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Old 09-30-2009, 12:10 AM     Post subject: L is for Leak. #1 (permalink)  
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Here you post your leaks. Leaks can range all across the spectrum. From something skill wise like calling the turn too much, folding to too many 3 bets, or not value betting enough. Or external things that affect your poker like tilt control, playing your A game more, or getting motivated. I feel as though these are very important to identify because most likely your poker related leaks can give you insight about yourself. With this gained insight you can learn more about yourself and how you think. It is important because it can make understanding others thinking process much easier if you are able to understand your own. For those looking through and see a leak that they have over come feel free to post your thoughts. I will start.

I have a tendency to auto pilot when I get tired or bored.
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 It takes me like ten or twenty minutes into each session before I actually start focussing. Usually in that time I've made a stupid call down, which is what causes me to then think, "Shit I should play better". If I could play well from the start, I'm sure each of my sessions would benefit.

Perhaps going for a walk or doing something set and fixed before each session would work, iunno.
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 - I'z call down fishes bets on turn and river too lightly instead of separating their calling and betting range.
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Old 09-30-2009, 03:05 AM #4 (permalink)  
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 -I don't give fish enough credit when the make gay bets
-I call down too light vs donks for bad reasons
-I autopilot and assume it's okay and try convincing myself I'm not on tilt
-been working on picking my spots for barreling lately since my game could use more aggression
-I sometimes ignore villains range and just mash buttons
-I don't leave tables when I should, and sometimes get into uneccessary dick waving contests
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Old 09-30-2009, 03:33 AM #5 (permalink)  
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cbetting shiitty flops with air because he might just have dem pocket fo's

calling river leads with 3rd pair JUST because a flushdraw bricked off

3betting iso raises with wreckless abandonment

4betting cocksuckers who 3bet my iso raises

flatting ridiculous stuff out of the blinds because "it plays GREAT multiway"
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Old 09-30-2009, 08:34 AM #6 (permalink)  
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It takes me like ten or twenty minutes into each session before I actually start focussing. Usually in that time I've made a stupid call down, which is what causes me to then think, "Shit I should play better". If I could play well from the start, I'm sure each of my sessions would benefit.
That is so me.

Calling down aggro donks (esp when OOP) too light. Always thinking people who 3bet are doing it "light" and so making 4bet bluffs that just get shoved on.

Tilting when I'm running good. This results in me calling down too lightly, being WAY too aggressive and starting to get too confident with strong but not nut hands.
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not folding enough ... I play late nights and should quit when I start to dose off, but don't sometimes ... Calling to many 3 bets with small pocket pairs in EP ... Playing to tricky for 5NL.

That's a few ... Wrapping up 1st month of dedicated cash game play. Learned alot of leaks!!!
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 This is always changing, but @ the moment:
  • I give snapshot first impressions too much credit. If a guy plays 4 out of the first 10 hands, I assume he's a lagtard.
  • I get into leveling wars too quickly. A guy sits down HU @ a full ring table and raises the first 3 hands. On the next hand, if he raises, I assume he doesn't have a hand and I might be willing to felt A2o if I get an ace because I have to take a stand NOW on the 4th hand.
  • A double edged sword that often helps me, but sometimes hurts me, too: I put my own methodology into villain's thought process and I'll look up villains light because I wouldn't have played that range that beats me that way. Maybe I wouldn't, but would they? Oh crap, he won ... I guess HE would.
  • I don't mark or look through enough hand histories and sometimes DURING sessions I'll look through one only to see my equity and many of those are ones I know I was ahead, but just want to see how ripped off I got.
  • Overestimating implied odds - implied odds are theoretical guesses of how much more money you WILL win if you hit and win. The money you have to call NOW to play is REAL and is 100% lost from your stack every time you call @ that instant and even more so if you don't hit and lose and even more so than that if you hit and lose.
  • I start to get agitated and tilt if I don't start winning money or a big pot within what I consider a REASONABLE time frame. There's an ebb and flow for what I consider reasonable and logical and if that goes against me, I feel a sense of entitlement that needs to be fulfilled. The longer it goes unrequited, the more agitation and tilt that sets in.
  • I don't use PokerStove enough or do fold equity calculations at all.
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Old 09-30-2009, 05:16 PM #9 (permalink)  

