MB_
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, 8:57 PM
I just tried out PokerVT for 24 hours with a card I got from my WPTAPL. I've been hovering just into top 50%, with only 1 final table in 3 months. After learning a few moves and better betting strategy, I made 6th place tonight (final table)

For the last month, I've been hovering around 15th place (just into pointing--top 16 point while top 8 point highest).
I'm looking forward to signing up for the 3-month trial soon...
Tonight, I saw a lot of pots, raised good hands preflop with continuation bets while in late, took out 3 loose players and grabbed my share of blinds. I switched things up a lot and pushed a few people hard with monster preflop hands, then slow-played others and surprised people with straights...I could tell they couldn't get a good read on my hands. The only chop to my stack was one play against a Tight/Passive player. I was on the button with QQ and raised about 3x the blind...putting it at 6k. She called. The flop: 10 J K. She checks and I do a strong continuation bet of 15k (between about 2/3 the pot). She called and I was a bit surprised, knowing how tight she was. I thought she paired a jack at best. Checked to the river (rags) and she showed 10 J, beating me with the 2 pair. After that, I survived a few all-ins with only 1 blind left and made final table. Small ball worked for me until I risked a bit to much of my stack. That was putting me in a marginal situation in a larger pot and I might have just checked it down and saved some money...
It's funny to hear people call me a bully, when they only remember my few strong bets and strong hands and don't notice all the folds and limps...
MaryBeth