jcp182000

I joined PokerVT about a year ago, and from what I've learned on there, you should be constantly adjusting. If your first table is really tight, loosen up a little. and if it's really loose, tighten up. But if want a general rule of thumb, play tight early and observe your opponents, and then when antes kick in, get more aggressive. Especially in position. Also, with a big stack, you want to play more pots and abuse the medium sized stacks against which you have a lot of fold equity, particularly around the bubble. And when you get under 20 bbs, you might want to consider reshipping pretty wid

Thanks guys. It is stupid of me to try to move somebody off of a drawing hand when I'm a significant favorite. I'm just learning though. Will post more hands and looking forward to feedback.

Here's the hand:Hero (btn): Ad 8cSb and bb plus one limper in the cutoff in the pot ahead of me. I raise to $.24 to isolate. The cutoff calls and has a stack of $6.32 and my stack is about $10.The flop is 9c 8s 8d. Cutoff checks, and I bet 2/3 pot. He smooth calls. The turn is a 6d. He leads into me for a pot sized bet. Considering that he limped preflop, I don't put him on 99. So I'm thinking that his most likely holding is 66 or 710 for the straight. Seeing as he might have the straight, I just smooth call with my trips, hoping to improve. Is this advisable here? He ends up having a 910o and