Operation: 'A' game

Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill

play 25/21 with an 8% 3bet since that will make marginal decisions in 3bet pots much more clear. it's an easy solution for managing swings. I also think cbetting air in 3bet pots doesn't need to be done often at all, though that may be unique to SSNL where fold 3bet% are higher

i looked up that schmeff guy on PTR; in case you didn't know he's up 250k on stars, and up more on tilt. amazing results for a MSNL reg!

haha yah I know, impressive results for such a lagg. But really I don't mind a very good player on my right, who's going to play every hand OOP in a 3bet pot. Even an amazing player can't overcome being OOP without initiative!

I agree with your idea about lowering my 3bet. Also cbetting less is probably better at higher games if anything because ppl will play back at you more, and make your life more annoying when they have position!

Have sports the next few nights, then my xmas work party on friday and I'm heading to Chicago on sat morning till next thurs evening. So Won't be grinding for about a week!

Was looking over some filters with JL last night. Found one pretty ridiculous leak.

I'm down $6.5k in the last four months in hands where I 3bet pre, AND get all-in pre with hands that are NOT AQ+ and TT+ (worked out to something like -1900bb/100, or 19bb/hand). My logic would have been, that I was winning sufficient dead money from 4bet maniacs to be worthwhile. So I ran another filter, with allin-true not on, but instead "raised 4bet= true", and in this case I was still down $5k in all those hands. That worked out to like -17bb/hand.

If we assume that my avg 3bet is to around 9-10bb's. Then I'd be better off folding to EVERY 4bet with these hands (-10bb/hand), than shoving some of these for fold equity (-17bb/hand).

I also ran a filter for doing the same thing with AQ/AQs and I'm surprisingly down there too!

Needless to say, either I need to find better spots where I'm much more positive they are light, or ppl have already adjusted to the fact that I'm shoving so light, and are rarely bluffing me now. And instead always 4bet/calling wider.

I also need to make a smallish ($100ish) prob-bet with someone about getting my 3bet down. It's been close to 10 the last few months, and wouldn't mind trying to get it down to 8 or less in Dec. Let me know!