Online Play

I was a bit behind the online poker boom as I was just a bit too lazy in setting up a way to fund my account with real money. I had played for free on several of the big name sites and had fun while getting an opportunity to see a lot of hands. I had some early success with sit-n-gos--winning the first one I ever played and coming in 2nd in the next one. I gravitated toward the cash games and realized that the play is totally different than what I encountered in the casino. Perhaps, I just tend to run bad on line and better when I play live, but I have not had the best results online as I have live. I realized that I probably should to stick to playing tournaments as it is very difficult to beat a table full of donkeys.

I had some tournament success and got deep in a few no limit hold 'em tournaments (I was proud of getting away from J-J preflop early in a tournament after facing a reraise). I also had a cash in a 50+ player omaha 8/b tournament. With everyone playing hold 'em these days, I figured that I might have a better chance if I played games other than hold 'em. That was when I found pot limit omaha. A lot of good hold 'em players do not know how to play the other games well and I found it to be profitable. Now, I wasn't playing for big money online. In fact, my usual game for along time was .25/.5 pot limit omaha. I incorporated a tight strategy and only chased nut draws. I would beat this game on a fairly regular basis, but after taking a few stabs at bigger omaha games, I know that I still need to refine my game.