Felipe Stanquevisch

I tried to check most posts but there are too many, so I'm sorry if this was suggested already. What I'd like to see in a poker book that we don't usually see is more "minor" tells. I saw someone talking about timming tells and I'm sure you already have a topic about bet size tells, but what about other things, like screen name tells / stack size tells / tells from the amount of tables villain is playing, an so on.

About stats: information by combining stats (i.e.: high WTSD doesn't mean much if the guy is 10/8). I usually see a lot of info on stats but most books never help you combine 2 or more different stats, which is a huge leak imo.

If I was to write a poker book I'd try to gather a lot of interesting poker stories, regardless of the fact that the goal of the book is to teach poker. Like when explaining a adjustment concept talk about a player that made this adjustment and made lots of money in the nosebleeds. Or someone you played that by playing a way it's considered "wrong" made you a lot of money, and than you explain why it was right in that game.
Real stories to illustrate makes concepts a lot easier to memorize.

Someone already mentioned about self-studying. I think this is a very important topic. First, tell people how they should approach your book to take the max of it. Second, it would be great if you write about how you study, what you tried and didn't work for you (and why it didn't) and what you tried and was perfect. Also breakdown common study methods, like session/hh review, and show all the benefits of each one, skill wise and also for mental game - "Reviewing your previously sessions has several benefits, not only to your poker skills but it also helps cool down from the session. It also helps a lot when you just had a loosing session and feels you play badly (most people relate loosing to playing badly), but you actually played your A or B game and lost because you hadn't any spots to win". Something like that would differentiate your book from the others in the shelf, that either focus on skill or mental game. Add it all and you'll write a poker bible :D

Hope it helps! And good luck with it

There's just too much I disagree in this post. Minraising the turn and leading for 1/3 pot on the river doesn't sound like a good plan for the hand.

I think hero overplayed his set. After he didn't raise the turn it's unlikely he has a flush, but he is not gonna look you up with worst here (at least not often and esp for 200bb)

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I play NL25/NL250 and would like to study with someone. Maybe we can create a study group.

As played I bet a bit bigger on the flop and probably jam this turn [2]

No, I'm never bluff catching in this spot vs this guy. You already know you should have placed a bet and fold to a shove in the river, so I don't think I have much to add here :x

Your hand was a weak bluff catcher at most. If you're continuing because you think villain is trying to make you fold air or defend a hand that could have been outflopped, you should turn your hand into a bluff and bet strong turn and river. I think this is the only line I would take instead of folding pre and esp OTF.

If I got the hand right your playing vs the 27/5 (BTN), not the 51/10 (CO). How many 3bets has he called? Not a lot of hands but would be nice to break it down by IP and OOP too.
Normally I wouldn't give in a BTN calling range for you 3bet pocket 3s or weak suited Aces unless I have a read that says he flats 3bets wide IP.
An 8 is a very small part of his range and so you should continue to fire on the turn.
The river blanks and, after you showed some weakness he decides to shove. It's a tough decision, but I think I would call.

I think the bet on flop is fine. You're the PFR, the BB already checked, the flop is dry and you can have a lot of hands. Plus, a bet into two players looks strong.
Turn action is wierd and makes me think one of them is drawing and the other is giving you two some rope, but I agree when you say a set would raise this turn most of the times.
On the river I think BB folded, right? I would call because of the price you're getting. If he had a heart flush he should bet bigger, and a set is unlikely as mentioned above. If he shows up with KJdd fine, but AT, Ad6x, AdJ-K and missed draws bluffing seems way more likely in this spot. And the price to call is just to good to fold top two pairs

I'm looking over and over at the hand and I still think the 3bet pre was as a bluff. The key to it is the villains fold to 3bet%, assuming he continues with only the top of his range, and 4betted only once in 8 opportunities, so we can assume he 4bets only premium hands, right? I think his range for calling 3bets is probably 99-JJ/QQ, AQ, KQ (maybe AJ or KJ, and maybe 77-88). I don't see a guy who folds a lot to 3bets calling much worst, unless you're abusing him by 3betting a lot.
That's why I don't think you have a hand to go for 3 streets of value, and if you think he is a reg, he is not gonna give his stack with less than TPTK. So it seems the river was to turn your hand into a bluff.
Now if we decide to go for two streets of value in this drawy board I would bet flop and turn higher and check river. If he was drawing, most of the draws have a Q in it, and if he was not calliing with a draw (likely as he played so passively) you're not getting called by worst.

