, I busted in 9th place! I got my stack up to $3000 and quickly back down to $0, haha, here’s how it all went down:

I raised 5x the big blind with 33 under-the-gun on my first hand, one caller. I continuation bet it 3/4 the pot and he folded.

Check from the big blind with J4o and flopped low two pair. I overbet the pot on every turn of the cards, getting one caller. He mucks top pair, kings and I’m up to $3000, the height of my reign.

Next hand played I raised from the small blind with 10-4 suited. The flop was 10-J-K and I bet the pot, bet the pot, bet the pot. Passive caller beat me out of $1800 chips… what gives?

I raised with A10 of diamonds and flopped the nut flush draw. I bet the pot. Turned a straight draw as well and I overbet the pot. Hit my straight, went all in but opponent folded.

The other players have begun talking about how I always raise and how aggressive I am, guess my cover is blown.

I raised with Q9 offsuit and had three callers, they had lost all respect for my bets by this time. The flop came Q 9 A and I bet the pot, one caller. He bet into me on the turn and I went all in. He called and showed AQ, I was down to $700 chips.

Finally from the big blind I had 35 suited in diamonds. A middle position player moves all in with one callers, I reraised all in on top and was called by A2 and 10-10. Unfortunately I didn’t improve and was knocked out in 9th!

From Pokerstars:
You finished in 9th place

14 hands played and saw flop:
– 2 times out of 2 while in small blind (100%)
– 1 times out of 2 while in big blind (50%)
– 5 times out of 10 in other positions (50%)
– a total of 8 times out of 14 (57%) That is a lot.

Pots won at showdown – 1 out of 4 (25%) If it got that far they had me
Pots won without showdown – 5It didn’t always get that far

We’ll see how the next few experiments go.

Good luck!