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This is always changing, but @ the moment:
  • I give snapshot first impressions too much credit. If a guy plays 4 out of the first 10 hands, I assume he's a lagtard.
  • I get into leveling wars too quickly. A guy sits down HU @ a full ring table and raises the first 3 hands. On the next hand, if he raises, I assume he doesn't have a hand and I might be willing to felt A2o if I get an ace because I have to take a stand NOW on the 4th hand.
  • A double edged sword that often helps me, but sometimes hurts me, too: I put my own methodology into villain's thought process and I'll look up villains light because I wouldn't have played that range that beats me that way. Maybe I wouldn't, but would they? Oh crap, he won ... I guess HE would.
  • I don't mark or look through enough hand histories and sometimes DURING sessions I'll look through one only to see my equity and many of those are ones I know I was ahead, but just want to see how ripped off I got.
  • Overestimating implied odds - implied odds are theoretical guesses of how much more money you WILL win if you hit and win. The money you have to call NOW to play is REAL and is 100% lost from your stack every time you call @ that instant and even more so if you don't hit and lose and even more so than that if you hit and lose.
  • I start to get agitated and tilt if I don't start winning money or a big pot within what I consider a REASONABLE time frame. There's an ebb and flow for what I consider reasonable and logical and if that goes against me, I feel a sense of entitlement that needs to be fulfilled. The longer it goes unrequited, the more agitation and tilt that sets in.
  • I don't use PokerStove enough or do fold equity calculations at all.

Wow. Am I related to you?? That describes my worst tendancies to a T.

I will also add that I don't vary my postflop play (especially bet sizing)well enough.
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Old 09-30-2009, 05:59 PM #10 (permalink)  
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This is always changing, but @ the moment:
  • I give snapshot first impressions too much credit. If a guy plays 4 out of the first 10 hands, I assume he's a lagtard.
  • I get into leveling wars too quickly. A guy sits down HU @ a full ring table and raises the first 3 hands. On the next hand, if he raises, I assume he doesn't have a hand and I might be willing to felt A2o if I get an ace because I have to take a stand NOW on the 4th hand.
  • A double edged sword that often helps me, but sometimes hurts me, too: I put my own methodology into villain's thought process and I'll look up villains light because I wouldn't have played that range that beats me that way. Maybe I wouldn't, but would they? Oh crap, he won ... I guess HE would.
  • I don't mark or look through enough hand histories and sometimes DURING sessions I'll look through one only to see my equity and many of those are ones I know I was ahead, but just want to see how ripped off I got.
  • Overestimating implied odds - implied odds are theoretical guesses of how much more money you WILL win if you hit and win. The money you have to call NOW to play is REAL and is 100% lost from your stack every time you call @ that instant and even more so if you don't hit and lose and even more so than that if you hit and lose.
  • I start to get agitated and tilt if I don't start winning money or a big pot within what I consider a REASONABLE time frame. There's an ebb and flow for what I consider reasonable and logical and if that goes against me, I feel a sense of entitlement that needs to be fulfilled. The longer it goes unrequited, the more agitation and tilt that sets in.
  • I don't use PokerStove enough or do fold equity calculations at all.
wow..basically just summed me up aside from my other leaks.

I'll be putting alot of thought into this now.
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Old 09-30-2009, 06:36 PM #11 (permalink)  
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 uh 3b pots ldo. not getting enough value when i have it, losing too much to get players off hands when i don't got it.

overall adjustment back to 6max. folding overpair too much, folding to PSB's on the river from fish too much (middle pair wins a lot in these spots), taking my lolpotodds, even if there is another street to play (just because you have fifth pair against a passive fish doesn't mean you're ALWAYS no goot). knowing when to fold was the nuts at 25nl nit ring, and now all it's doing is making my red line plummet.

giving up when my draws miss too much. i mean i watch fish take the c/c, c/c, c/f line when i have it sooooo often that you'd think that i'd be able to take advantage of it when i have a hand that whiffed.

playing ridiculously straightforward in multi-way limped pot. not finding enough good spots to stab OOP and just betting out whenever i have it. basically, if i bet in a spot like this, i have TP+ or a good draw, and if i don't i'm likely going for the good old c/f line. massive massive autopilot when i feel that i've "not invested" in a pot.

