salad study habits part uno. i promised i'd write about this so i'm going to talk about some now.
everyone talks about studying the pokers and how important it is. they are correct its very importants. however, how you use your studyin time is also very important. looking at how u coolered everyone for stacks is not really important, as is looking how you got coolered for stacks is not important either. some of the most important things while studying are evaluating small and medium pots and pots you didn't even play in.
let's start out with our bet sizings as these are the ones that are the bestest for the winrate. one thing to evaluate is your bet sizing and how your opponent reacted to it. did he snap call your bet or did he tank?, either a little or a lot. these are things to consider, if he snap called something to consider is you could have probably bet a fair bit bigger and he either is A) too stupid to notice or B) going to call pretty much anything you bet. now it's very easy to become results oriented in this so make sure you consider his entire range, what would he do here with weak pairs, weak draws, strong pairs, strong draws and 2pairs+. if he snap called your bet with the weakest of pairs you can probably bet a fair bit bigger and expect him to snippity snap with the majority of his range. or if you were bluffing and he snippity snapped and you think your line is good you can probably bet less and expect the same results, if he has a pair he probably calls and if not he probably mucks to any amount. ugh as i write this i realize what i just wrote is more relevant to current play while at the table. w/e it's useful and i'm not deleting it.
while i'm on the topic of adjustments at the table i'm going to reference the classic live lulament. ofc i'm talking about the flooosh and the fd. if someone hits the floosh you will get the "OMG I LET HIM GET THERE FML RAGEEEEEEEEEEE" or if there is a fd "OMG I DIDNT WANT HIM TO GET THERE GAWDDDDDDDDDD" like i said there are certain people who don't fold any kind of draw and you can happily bet pot against these people or even slightly overbet knowing that they will call. ugh, i dont like where this is going and i lost my train of thought where i was headed with this to begin with. wait i remember now. ok so as i was saying you need to pay attention when your not in the hand to what others do with their pairs, draws, strong hands as well as the nuts. cause to be honest most people don't mix up their play. if you can understand what lines they take with the majority of their range then hand reading becomes much easier and consequently so does valuebetting and bluffing against that particular opponent. if you know it's extremely difficult to get him to fold any kind of draw, pot pot c/c when the draw misses. or if you know he folds his weak pairs to turn barrels a number of options becomes available either as bluffs or tiny tiny valuebets. if you know he minraises the flop with all his really strong hands you can simply just fold alot of stuff but your nut hands. the list goes on and on and on. point being pay attention to what everyone else is doing and instantly become a better player.
for the people who were expecting salad study habits imsorry. i'll blog about them eventually
amirite?
