Looking for suggestions on my play, where to improve?
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Looking for suggestions on my play, where to improve?
Hello! New to this site. Started playing NLHE back in the 2000s growing up, until around 2011. Just recently started again in Feb this year and looking on how to improve. I've only played a few thousand hands in the last month and can't seem to really gain any ground.
I started on ACR, playing NL2 and did ok on it but was still loosing. Moved to ignition NL5, done mediocre. Started Sit n Gos and I've cashed and won a few, but also lost more than won. I've played around 5 low stakes tourney's and finished in the money in two, one finishing in 7th. I've started studying more, reading Mastering Small Stakes No Limit book, about half way through. Studied charts as well and have a good understanding of GTO. I have around 1400 hands in cash, around 900 in tourneys since I started in February
I have a hand I recently played that I'm not sure I played correctly, and this would sum up a lot of hands I find myself in.
On the CO with AJs diamonds, UTG raises 2bb, action folds to me and I call, SB/BB calls
flop Tc Ah 8h
UTG cbets half pot, I call and BB call
Turn 5c
BB check, UTG bets half the pot, I call, BB folds
River 8d
UTG bets just under the pot, putting me all in, where I fold.
Is that a spot where I should have maybe 3 bet pre flop, or raise the UTG bet? If not, was it just a call to showdown or was folding turn/river the better play?
Is my value betting off? Do I not 3bet enough?
Thank you for the help and suggestions!
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Welcome back to the tables!
Making a step to RIO is probably a good starting point. I would recommend a essential subscription up in here and start watching videos on a daily bases for whatever kind of poker you like to improve on.
Might decide for a longer period if you want to focus on cash or tourney poker as there is soooooo much to learn these days.
But RIO has a huge library that you can binge throughout either way.
About your graph: the amount of hands is way to small to even grasp on your performance. Over 900-1.4k hands there is too much variance going on.
Take a closer look at stats after 50k hands maybe.
About your hand: if this is 100BB cashgame poker, i would build up a 3b or fold strategy for every position beside the BB.
The main reason is the high rake which makes nearly every hand wanting to take the pot down preflop rather than playing bigger pots (ie higher rake) postflop.
In this case you might 3b AJs pure preflop. We also avoid a lot of multiway pots like this more often that are complicated to navigate.
As played: i guess postflop is fine…we are on a heavy rangedisadvantage and so giving up river is fine (maybe folding turn already is even better; but close). Thats also the reason why we shouldnt raise this one OTF: its simply too weak vs an UTG range that opts to bet into several players.
Just keep posting hands here and you will get feedback from our nice community fairly quickly.
Cheers
Hi Grumpy, this is certainty a great place to start. I wouldn't focus on winning/losing at this stage of your journey as weird as that sound. The important thing is to put most your attention towards learning/absorbing new concepts/techniques and applying them in play. Starting with books and watching videos on RIO is a great starting point. They'll be some things you won't understand but no big deal, focus on learning 1 or maybe 2 main concepts from each video.
Accept mistakes as part of the learning process, and in time with focus, you will start to see your micro stake graph turn upwards.
In terms of hand posted, yes at that rake level I would not have a flatting range there, just make your life easier and 3bet only.
Thanks for the replies! Since I live in a state where regulated sites can not operate, is there a site that would be recommended? I've played on Ignition, ACR and BetOnline.
I also l 5-10 minutes from a casino, would I be better off playing tables there?
All are fine sites. Live vs online is more a personal preference and based around your goals. You'll never be able to come close to the volume you can plan online vs live is something to keep in mind. Live will generally offer you easier competition.
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