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Old 09-30-2009, 06:41 PM #12 (permalink)  
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This is always changing, but @ the moment:
  • I give snapshot first impressions too much credit. If a guy plays 4 out of the first 10 hands, I assume he's a lagtard.
  • I get into leveling wars too quickly. A guy sits down HU @ a full ring table and raises the first 3 hands. On the next hand, if he raises, I assume he doesn't have a hand and I might be willing to felt A2o if I get an ace because I have to take a stand NOW on the 4th hand.
  • A double edged sword that often helps me, but sometimes hurts me, too: I put my own methodology into villain's thought process and I'll look up villains light because I wouldn't have played that range that beats me that way. Maybe I wouldn't, but would they? Oh crap, he won ... I guess HE would.
  • I don't mark or look through enough hand histories and sometimes DURING sessions I'll look through one only to see my equity and many of those are ones I know I was ahead, but just want to see how ripped off I got.
  • Overestimating implied odds - implied odds are theoretical guesses of how much more money you WILL win if you hit and win. The money you have to call NOW to play is REAL and is 100% lost from your stack every time you call @ that instant and even more so if you don't hit and lose and even more so than that if you hit and lose.
  • I start to get agitated and tilt if I don't start winning money or a big pot within what I consider a REASONABLE time frame. There's an ebb and flow for what I consider reasonable and logical and if that goes against me, I feel a sense of entitlement that needs to be fulfilled. The longer it goes unrequited, the more agitation and tilt that sets in.
  • I don't use PokerStove enough or do fold equity calculations at all.
Lol, me too. You seem to have struck a chord. Most of the time, I use Poker Stove when my AQ gets beaten by A3 where the flop was A high and a 3 hit on the river. I already know I was a big favourite, so using Poker Stove to confirm how ripped off I got is a waste of time. I only just realised this.

Plus I automatically think that big bets, especially all ins are bluffs. ie If he really just made a flush, why did he just push all of his stack in? Just don't seem to be able to learn with that one.
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Old 09-30-2009, 07:31 PM #13 (permalink)  
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I don't value bet enough.

I always think villian is at the top of his range.

I call too many river bets with bottom pair or worse.

I need to be consistantly aggressive.

I don't take enough meaningful notes.
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About to post about this in my Op, but I think its something beginners need to be aware of:

- I get too carried away trying to level my opponents when they're just playing their cards. Most people just arent trying to play tricky poker.
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Old 10-01-2009, 01:38 AM #16 (permalink)  
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 I don't play my A game enough. My C game is way too bad and is
around far too much. Mostly due to Fatigue, tilt and not living
in the moment:

-Watching Holdem Manager during my play causes a lot of the tilt and
keeps me out of the moment.

-Playing Full Time and mostly at night when I have to get up every
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cbetting shiitty flops with air because he might just have dem pocket fo's

calling river leads with 3rd pair JUST because a flushdraw bricked off

3betting iso raises with wreckless abandonment

4betting cocksuckers who 3bet my iso raises

flatting ridiculous stuff out of the blinds because "it plays GREAT multiway"
+ tilt

+ being too many levels a head because OP's leaks should NEVER have gotten to me yet at my stakes
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Old 10-01-2009, 02:26 AM #18 (permalink)  
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These are all really great posts. If you have play problem it's important to figure out how to lose the least amount of money and make the most obviously. Regardless of whether it is a play problem or a life problem. Ultimately you need to be both sound in play and in external factors.

A lot of the time if you have an external factor it is best to treat poker like a job or like an activity where you are trying to accomplish a goal such as studying or rock climbing. You wouldn't drink on the job, or get wasted while trying to rock climb or study if you wanted to get good results. Poker is really not that much different.

