Wanting to play well in the upcoming SCOOP Poker Tournament I have had to make some adjustments to my game. An interesting phenomenon that has come to my attention is that of counterfeiting, an example of which is below:
Now, I am in the big blind and get dealt T6off, no biggie, no one raised so I am priced in to see the flop. I flop middle/bottom pair and bet out, I get one caller so I figure the guy is playing Kxsuited or some lower pair, if he had hit trips he would have raised, if he hit kings up he would have raised, I am 99% sure that I still have the best hand, my 2 pair against his kings. I am OK with the Ace on the board because I already have him on a hand that does not include an Ace and I bet again. However, when the second Ace hits the board on the river I am totally beat, my two pair were just counterfeited by the Aces. Time to fold and regroup.
In looking back on the hand I don't think that I could have won this on any street by changing the way that I bet. No way was I raising pre-flop, I could have shoved post but I am pretty sure that he would have come along on the strength of top pair, he could only reasonably have been beaten by Aces and I would have bet them regardless of position and he knew that.
I am trying to vary the type of tourney that I enter, buy-in, field size, turbo or non, knockout or not, to develop a more easily adaptable playing style while still maintaining enough aggression to move forward in the field. Patience is paying off slowly, isn't that just about right. Positive thoughts and pro-active adjustments are the things I am working towards, let's hope that the work pays off.
See you all on the felt.
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