Mixing old with new...

I played a few sit n go's earlier with the "Big Bet" style I described earlier, and found both positives and negatives to the style. The biggest plus was that I took down a lot more pots preflop, or with one bet on the flop, the biggest negative being that when I get played back at, I have to sacrifice a lot more chips than I would if I was playing small bet poker.


However, I do see how an adapted form of this game would do very well in internet tournament poker. With the relatively short stacks, and the quick-rising blinds, it is nearly impossible to play a small bet style profitably. Add in the fact that there isn't as much "feel" to an online game as there is to a live setting, it makes small ball all the more difficult.

I think there are some adaptations to big bet poker that can be made, a few of which I've gotten from Daniel Negreanu's PokerVT program. Yes, call me a sucker or a fanboy, but I signed up for PokerVT, and so far am pretty happy with my purchase. There's a ton of content, I haven't gotten even half way through it yet.

I did just play a little session of NL25, bought in short ($10) and wound up doubling it, which helped me recoup the couple sit n goes i didn't cash in.

Heading out for the night, so I won't be playing later tonight. More to come tomorrow.