For those with play skill problems its important to talk to other people with similar problems to discuss how you can combat the problems its best to try and come up with it yourselves because that way you will remember the concept or reasoning better than if you ask XYZ and they just say b/f 220, even if they explain why. It for some reason is just not as memorable as being like blah blah blah and both coming to the conclusion that b/f 220 is the best that you came up with. Obviously you can still ask better players then yourself what they think too.
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1) still not able to fold good hands when I'm 90% sure i'm beat (bad bad bad)
2) Getting too fancy at 5NL, trying to bluff ppl who don't know when to fold
3) limping too much, not aggressive enough
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- Managing a Laggy image: "I actually hit the board this time and he check raised me!??? Does this muther F**ker really have it or is he playing back at me!??

- Getting min 3 bet by short stackers and not knowing what to do!
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my biggest leak is not thinking and it's not even close.
*sigh* this

Me and m2m just finished having a discussion in IRC about this and we set up a sweat session for tomorrow sometime. Hopefully I'll learn to stop being such a lazy MOFO.
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Old 10-03-2009, 02:46 AM #23 (permalink)  
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-I get confused about concepts and then my head becomes cloudy and instead of taking time off to think about them I choose to play.
-I generalize villains way too much.
-When blind stealing, I still convince myself villain/s could have a hand.
-I just noticed tonight that I make too many plays based on my stack size. I shoved on an early position minraiser and I told myself "I can do this because of my stack". Which is true sometimes but I need to open my mind more than that.
-I need to work harder on post flop play. Ill play fit or fold way too often (it is getting better).
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-Completing too much in the sb
-Expanding my range after a bad beat
-Trying to get revenge on the fishy bad beater
-Playing on an unstable internet connection
-Pot controlling when I should be value betting
-Thinking there's no way that guy coulda called 2 pot sized bets with a FD
-Thinking there's no way that guy could have set mined with a 30 BB stack
-Not posting hands on FTR often enough
-Playing when hungry
-24-tabling while on the phone
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 1) playing when I shouldn't be playing (tired/whatever)
2) not giving my play full attention = internet/etc
2a) not thinking/not playing my a-game
3) calling
4) turn play in medium sized pots
5) missing 'thin' value bets that really aren't that thin at all
6) getting into pots and/or later streets oop vs regs - without a plan
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 -double barreling for the sake of being aggro
-talking while grinding, especially when making key decisions
-letting my mood dictate my course of action
-giving unknowns too much credit
-not 2-3 barreling enough in squeezed pots when villains range is face up and exploitable

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I have many of the leaks mentioned by Jyms, BJ, and micro. My #1 leak is:

NOT WORKING ON MY GAME ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE TABLES

I spend 90% of my time playing poker, not actually reviewing HH's and cataloguing my dumbass mistakes and correcting them. Then I make the same stupid mistakes over and over, and it tilts me.

The obvious solution would be so simple.

The other big leak I have that wasn't mentioned above is hard to describe. Here's an example. I pick up JTs against an LP raiser who is 55/35, call in the BB, see a 863 FD and c/c the flop. I catch a T on the turn and cough up tons of chips with a hand that's still 2nd best. Even laggy players, when their betting patterns are strong, usually have it if they're willing to commit 2/3's of their stack (or more).
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1. Not thinking I have leaks
2. Overconfidence in my abilities (I'm the best 10nl player in the history of 10nl 6-max dammit, why can't they fold to my raises?)
3. Fancy Play Syndrome
4. C-bet too much on dangerous boards
5. Not folding to raises on the flop when I have nothing (see #2)
6. Forgetting that most calling stations won't fold... ever. No matter how much I raise.
7. Chasing losses, wanting to make sure I finish the day with a profit
8. Thinking that the top 7 are my only problems...
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[*]I start to get agitated and tilt if I don't start winning money or a big pot within what I consider a REASONABLE time frame. There's an ebb and flow for what I consider reasonable and logical and if that goes against me, I feel a sense of entitlement that needs to be fulfilled. The longer it goes unrequited, the more agitation and tilt that sets in.
I can relate to your entire post, but this one in particular jumped off my screen and slapped me in the face. If I don't win a hand within my "reasonable" time frame, regardless of the pot size, I start playing trash hands and tilt like crazy.
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I wanna stop as soon as I win.......but I can't stop if I am down
WTF?

