Langerz
3 points
I think others covered this well but had a couple thoughts to share.
First having a strategy of say bet 3/4 some flops, bet 1/3 some flops and then check some isn’t that complicated. I’m my experience it’s more making yourself remember to stop and think at a spot then not understanding what to do. I’ve been away from Poker for several years and just getting back. I find the issue at least for me, isn’t being able to play a split strategy as much as it is making your stop and think “ what is my bet sizing here” before you just autopilot bet 1/3 or 3/4 or whatever.
I’ve found a few things helpful here
1) Pick 1 or at most 2 areas you are going to focus on to improve your strategy. If you are going to try to implement a bunch of things at once your brain will likely autopilot more since it can really only keep a small number of things “top of mind”
2) Say something out loud to trigger the situation. I chose the exact scenario a while back and would literally say “I have the opportunity to CBet” out loud when I saw the flop as the pfr (my wife often looks at me funny). Saying something out loud is a trigger that helps rewrite the brains connection to retrain how to handle the situation and avoid autopilot
3) Set up filters in your review after the session to review how you did in the scenario. Again using your example it might just be a “could cbet “ filter and then review each hand to see how you did. I make myself write down or type to a file each time I made a “mistake”. Again this is to help make the brain make connections. I rarely go back and look at this but the act of writing it down helps the brain connect.
July 2, 2022 | 2:05 a.m.
First an intro since it's my first post. I've been lurking for a month or so as I get back into poker (it's been several years), but have plenty to learn as things have changed some. When I left I would say the GTO/solver discussion was just getting started. I'm pretty new to using Snowie and GTO+ but while I was doing some review today I had a realization that the GTO+ never asks who the preflop aggressor is. I understand the reason is initiative isn't really a concept and the difference is really about ranges, but it led to some interesting things related to cbetting OOP.
There were a couple hands this came up and I included one below. I'm having trouble with the converter for some reason, but it's a simple hand so I'll just post the details and figure out the converter on a future post.
Effective Stacks 100bb
I open KK in the CO for 2.5x
BTN calls and everyone else folds
Flop = KcJs8s
I cbet for about 75% being a pretty wet board.
Snowie identified this as a blunder and suggests checking 100% of my range.
I built a tree in GTO+ to see if it as just snowie and it suggests the same thing.
This seems weird to me that I wouldn't want to bet KK on a board like this. I can obviously get value from all kinds of hands and there are plenty of combos GTO+ has in the BTN checking range I would rather not see the turn for free.
I can see one question being "if you weren't the preflop aggressor would you donk this flop" because from a GTO standpoint it's the same. The difference is I never have KK (or JJ and maybe not always 88) as the preflop caller here.
I'm curious if there is additional insight. I think at least at low stakes it would be a mistake to check 100% on that board. That may just be a non GTO adjustment to the pool, but I'm still curious on the solver output.
I’d be interested. I played a lot back in the pre Black Friday days and a bit after. Just getting back into it. I used to be a really active deuces cracked guy. Been a member here a few months but mostly a lurker while I absorb new information while I’ve been away.
I’m a casual player now and likely forever. Lots of non póker commitments that take up my time but I love talking about and learning the game so would be interested in a group
July 14, 2022 | 3:11 a.m.