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2 points
The deal is always composed of 2parts——basic-coaching-fee or/and percent-of-profit. As for the coach himself, he wanna get maxium ev from the coaching deal,
if the coach know nothing about u, cuz a large percent of pokerplayer is bad(which means ev of fee>ev of percent), he would prefer the default(primitive) coaching deal , he teach u several lessons, and take the fee away
if the coach thinks u r talented and good-learner,and he is good also, that means ev of percent> ev of fee, so he will prefer percent deal ,which sounds great for u also(no fee paid)
so if the coach think himself decent, and he think u r decent but not very sure, he will prefer his range(i m joking) contain more of percent and less of fee
IMO , fee:percent should be about 1:2 or 1:3, that kind of deal protect both u and ur coachs' interst(assuming both of u think urself decent, and both of u have protection when the coaching is failed)
Dec. 11, 2013 | 6:53 a.m.
IMO, all u mentioned is preflop stats, and cuz its a postflop play so u should at least give some info about villian's postflop tendency, which does matter
Dec. 9, 2013 | 8:44 a.m.
that depends
1. if both of u r good（ideal condition）, it s always good to use a basic-coaching-fee + percent-of-profit scheme, such deal can protect both u and ur coachs' interst
2. hourly payment ranges from atleast 1.5x to 2x of his hourly winning（plus other opportunity cost）, cuz IMO preparing for ur lesson cost their time
Dec. 9, 2013 | 5:33 a.m.
that depends on how juicy the game is:
1. if the game is not very aggressive, u could develop some limp range. in my opinion, all nut-oriented hand is playable in most situation (pocket pair, Axs Kxs, suited broadway and connector)
2. do not valuebet on the river too thin against unknown opponent
3. do not herocall a lot cuz at these low stakes people do not bluff enough and valuebet enough.
4. If u think u r the best on that live table, buy as much as u can
Nov. 22, 2013 | 7:21 a.m.
do not know how to post a handhistory, and my English is not good
some Livegame in a northwestern city of China, the Stake is 25/50CNY, to make hand easy to compute and discribe, i regard that stake as $5/$10 (1 usd equals 6.2-6.3 cny), 7 Players
BTN: $2000 (200 bb)
SB: $2000 (200 bb)
[b]BB: $2600 (260 bb)[/b]
UTG: $2000 (200 bb)
LJ: $2000(200bb)
HJ: $2000(200bb)
[b]Hero(CO): $3200 (320 bb)[/b]
[b]Preflop[/b]: Hero is CO with K:club: 5:club:
3 folds, [color="red"]Hero raises to $35[/color], 2 folds, BB raises to $120, Hero calls $85
pretty
juicy game in a Chinese Northwestern city, everyone except UTG is either weaktight or just BAD. UTG is a online 6max TAG who plays okay. I try my best not to compete against him.
BB is a middle-aged live boss-reg who have a coal-mine(kind like Elezra type), he knows something, maybe
have paid for coaching before. He said he played pokerstar midstake and is a
"winning" player( should be less than serveral thousand hand), i kind
of believe him. He definitely is the best of the remaining 5.
the stacks r deep and button is nitty, so i openraised co pretty loose to isolate fish at blinds, BB 3bet me, my hand is pretty playable , stacks r deep and i have position ,so i call
[b]Flop[/b]: ($245) A:diamond: Q:diamond: 3:spade:[color="blue"] (2 players)[/color]
[color='red']BB bets $ 50[/color], Hero calls $50
BB
bets pretty small, cuz i once saw him use weakbet/3bet line ,so his
weakbet range is a little bit polarized, the pot is big and i wanna some
extra information, so i call
[b]Turn[/b]: ($345) 7:heart:[color="blue"] (2 players)[/color]
[color="red"]BB bets $50[/color], [color='red']Hero raises to $295[/color], BB calls $245
villian
leadout small against, even smaller contrast to the pot, now i raise on
the purpose to steal the pot, i do not know what hand i wanna rep, when
the river comes i could make up a story,
and the villian calls,
in my opinion, he regard this kind of board as "wet", cuz there r
broadway draws and flush draws, he do not 3bet, so i think he has some
weakmade hand, or flushdraw
[b]River[/b]: ($935) K:diamond:[color="blue"] (2 players)[/color]
BB checks, [color="red"]Hero bets $640[/color], BB raises to $2135, Hero calls $1495
river
card is not so good, villian could have some kings in his range, and
when i bet, i really do not know what i m representing for, maybe only
flushdraw and ak rivered 2pair
when villian reraise, the remaining people at table r so excited, cuz villian has a good image and i have a bad one, so they r happy finally someone stand up to punish me. I m kinda confused here. I know he is a nitty inside, he once anguishedly called my 2/5potsize riverbet on paired,1card-flush board with nut flush ,saying "I have to pay for your fullhouse." . he would never ever shove 3nd nuts in this kind of situation. But the AKQdiamond is on the board, there r so few flush combos he could xR shove. The only value range is JdTd , Td9d, maximum 2 combos and whether he will 3bet these suited-connector pre is questionable.(in these live game, 3bet-pre is always for thick value). All his 2pair or set will only call .
