Bobbymaximus

Great post. I wish you a great year as well.

Fold. If you have gone over the data and your usually behind just fold. Pick a better spot, sets are rarely pad hands.

Hi FatCat, congrats on the session, hopefully you can keep it up. Remember even at nl10 you are going to run into some pretty good players that will figure out what you are doing so the work is never done, especially away from the tables working on ranges both for you and the villain in every situation. Winning poker is not found in big pots, it is found in the small pots that add up to big winnings. Hopefully this is one of many "ahah" moments for you in this great game.
Keep me posted.
Later.

Hi FatCat, I just want to clarify a few things from my previous post. First and most important is to not worry about your redline while you are playing and do not make moves for the benefit of your redline. What I was trying to say is that when you start fighting more for pots your redline will take care of itself and look much different. Second, I get what you are saying about players at the micros, but they will fold if you apply the right pressure at the right time against the right opponent. Of course at this level you will still occasionally get called down by third pair but if you try to steal pots and fight for pots with equity, like a flush draw or a back door straight draw you will also get paid off on the river by the fish. Finally, about fighting for pots, if you make an aggressive move towards a pot and the villain makes an aggressive move back it is probably best to give up, don't take the fight to far with to little.
Take care.

You have to learn ranges better if this is a normal red line for you. You will never beat this game folding so much postflop. In order to do this you have to get really good at putting your opponents on a range and fighting for pots postflop. I am not saying your red line should be positive but it should not go straight down either. Floating, c/r and raising turns that do not hit your villains range are good spots to pick up pots. Also I would want a 3 bet of at least 10, maybe even 12, heavily weighted in position.

Good luck at the tables.

Hello RIO, long time no post. I just finished my last session of the year (heading back to NYC for the holidays). Just wanted to post the graph to date. It is going pretty good, still not sure what to think of 2NL other than the players are surprisingly good in some spots and surprisingly bad in some spots. As a whole the player pool is either way to tight or way to loose and as an entire pool the players are much to passive and much to willing to stack off with TP.
As an intellectual exercise it has been fun trying to stay focused and not tilt playing a group of players that tilt you just by limping so much or not 3 betting KK, or shoving on the flop with TP on a connected rainbow board and having it hold up, etc...
Anyway, good luck at the tables and see you in the new year.

When you review the session go over some tough decisions you had and see if you made the right play. After you do this a few hundred times you will have a good idea automatically of your ev against perceived range.

Good luck with your goals. When I get in a rut like this, a bit lazy, not thinking clearly, not paying attention, I always go back to the fundamentals and drill them constantly while I play. I try to play so abc it can't possibly work, but it does every time. Just my 2 cents on how to refocus.
Cheers.

I agree. No reason to turn this hand into a bluff. Just call.

The problem with jamming is you are never being called by worse.

Without any read a raise that big has you crushed. Not worth finding out, just fold and watch if it happens again. Let someone else pay to give you a read.

Both coolers.

Way to passive especially OOP. 3b pre and take initiative or fold. Keep betting until villain plays back at you which on this board and at this stake will only be at minimum a set.