Maxie-ing Things Out

If you’ve followed our friend here, Maxie; her trials and tribulation are awesome. She gone from knowing little-to-nothing to a sound player and still she can’t break over the hump. I haven’t been able to watch her play but I’d guess she’s way too tight. But then we guys often think that of the ladies and to our chagrin.

Waiting for a hand is a frequent necessity. But the table may offer you more that you are missing or ignoring. And that’s often the difference. Don’t let it bother you. It is a place we’ve all visited.

Become a Liar

OK, you managed to accumulate some chips. Things tail off. The idea is to try to at least maintain your M. (M is the cumulative chips it cost to play a round divided into your stack. It is a simple computation that is a bit harder when antes hit.) Without a nice M, you become everyone’s target. Stealing becomes a viable occupation as one’s M approaches 15. It becomes a critical pastime when it hits 10. And below that we’re talking naked bluffs using the old saw that it is easier to go all in than it is to call it.

Good steals are often done from mid-late to late position with fewer to act but you can pull it off from anywhere. After all, people are going to give you serious props when you drop a 4x bet from UTG. You can do that with oh… say… J T s. That is as long as that 4x bet doesn’t make a serious impact on total stack. When you’ve managed to build a decent stack, you need to apply it as much as the cards you get.

Don’t go overboard. But those hand that