But what is his bluffing range? I do not know at that moment . I think i m against a blank valuerange and i wanna to know what it is. I called and villian shows Jacks with jackdiamond and mucks his hand. I do not need to show my hand. To make my image even worse, i showed my Kingrag , saying “I can't fold a pair”and the table is shocked.
so it s only a math problem? (madehand into bluff beatme: madehand into bluff i beat)?
Nov. 21, 2013 | 8:17 p.m.
i dont think ur opponet could lay down KJ or KQ here,
i prefer bet-checkbehind-reevaluate line or checkbehind-reevaluate-giveup line in such spot low-stake against bad regular cuz :
1. that have more credit representing a weak madehand{JJ-QQ, Tx, Kx} ,
2. it s nice to collect some information cuz in these stake lots of reg play their hand so face up, u could easily fold when they show aggression
3. cuz u have no blocker at all, he could have some flush in his range. so i would definitely not 3barrel
ps. ur lower cbet flop stats increase some fold equity when u cbet ur total air
Nov. 18, 2013 | 9:57 p.m.
i think BF = xR shove > xF ,don't know whether u can bluff him outofthepot or not,
whether i would xC or not depends on betsize, the river bet size here does not seem like a thinvalue bet.
ofcourse u should balance your river xR shove range and this one is perfect for achieving that , but do u really need to balance this kind of situation? i think "co vs utg 3bet pot" situation is not so common so imo i prefer exploitable style here
Nov. 18, 2013 | 9:34 p.m.
cuz he flat the sb with bb relatively shortstack behind, i dont think he would flat thinly.not too many 6x(even 66) maybe 98s, 77, TT Good suited boardway or some weird preflop slowplay(bb isn't a sqz monkey,right?)
his double xR range reps nothing and he only miniXR OTT, in my opinion i would definitly call turn and re-evaluate river. reaon one is because AA in on the top of your defending range and reason two is u do not have ace heart blocker
Nov. 15, 2013 | 5:41 p.m.
the bet size u would choose should based heavily on your opponent
in my opinion, the fact villian 3bet 9% on such a niity-oriented stake show us he may be satisfied of his own skill, so i would make a larger bet to let him think we wanna bluff him out , i ll bet about 3/4
Nov. 13, 2013 | 1:07 a.m.
thanks,guys
in my opinion , if in that situation : i m in the cutoff, button player knows nothing about my playstyel, and sb or bb sits a big fish or regfish, that s a good opportunity to open a little wider, isolating and playing pots with them in position and have initiative. so in that situation i may open as wide as 35%-40%,i once played hu and do not fear known-3bettor while have position with that tight range(: .
If the situation: i m in the cutoff, button player is competent and knows me well, and there r no known big fish or regfish, i know how to open co as narrow as 17%-22%
so that s the dillema: i want to attack the weak player, and someone unknown attacked me, i m new to zoom (cuz it s time-consuming for selecting normal-table) and even i do not know myself well so i do not think those opponent got my style by data-mining, it seems more like a tendency: (
all i have to consider is how to play in the vaccum
i tried to adjust my range-- add more hands feel comfortable while calling gayish 3bet oop, feel comfortable while my 4bet got called ip and with some blocker to 4bet bluff with , should i remove some offsuited hands plays poorly in the situation like jto, qto, kto, k9o ,a8o ,a9o(which means a lot), and add a lot of suited Qxs Kxs hand and suited two gapper?
but that ranges play a little more poorly against weakplayer on the blind..Nov. 12, 2013 | 6:21 p.m.
Hi, guys
I ve been playing some juicy live games and not played online poker for several months . Most of my previous strategy while facing 3bet pre oop is 4bet or fold, which learned from Justy "Leatherass" Schimit that used to be pretty effective in the old good days.
And serveral days ago i tried to play some zoom and find a lot of player(mostly reg) ip(mostly btn vs co situation) 3bet really gayish(which means i opened co 3bb and they 3bet like 7-7.5bb ip) in the vaccum. Since the odds offered seems so juicy that i do not need to only 4bet or fold pre in the vaccum. So can anyone share some advice about how to cope with this situation? Since i have not learned any strategy about calling 3bet oop.
Any advice is appreciated ^_^
for example: if the 100% fee deal is 10000 for 10 lessons, the best deal is 2500-3300 fee + 25%-50% of ur income in 3-12 month( that part should be more than capped remaining fee in coachs' eye)
Dec. 11, 2013 | 6:59 a.m.