ETLJ
10 points
Yes I have been experiencing something similar to the OP. In my experience, the strategy to beat the low limits is a very simple and extremely boring one. The more I watch strategy videos, read/study game theory materials, read hand history forum posts, the more I find myself straying away from that simple winning strategy at the tables.
The more advanced stuff just seems way more fun: balancing ranges, bluff-to-value ratios, using different bet sizes, thin value betting, thinking on different levels. I get bored and want to try more interesting things, then I end up making a ton of unnecessary mistakes. First of all because I don't yet understand those things enough to do them well, and second because I stop focusing on a simple winning (albeit exploititive) strategy.
Oct. 13, 2016 | 4:08 p.m.
18:05 hero has €48.18 in his Stars account + the money he has on the tables. Maybe 7-10 buyins for 10NL. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
July 1, 2016 | 12:25 a.m.
What should I be thinking about when deciding whether to value bet the river or check-raise the river for value OOP? I'm referring mostly to situations in which the PFR seems to have a wide or weak range. Perhaps he has a high c-bet flop%, so he c-bets the flop then checks back the turn.
June 29, 2016 | 12:46 a.m.
16:34, 22: From a strictly 1-a perspective, thinking about all of the hands with which you flat a BTN open from the BB, should you flat the cbet with 22? BTN has a range and positional advantage, so maybe that should be a bigger consideration for me than just defending the right amount of hands vs. a c-bet. Thoughts?
June 23, 2016 | 12:15 a.m.
This hand was from .50/1.00 6-max game, 100BBs effective on Bovada. I apologize for lack of colorful suit symbols. Hole cards are not available.
CO opens to 3.00, SB calls.
Flop: Qd 4d 8h
SB checks, CO checks
Turn: Qd 4d 8h 9h
SB bets 2.00 into 6.65, CO calls
River: Qd 4d 8h 9h 4c
SB bets 11.55 into 10.45, CO folds
My question is about the strength (or lack thereof) of CO's range after he checks back flop and calls a < 1/3 pot bet on the turn. Was the SB's overbet correct against CO's range, and should it have been a much bigger overbet? What other information needs to be considered in this situation, both from the CO's perspective and the SB's?
June 21, 2016 | 1:38 a.m.
I didn't think he would call with many hands OTF and I didn't think I would have enough bluffs to justify a bigger size. That thought process could be 100% incorrect as I am a newer player so I would love to hear corrections and feedback.
May 1, 2016 | 12:57 p.m.
Do I have a mandatory call here? Should I have x/c the turn? Any other critiques you have are extremely appreciated.
(This hand is from WPN and was not working in the HandHistory category. Sorry about that!)
April 30, 2016 | 7:04 p.m.
"And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”
As a newer player, I am hesitant to take the advice of players who aren't extremely good, so that I don't learn bad habits.
Thoughts?
April 28, 2016 | 3:01 a.m.
Notes:
No significant sample on BTN: 72/13 over 40 hands.
Thought process:
I have seen so many players shove with only with 2pr or a set here. Would BTN have flatted a 3bet with 97, 74, 94? Unlikely, imo. They would, however, flat with 99, 77, and maybe 44. Therefore, I should fold KK.
On the other hand, I have seen so many players shove here with AcXc, QQ-TT, therefore I should call with KK.
I am a relatively new player, so please make any necessary criticisms, corrections, or things I need to add to my thought processes. Also if you could critique the decisions that I made PF and on the Flop as well as the sizes I chose, that would be extremely helpful to me. Thanks!
Edit: This hand is from WPN and was not working in the HandHistory category. Sorry about that!
April 26, 2016 | 1:39 a.m.
the problem i had with snowie is that i don't have enough experience to know when to trust or not trust snowie in postflop situations. from the video it looks like snowie mostly agrees with you, so i feel more comfortable using it as a learning tool.
March 11, 2016 | 2:55 a.m.
Strange question for you:
@17:05 You say
We opt for the check-call, which I think is too loose of a check-call. The worst hand I would consider check-calling here would be a hand like AcQc. It has slightly more equity vs. villan's range. It also has slightly better implied odds on Ax turns, which we aren't perceived to hit too often. This is not the typical texture whereby we will be floating with many Ace-highs. So yeah, I mean AQ would be a silly, looseish-but-fine peel I think, but I think this peel is simply too loose here.
Apart from watching video series where a really good player offers advice about his play, what (in your opinion) is the best thing that hero can do to sharpen this specific type of hand-analysis skill for himself? Is it just years of experience seeing similar situations come up? More hours studying ranges in these spots? Being more aware of __?
Feb. 23, 2016 | 3:04 a.m.
Kind of related to your 'food for thought' slide...
Could we assume that we are much less likely to flop a set with 22-55 if it folds to us on the button/small blind in a typical 6-max/full-ring cash game?
Feb. 10, 2016 | 2:26 a.m.
Very nice video!
33:06 6h5h you say "we can c-bet small here." Can you explain why?
Feb. 4, 2016 | 2:29 a.m.
Very good video, and your English pronunciation is excellent!
- 8:09 Table #3 you say "it's a losing call here." Can you explain why?
- 15:48 Table #1 why do you think he checked the river?
Jan. 29, 2016 | 1:47 a.m.
28:20 You overbet As7s IP after turning the flush and he raises. I would like to preface my comment by saying that I am not a very experienced player, so I was hoping you could you talk a bit more about the advantages/disadvantages of calling his raise to give him the opportunity to shove the river.
Jan. 8, 2016 | 2:13 a.m.
I was watching a YouTube video about Range Advantage, and had a question about an example given in the video.
The example was that at 100BB effective, a tight player opens UTG with 99+, AJs+, KQs, and AQo+.
Only the BTN calls with a range of 17% (22-JJ, most broadways and suited connectors, some suited gappers, A5s-A2s.
On an AKQr board, it was explained that UTG had a range advantage, which makes sense to me.
The next example was an 8s6h5s board, and it was implied that BTN had a range advantage.
However, when I plugged in the two ranges in Equilab, UTG's range had 61% equity on the 8s6h5s board.
Being that I am in the early stages of studying the game, I see 61% equity for UTG's range and naturally assume he would have the advantage. I was hoping someone could explain the flaws in my thought process (or maybe in the example) to me.
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March 11, 2017 | 4:57 a.m.