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Posted: Mon, 29 Jan 2007, 2:08pm Post subject: NLHE T&P - Week 4 Discussion p. 75-97
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4-of-a-Kind
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Another section with a lot of great stuff. This is my third time through the book and I'm amazed at how much I missed the first two times. I think I glossed over p. 87-90 b/c there are so many if's and so much math, but I got a lot more out of it this time. Some questions to get things started...
1. Sklansky & Miller suggest that betting for information is overrated. When is a good idea? Examples?
2. What do you take from the section on river value-betting (p. 87-90)? Are river c/r's common in your game? Bluff river c/r's?
3. What practical conclusions can you draw from the Absolute and relative position section (p. 91-97)? For example, if there's an EP raiser and a caller or two, will you be more willing to call from the SB or BB, knowing you'll have relative position on the flop? |
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Posted: Wed, 31 Jan 2007, 5:40am Post subject:
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Straight Flush
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ive reread the bet sizing part this morning, will cover the rest when i get a chance.
Yeah i think betting for info/RR for info can be overrated probably just b/c ppl dont understand the concept and when to use it (i dont claim to know it fully). Im dont really know too many complex postflop situations where it can help where just value bets or pot control etc are more suitable.
Preflop tho (at 25NL anyway) i think (as Sklanksy noted) its best used and is simply execuated. Say you hold AK or JJ, there is a single PFR before you. you can of course call but a raise will provide better info ocz at these levels opp tend to give alot of respect to the PFRR but will usually rasie again with KK or AA and if they just call the you have gained alot of the upper hand postflop.
another part which raised my eyebrow tho is the part where (with AK) we RR a predictable player. sklansky mentioned almost making a minraise vs opp. granted we gain info on his hand but hwo much of a mistake is it to make a small raise vs opp's possible range (both tight player or looseplayer).
lol make sense? |
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Posted: Thu, 01 Feb 2007, 5:08am Post subject:
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3-of-a-Kind
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| Minreraise surprised me too. Even in later sections, he advises pot sweetener minraises. That surprised me. If you reraise so small, you give pocket pairs odds to chase a set. It is not a great play. It gives you information that if you hit your ace or a king, it is good (no one has AA or KK), but it gives odds to a set. |
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Posted: Sat, 03 Feb 2007, 1:40pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
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| Yeah, the min re-raise with AK advice (p. 79-80) is strange. Especially with 150BB effective stacks. I guess the arguments for it are that villain is a tight, straightforward player, so if he 4-bets you can easily lay it down, and you're in position with a hand that doesn't really want to bloat the pot. But it seems like a hard play to balance. Do you want to be min re-raising with QQ+ in this situation? |
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Posted: Sat, 03 Feb 2007, 3:32pm Post subject:
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If you reraise with QQ and AK, you actually get information that your overpair or TPTK is good on the flop if he just calls.
If someone minreraises with AK, someone might come over the top with QQ and it is not a loose play. Maybe even with JJ or TT to see what your minreraise means. Then you don't have a chance to flop TPTK. I don't think it is a good play to minreraise. |
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Posted: Mon, 05 Feb 2007, 2:19pm Post subject: Re: NLHE T&P - Week 4 Discussion p. 75-97
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Royal Flush
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| zook wrote: | | 1. Sklansky & Miller suggest that betting for information is overrated. When is a good idea? Examples? |
Been saying this for a while now. Raising for information depends on your opponent being predictable and is almost an exploitive line.
Power checks and checking for information is under-rated.
| zook wrote: | | 3. What practical conclusions can you draw from the Absolute and relative position section (p. 91-97)? For example, if there's an EP raiser and a caller or two, will you be more willing to call from the SB or BB, knowing you'll have relative position on the flop? |
Very important when assessing implied odds for stuff like pairs pre-flop and gut-shots post-flop. |
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