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gabe- Just wanted to say this was a great thread. Really enjoyed reading it. Three things you said stuck out
1.) Rekruls quote
2.) You heading towards being a slight degen but its okay since your making money, having fun and are happy with your life enjoying something that you like.
3.) Preflop retardation of msnl and hsnl players from calling 3bets way to light and making bad pf calls in general (even with position).

So yeah, nice post man. One of best posts by far currently on here.

hahahaha I think Gabe should just be permanently in the well and forced to answer questions at the call of FTRers at all times.
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Always wondered, were you a minbet donk before switching to NL? Think I saw a thread a while back of you posting a low-stakes limit hand.

Did you set-up this thread to try and match Fnord's post count?

Do you think you learned anything by starting at min-bet poker that helped you later in your poker career?

Or has everything you learned been from playing NL?

Apologies if this was asked already.

Gabe- what do you think of that 44 hand we played today- I honestly cant figure out if its good or bad given history (QJ hand) and my image isnt too wild but idk...

meh nvm just thought in detail more about what ur raising and calling ranges are on that flop and pushing is friggin terrible idk what i was thinking...

it got me learning about poker but i dont think i learned anything specific from it that i wouldnt learn from starting at any other type

Gabe said he didnt mind posting his cell number here so if you have a question ship it to him here.......832-758-4959

Yea, Gabe moved to TX?

Don't forget, some of us live in that area code. Wink

[censored] you

ha ha ha.

How do you high stakes players move money around post UIGEA?

checks, bank wires, help of friends

What do you think is the biggest wrong perception among low stakes players about high stakes?

How much are you bluffing pure air if ever and what scenarios?

boxers or briefs?

what are perceptions of low stakes players? i forget what it was like

i bluff pure air alot when in smallish pots. like utg raises, i call BB with 68s, HU flop is 45T with a backdoor draw, check call flop, check check blank turn, bet half pot riv -fold

also i 3 barrel when i think they will fold with pure air enough

I find that I'm bleeding chips out of the BB in 3/6+ where alot of the btn/co stealers aren't total idiots. Can you say something smart about blind defense?

i've got that problem too halvsame especially just calling them.

i have another question...do you study regulars in PT?
i sorta assume you do, but can you give any examples of stuff you look for? I think I need to start doing this.

Gabe, what type of flops are you c/r'ing and with what type of hands?

Here's a common spot. The BTN opens and you call with 89s. The flop come 942. Is this a flop you c/r or a flop you like to lead?

I rarely if ever c/r. What are the benefits of c/r'ing? Would you agree that getting to see more turns b/c of the threat is one of them?

normally id fold 89s to just a button raise

i wouldnt c/r a pair there though. also, that board isnt scary so i dont think i would c/r bluff it either. if board was like 567 two tone, thats a great board to c/r with any hand you call with (even KQ type hands). if board was 9 high with 89s i probably lead and check call 50 50

when you started out moving up the stakes, how many tables were you able to effectively play at one time?

you said earlier

the analytical thinking comes AFTER you play a session. like when u are sitting around bored or right before u fall asleep is when you think about that shit.

i played 4/5 tables when i played $100nl and just moved up slowly from there. i dont remember specifics

What would be the number one thing you would tell $100NL players to work on for making that first big jump to $200NL?

Did you use pokerstove or any other programs to help when analyzing PT at anytime, ala: Townsends video on CR, to learn about equity's?

Did you ever spend a little bit of your BR while grinding to enjoy the fruits or was it strictly targeting the next level?

I'm just tryign out the move from sng/mtts to short handed ring, so excuse the noobishness of questions.

How do I prevent a hand like JJ from turning into air?

If I'm holding AA, should I be re-re-raising, or should I just call? What about QQ?

Limping/calling/raising with PPs - any advice?

Can you give an example of notes and abbreviations you use when noting players to develop reads? In other words, notes specific to what actions and how you abbrv to save space? 3bet tendencies, cbet, amounts bet, etc.
Maybe a cut and pasted example of a random player.

Thoughts on HU cash? When in your poker career did you start playing HU? Is it a big part of your profit?

I play 2/4nl but started practicing HU at .5/1 and it seems like a really really high winrate is possible if you use game selection.

HU also seems to require more effort and more thinking than 6max. HU play should help handreading at 6max?

sorry for missing these questions the first time around, i was out of town and someone just reminded me of this thread

haha I'd rather play against small stakes TAGs where I can become a better player while still being +EV.

I don't use game selection at .5/1 but what I was thinking is that once you become a decent HU player, you can probably make sick money at mid stakes+ using game selection, since you are directly against the fish in every hand, instead of 6max where you are sharing the fish with other regs.

yea youre right, although i hate people that do that.

yea but it's all about the scrilla

The thing about playing very good HU players is the ranges get so wide that anyone who is a good hand reader at 1/2 gets completely lost on what to put someone on.

Question:
I moved to 400nl recently and have run into some hyperaggro regs that im not use to playing at all. Clearly, im getting into situations im not familiar with and figuring out what to do in them will take some experience (Pretty much when to play back and what situations should i call down thin).

Any advice on how to handle hyperaggro threebetting ranges and general sloppiness?

i.e. I ran into a guy who was calling threebets of mine with all his sc's and suited gappers. Clearly, this is super exploitable but im not sure exactly how i can (Should i be threebetting just much tighter, should i also be threebetting low cards because he's not going to get any credit on flops with high cards, or should i threebet higher cards so i can felt any pair?)

did you have any money stuck in neteller?

if you dont like variance since u just moved up, just play tight

otherwise go to war....

him calling all your 3 bets with decent cards (if he has position) isnt as exploitable as you think if he plays well postflop. when u 3 bet him, overplay TPTK (like if you 3 bet from blinds with KJ, he calls, 259 flop, you bet he calls, J turn, you value push everytime). also start taking this same line with weak draws like bare overcards. make him adjust to you.

I'm experimenting with my standard c-bet size... but does it really matter? For example, here are my current standard c-bets:

20 into 28
24 into 32
28 into 40

What kind of effect, if any, would increasing it to the follow have:

24 into 28
28 into 32
32 into 40

It may just be in my mind (i've only increased them for the last 800 hands or so) but it seems to be inducing passivity into my opponents, if that makes sense.

think about it......

when you see people make small cbets, dont you bluff raise more? dont you bluff raise less when they make big cbets?

like if someone bets 1 into 25, thats good spot to bluff raise, and if someone bets 50 into 25 thats a bad spot. these are extreme examples but they show the psychological impact of bet sizing. so bet big when u dont want to get raised, and bet smallish when you dont mind (either you are bluffing or your hand is awesome)

sauce might be able to comment on this too...

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