Krantz mode

So i've just managed a winning session for the first time in 4days after losing 8 straight sessions.

That's quite a hefty monkey off my back after days of run bad and play bad but it may come too late to save the month.

Perhaps the most costly mistake i made this month was something i did (or didn't do) away from the felt.

There was a new video on DeucesCracked by jongreenway (a v.good 100nl/200nl reg) that i started to watch. But stopped it after less than 2minutes.

Why?

Because i thought i knew better.

My mindset going into the month was i'm going to play my own style, do what i want and not conform to what the 'right' plays are. This included watching no strat videos.

But today after a brutal week i decided to watch the video DeucesCracked-JonGreenway just to see.

As i was watching whilst 5tabling i didn't take too much notice to his exact actions but one line caught my attention in a big way.

He said at 100nl and 200nl there's no need to go aggro-tard or tag-fish like a lot of players do. Just playing normal solid poker will make money. This sounds pretty obvious of course but it's coming from one of the top winners over the past year and just shows you don't have to get fancy, don't have to read too much into things just play solid poker keep grinding away and you will make money.

His exact term was going in to "krantz mode" i.e. being over-aggro leading you to level yourself against other aggressive players. But as none of us at that level are as good as Krantz we don't know how to react to people being aggressive back at our aggressiveness. Leading to mistakes and losing money.

I'm sure i've been in Krantz mode this year when it's just a lot easier to make money playing normal solid poker. I guess i knew this in the back of my mind but having it re-affirmed by a top low/mid stakes player has brought it to the forefront.