Well they all cant be winners,

But as long as they are only slight losers I can handle it.

Playing on titan is somewhat of a roller coaster. I have been working on my 6max big stack play.

There are plenty of opportunities to max money on titan, that's for sure. The players there are at the low end of the food chain. I doubt many of them know basic poker concepts. It doesn't take to long on a table to see who the players are feasting on. My favorite is when the fish think I am bluffing with the nuts and make the bluff call. I have got paid on that move several times.

I think the players are just generally weaker because The bonus at titan is bad, so that keeps the bonus chasers away. There are a few sites that offer rakeback so that attracts the slightly more knowledgeable player. I figure if someone knows about rakeback, they have taken some initiative to learn about the game. Poker Tracker and Pahud don't work on titan, so it is more critical to observe you opponents tendencies, check mucked cards, and follow the rhythm of the game. Honestly, I don't think a lot of players exercise the needed focus to do this. Either the players are multitabling, checking emails, watching tv, surfing porn or have some other distraction. Therefore, once players start to use PT& PAHUD they become dependent on these tools. I know that I experienced this problems after I started using pahud.

I wish I could extract my hand histories though, the only way I can review my hand histories is if I sit out at the table, and eventually I get booted off the table, and the hand history closes. :-(

I've found myself thinking about the game on deeper levels, and trying to manipulate my opponents more lately. I am not making outrageous bluffs, but betting in ways that represent a hand I might be trying to trap with. I only use this move every once in a while, but its one I like to throw out. Unforetunately it only works on the "thinking player". Its quite pointless to try and pull a sophisticated bluff on a calling station.

Anyway my session tonight, I was looking for a table with big stacks, at least the max buyin. I ended up sitting at a table full of tight players, and only 1/4 hands was seeing a flop. This is tight on a 6 max table. I thought I might be able to stack one of them if I got lucky. Unfortunately, I was able to stack a new player, but got stacked by a turned flush. I ended up getting down 1 buyin. I managed to double back up quick though. I fluctuated, and think I might have actually lost another buyin. I was constantly capping off if I got in a hand but folded out. So that was a contributing factor.

I decided to try and locate a looser table. I found a table with 66%VPIP and $10 AVG POT. At a $20 I thought this was a gold mine. I ended up losing a big hand early and rebought. The table was 1/2 maniac with them going all in every couple of hands on bluffs, gut shots, and even bottom pair. I decided to stick around.

I managed to double up and then doubled up again through 1 of the maniacs. He was gunning for me by this time. I had decided to complete a couple more rotations, and call it a session.

In one of my last hands I had KdJd the flop cam down Ts9d4d, I bet out and there was about $4.6 in the pot and he pushed for $11, it was about $9 more for me to call. He made the comment "lets dance", I had been needling him for a while, and thought he was weak. Since I had the gut shot, straight draw and the chance that my overs could win too I made the call. He showed 59o with middle pair. I didn't improve and he won the hand. If I would have stayed out of that hand I would have shown a profit, but ended up ending with a $17 deficiency.

I played well over 200 hands, and have now cleared 1/3 of the required hands for my bonus. At this point I am still above even accounting for the $20 initial bonus I got. I'm not swayed at all, I am definetly feeling confident about my game, and know that I can beat most players at this level over the long run.

ADDENDUM

Well I ended up playing one more session, with the objective of recording my play for analysis, and studdying my thought process.

I am happy to say that I turned my play back around and have posted a profit for the day.

My session turned about a $35 profit in a 1/2 hour and 55 hands. So that gave me just under a $20 profit for the day.