Rolled On The River

Well my first week truly focusing on No Limit is over – so how did I do? Overall I’ve had a pretty odd week, I started on the deepstack $1/$2 (400bb’s deep) No Limit tables and made almost $1500 in just under 150 hands with one incredible heater (I doubled up early and then doubled up through another big stack with a set of Aces verses a set of Ten’s on a dry board). Unfortunately this pretty much closed the books on my No Limit action for the week since I spent the rest of the week mostly doing StoxPoker work and playing a few hands of Limit Hold’em here and there.

Overall I’m quite surprised at how easily a lot of the 200NL players are willing to stack off for 100 big blinds or more. I can’t understand how so many players are happy going broke with top pair / top kicker on dry boards. If a player is willing to stack off with you on a relatively dry board then he is either way ahead or way behind you, so why are these players happy putting the money in so easily? I am seeing so many players finding creative ways to call with the most ridiculous of hands. I love it – but it’s hard to understand what’s going on in these players minds.