Soo I've just been playing in a $.25 // $.50 game.. Entered with $50. There were two large stacks of around $150..
Watched the play for a while and noticed one of the big stacks had awful play. Raising with any hand (even though nearly everyone would call) and calling anyone's bets unless they were too high..
Started building my stack up, slowly but surely, still watching how the game was playing...
Got a couple of bad hits in.. There were a couple of people who I thought had been watching the game very closely and would fold to a board with a straight / flush coming up. Tried bluffing only to lose to one pair.. (yes 1!!)
Then I hit up with 2 pairs against some of the looser players, only for them to hit their flush on the turn and river.
Varience can be a pain, right?
Anyways.. I'd been watching the big stack and how he'd been playing. Nearly all of his opponents folded on the flop due to his ridiculous raises, but whenever he DID go to showdown, he played with awful cards. Occasionally hitting a pair or two pair.
So I waited and waited. Finally getting a decent hand. Me and him. He raised, I re-raised, he called. Hit the flop perfectly. I checked, He raised, I went all in and he called. Doubled up perfectly.
Then it was just a case of taking him slowly down and down and down, until he stopped raising preflop. End result was rather tasty..
Just left the table:
Leaving the table now with $128.40 and 43 summit points.
Leaving him behind with $15.10.
Not bad I'd say... for a beginner.