Monday, March 11, 2013

Loose cannons

On Saturday night, several players at the table I joined were real loose cannons. They can be fun to play against, but you don't want to make a habit of it. Also, you don't play want to play lengthy sessions against them. The biggest problem with loose cannons is that every now and then, they're actually going to have a hand. The longer you play against them, the more likely they are to get that hand, and hurt you with it. The best way to play against them is to wait until you get a reasonably good hand, bet it, and be prepared to go all in with it. You don't need a premium hand to beat a loose cannon; you only need a reasonably good one. Saturday night, I called an all in bet from a loose cannon to go all in myself on hand 68. I won a pot worth $52,572 with two pair, kings and tens. The "loosie" only had a high card ace after failing to make his gutshot straight draw. I got out of Dodge the next hand.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 69 hands and saw flop:
 - 10 out of 14 times while in big blind (71%)
 - 8 out of 14 times while in small blind (57%)
 - 16 out of 41 times in other positions (39%)
 - a total of 34 out of 69 (49%)
 Pots won at showdown - 5 of 9 (55%)
 Pots won without showdown - 3

delta: $12,572
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $4,383,223
balance: $6,832,631

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