Out of nowhere…I have hit my stride . Everyone knows what that is…it’s when you call short stack shoves  with A8 and they turn over A3 or when you call AK with 83 off getting 3.5-1 preflop or when lots of other marginal spots and decisions hold up for you. I swear 70/30s crush my soul. I hate 3 outers.

I am playing more laggy lately so I should like them since it will be me catching that ace. Sometimes people laugh at me when I get called jamming  Q9o in the BB for 15BBs after a bunch of weak tight limpers and popping a Q to suddenly have 35BBs (called by 24BB stack with 55 in this case), but I let them laugh because +EV is +EV. I have been called as light as 7 8 suited in those situations (I had 99) so you obv have to assess the opponents and their stacks. Is it results oriented to know that jamming will scoop you the pot ~3/4 of the time increasing your stack 33% each time it’s not called and you still win ~25% of the time when you do get called? What is a fair calling range? Maybe 88+, AJs AQo. OBV everything is approximate. Most of those hands would be raised preflop so its unlikely the opener is holding better than that. Most of the other callers would raise the limper with premium holdings.

I did a 6 table $26 45 seat SNG session yesterday. $156 in buy-ins 2 cashes for $346 in 2 hours of play. I cashed 11 of my last 31  for a cash rate of 35%. Sick and completely not-sustainble obv but so sweet. Average cash rate for 45 seat SNGs is 13%. I am running 22% for the year. I have been playing very aggressively, 3betting and jamming alot more than the past.  I am usually the most aggressive player at the table but it’s easy to spot any lagtards and play them tighter.

I made my nut in MTTs but the variance is cumbersome and tilting. I hate cash. Too boring. The 45 seat tournies are soft and have a lower variance and have proven to be profitable. I also seem to have developed a style that works good for this type of tourny and blind structure. I am more taggy in DS events waiting for big hands.