Finding my game

I’d still say that I am in the midst of finding my game play.

I started playing Hold ‘Em May of 2005. Although, I know, I already played a lot of hands now… I know I still have a lot to learn about poker.

I started out to be a very aggressive player, a calling station as they would say. I will call your bet now matter how high it is. I bluff, I draw and I bully. Sometimes I get lucky. But for that kind of play, I would either be out of the game fast or be a really big chip lead. But with that huge chip stack, I would stay in the game. But I wouldn’t last even the final three.

So during the last big tourney, I learned a lot in such a short span of time. I can’t play gung-ho with the testosterone-ego monsters around. I played uber tight. I keep thinking every time I’d play a hand that if I am ready that this could be my last hand for the game. They can always call me all-in since I don’t have much chips compared to the others. So I choose the hands that I’d play. I folded a lot of hands that I would usually play. It was so hard to fold hands like and Ace, Six or suited connectors. And thank goodness, I was doing the right thing! I finished 6th out of 48 people who played the tournament. It was the best day of my poker life, so far.

But right now, I am confused. Do I play aggressive or tight? I play tight then I get killed by the blinds. I play aggressive, I get shot out. Hmmm….

Damn, poker’s making me think too much.