And the usual not Vbetting enough, calling too much, bluffing the stations.
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-Forgetting that I can't make someone fold
-Calling OOP with god awful hands (i.e. T3s) because I have "odds"
-Ignoring my opponents range and focussing solely on my own hand which ends up in calling many value bets on the river (i.e. duhhhh I haz bottom 2...)
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-FPSing like theres no tomorrow at 25nl.
-Calling too many bets on the river with weak made hands because "lol pot odds." <- I think doing this seriously cuts into a players winrate at a given stake, I'm going to be working hard to cut this out ASAP.
-Forgetting that turn raises = the nizzles at micros.
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-letting my mood dictate my course of action
Boom. Most importantly, I'm talking about away from the tables...
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- Calling 3bets too much.
- Playing weak/tight postflop.
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-Limping low pairs.
-Cbetting 90% of the time
-Callin donk AI with TPTK/TPGK
-Not playing draws correctly
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 researching oker theory whilst at the table.

Reading this thread, whilst at the table.
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Impatience, which is at the root of various actions that range from merely less than optimal to downright poor. For instance, I'll play hands in situations I normally wouldn't, play more marginal ones, play more out of position, force the action more, bluff more, not try as much to control pot sizes, etc.
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I make a bet, saying to myself "If he calls I know I am beat" only to ignore that when he calls and I attempt to do the same on the next street. Or even worse call his all in.

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-letting my mood dictate my course of action
Boom. Most importantly, I'm talking about away from the tables...
yeah, I'm definately speaking of that too. going to have to work on life leaks some moar.
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 1) Playing tired. This is the biggest money loser for me. And it leads to most of my other leaks below.
2) Playing rushed. Sometimes I end up playing because I have an extra hour on my hands, maybe I'm on a break at school or what not, but knowing that I'm only going to play a short session makes me play too many hands or just plain bad. Also happens when I just finish an assignment or something and I rush too quickly into it.
3) Missing value bets.
4) I'm a station.
5) Forgetting to read my notes before making decisions sometimes.
6) Not quitting when playing suboptimal.
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1.) Calling re-raises when we Bet/Fold <boggle>
2.) Bluffing without a read or solid rationale
3.) Not optimally exploiting villain 3-bet tendencies
4.) Not explicitly adjusting my "C-Range" bluff range to villain profiles
5.) Overconfidence following heaters that were a result of natural variance vs. good play
6.) Not taking enough notes
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Being too results oriented at the tables and when doing reviews.
Opening Poker Copilot every 5-10 minutes to see how much I'm up or down for the sesh.
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7) not playing as well pre-flop as I could, particularly button and big blind.
8) suited connectors

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1) playing when I shouldn't be playing (tired/whatever)
2) not giving my play full attention = internet/etc
2a) not thinking/not playing my a-game
3) calling
4) turn play in medium sized pots
5) missing 'thin' value bets that really aren't that thin at all
6) getting into pots and/or later streets oop vs regs - without a plan
don't raise with the straight flush bro, nobody ever gonna call that shit
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Being too results oriented at the tables and when doing reviews.
Opening Poker Copilot every 5-10 minutes to see how much I'm up or down for the sesh.
From my OP on 5/3/09:

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Lol, keep your chin up dude. Rough times like this suck, but just keep putting your money in good, and the profits will follow. Don't worry about one hand, or one session. Think about (always be thinking about) the long run. It will definitely make you a better player. You won't care so much that your BR has stayed the same over the last few thousand hands.

Another thing: Try not looking at your BR for a whole week. Just get on the tables, when your done, get off them. No checking the cashier/sessions tab in HEM or PT or whatever. Just turn it on when you start, and shut it down when ur done. I guarantee that you will be VERY pleasantly surprised at the end of that week.
I followed your advice and have remembered it since. Now try following it yourself.
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I cannot fold when I have a set or better.
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Well played sir, and I will definitely do that. Thank you.
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 calling 3 bets too much b/c I think they are just "playing back at me" after I have raised a bunch of hands preflop. I assume they are taking notice and adjusting.....its 5nl, there isn't much adjusting.
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