The 2013 Diary of a Semi-LAG Tilt Monkey

Originally Posted by The Bean Counter

3-bet 25% of villain's opening range i.e. if villain opens 40% on the btn, 3-bet 10%. The rationale is that hero will be at least a 55% favourite against villain's whole range.

I think you're taking Harrington's advice out of context here, Bean, old bean

he only suggests his rule of thumb as a guide for when you have no reliable fold-to-3Bet data on Villain, not as something you should be applying across the board.

i think you also need to be a little leery overall with some of Action Dan's advice as he still seems to think that 3- and 4Betting only happen rarely at the micros, which is patently untrue

Originally Posted by DoubleJ

I think you're taking Harrington's advice out of context here, Bean, old bean

he only suggests his rule of thumb as a guide for when you have no reliable fold-to-3Bet data on Villain, not as something you should be applying across the board.

i think you also need to be a little leery overall with some of Action Dan's advice as he still seems to think that 3- and 4Betting only happen rarely at the micros, which is patently untrue

That's right. I don't think it's particularly good advice either and it's certainly no good for me given how badly I butcher hands post-flop in 3bps.

It's funny that you mention about his stance on the micros, as when I get round to writing a review of the book, this is going to be one of my main criticisms - his take on the micros unfortunately devalues the advice in a decent chunk of the book.

Originally Posted by The Bean Counter

his take on the micros unfortunately devalues the advice in a decent chunk of the book.

aye, tis right strange

publication date is June 2010; mebbe the game's changed in that respect over the last 3 or so years?

otherwise, i like all of Dan's books. He can write as well as play, which is rare, and i've liked the "Problems" section in the other books (haven't got to that section in this tome yet, so await your views)