James, what do you think his range is after the flop and turn action and with what portion of it he is calling a 3/4 pot bet? I think if he has a hand weaker than Qx it's more likely he would try to bluffcatch a ~2/3 pot bet, so it could make it more +ev in the long run.

I think you're wrong, it is a bluff preflop. Afterall, if he is folding to 67% 3bets he is only continuing with hands that have you beat. So when you call, you're ahead of his opening range, but when you 3-bet and gets called, his range is a lot tighter. Vs a tight range you don't have a hand to go for 3 streets of value.
Btw, there are somethings I didn't understand. Your bets on flop and turn are for value? They are kind of small, making it cheaper for him to draw, and maybe he thinks you were drawing.
The shove on the river was to fold possible JJ in his range? Or do you think he would call with a weaker T or even 9x, pocket 8s?

Oh, and I would 'take some time' to make this bet ;)

Several draws missed and his unlikely to you down with ace high, so I think we should focus on extracting money from his pocket pairs or Qx and some 8x hands. I would bet a bit higher than 1/2 pot but less than 2/3 (I guess around 18-20) hoping he sees it as an attempt to steal the pot and calls me with some bluff catchers.

I think it's a question more of hourly rate rather than just 'money is made IP'. He states (with some grounds) that playing looser OOP could make you win more money in one hour than you do now. However, your assumption of stats is correct: regs will notice this outside the micros and they will respond to your loose opening.
This doesn't necessarily mean there aren't some adjustments to make in Zoom that would go against common poker wisdom. I think 3-bet pots, playing draws, small pocket pairs and several other spots are sometimes different at Zoom and so this theory could be well developed. Thus, I'm following it.

I might bet a bit higher on the flop and I surely would bet a bit higher on the turn. River was well covered by ImSiankO and James, check/fold or sometimes check/call if you get a very good price.

You should 3bet more to extract more money. Standard 3bet size is usually 3x and you have the second best hand possible in this spot, so extract. Who calls .39 will call .42.
You bet bigget to extract value from hands that are drawing or that you are ahead, like AJs (if he calls with this hand), QQ and some AK he can't just get away with. The only hands you put him on are sets, and the amount of combos he has that are much smaller than the other calling hands I mentioned, and if you add some KQ (which I think is very likely), you have a lot more combos you can extract value from.

Now I saw Aleksandra comment and the amount you have behin and it might ba a call against some villains. Vs this one I would still fold with the info I got

Forgot to mention: I think that OTT if he had a big hand he would check it to you or bet bigger, since he didn't I'm raising.

The half pot bet on the turn looks like he is pricing his draw the way he wants or wants a cheaper showdown. I would raise to 2.5x to charge draws and maybe get value from weak aces (if he is that bad), and if he calls I'm checking back the river.

You're getting close to 3-to-1 holding an overpair in a blind vs blind hand. Also, you showed weakness by checking turn and river. I think it's a call for the price you're getting and the missed draws, plus I wouldn't be surprise if he is value betting worse, like A8, 99, TT...

The 3bet size could be bigger but not by much so it is ok. The flop is a bit drawy and you're holding an overpair, so bet bigger, at least 2/3 - I would go for 4/5 ~1usd. Also, there are a lot of turn cards you wouldn't like.
The turn looks wierd in the hand converter: "Hero bets $1.02, Hero folds". I'm guessing villain shoved, right? If so, I agree it is a fold.