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Posted: Sun, 30 Mar 2008, 12:08pm Post subject: Harrington on Hold'em: Most helpful Advice? |
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Straight
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| I was just wondering what you think the most helpful advice is in the HOH series? Obv everything is note-worthy, but what is the one key point or topic that has helped you the most to develope as a solid MTT player? |
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Posted: Sun, 30 Mar 2008, 2:28pm Post subject: |
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One Pair
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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I'm not yet a solid MTT player!!
I think his section on Red Zone play is the most useful for me so far.
the bit not to worry about, at least at lower levels, is table image. 1. You'll get moved too quick for this to count. 2 No-one is watching you anyway. |
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Posted: Mon, 31 Mar 2008, 12:17pm Post subject: |
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Straight
Joined: 10 May 2007
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| norman wrote: |
the bit not to worry about, at least at lower levels, is table image. 1. You'll get moved too quick for this to count. 2 No-one is watching you anyway. |
I'm sorry but this is complete rubbish! Table image is important even at low stakes. Sure, the average standard of play is poor but there are still some relatively good players out there who will be paying attention, taking notes and using Poker Tracker + HUD etc.
As for getting moved too quickly for this to count, your statement makes no sense at all. Tables break up at a similar rate as they do at higher stakes. |
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Posted: Mon, 31 Mar 2008, 2:40pm Post subject: |
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One Pair
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Perhaps I should have said more. In the early levels of a low buy in, it is unlikely that you will come up agains anyone being attentive. As the tournament goes on the there will be more people at your table who are attentive. Near the final table of a large field such as will join a PokerStars $1-$10 tourney the standards are likely to be quite high. It should be relatively easy to spot the tags and positional raisers in the early stages, and work on the assumption that they too are watching.
The fact that the tables break up at the same rate for higher limits is not relevant to the point I was making. At higher limits, it is fair to assume that a number of the players will have your stats in front of them next time you meet. At low buy ins, hardly anyone will. Your own notes should tell you who may be watching your play.
Just a thought that hadn't occurred to me before. It could be worth viewing the excellent commentary on the $8 rebuy by Elipsesjeff in the Videos, and attempting to spot those who were concentrating and their playing patterns. Bet you some Sklansky $ that the answer is not many were in the first 2 hours. I appreciate that a rebuy may not be the best tournament to try this exercise. |
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Posted: Tue, 01 Apr 2008, 10:32am Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 17 Oct 2005
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Location: Fort Collins
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Back to the HOH series. I'd have to say I got the most out of HOH2 Part 9 - Inflection Points and Part 10 - Multiple Inflection Points.
Knowing what adjustments to make to your game (and when) was a real eye-opener for me early on. |
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Posted: Tue, 01 Apr 2008, 10:59am Post subject: |
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Straight Flush
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
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Location: Somewhere in middle america
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Posted: Tue, 01 Apr 2008, 2:55pm Post subject: |
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Straight
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Thanks for the replies guys. I was trying to see if there was a pattern to some of the topics or parts that are more note-worthy and therefore should be studied more so. I think the most helpful part for me was the inflection points followed by how important the concept of pots odds are. Every example, the first thing he points out are the pot odds of the hand..I think he was trying to get a point across.... |
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