.05/.10 NLH LH 10/10/07 (2)

Party Poker
Opening Balance: $40

Buy-In: 10 + 10 + 10 (3 tables)
No. of Hands: 165
Left With: 17.71 + 15.57 + 14.12

Closing Balance: $57.40

Running Totals: +1375ptbb/5559
+$137.47/5559

I had a proper post about this, but Blogger ate it. Silly Blogger.

Essentially, I stuck to playing tight preflop and it worked well (although I lost ~$6 with JJ on my first hand). I still c-bet a lot of flops and the turn if it seems like a good spot, but I was a lot less likely to call preflop looking to hit big (to be honest, I think calling 3-4BB on the button or CO against a raise and a call with things like T8 looking for 2 pair or a straight draw is a big losing proposition for me. You'd need like 9:1 to make it worthwile, maybe more {or less, for excellent post-flop players with weak-tight or otherwise foldable villains}) than I have been otherwise (although that wasn't a feature of the move to Party, just a general change in my game).

Party seemed a little fishier than Stars (more calling stations, more limping) but based on a tiny sample size it's most likely I just caught a couple of live ones.

Not many interesting hands to analyse (one of the tables was very short for much of the session, three hands in a row I raised, the player after me reraised. The third I called, missed the flop and c-bet her all-in with a pot-size bet. I caught runner-runner straight and took her short-stack for the second of three times). There was another villain I sparred with a lot, but I can't find any of the hands or really remember who he was so I'll leave this here.