I feel too predictable.........
I am starting to feel that I am not getting enough out of my play. I play about 25% of my hands which I am happy with. When I get cards, I raise roughly 4-5xBB and follow that up with a continuation bet after the flop. I pick up my share of pots but nothing big. I often feel my betting is scaring opponents away..........I realize that I am predictable, but I am raising (but not reraising) with a lot of hands and am not a rock. I do raise post flop out of position, and that may imply power and cause a fold instead of a call. Perhaps a check raise would work but I kind of quit that play when I left limit. All I would gain is 2 more BB and might get royally hammered when I walk into trips....
When I flop trips, I am paranoid about straights and flushes, so I bet them. Same deal, I bet 60% to 80% of the pot and everyone folds to me. I have bad memories of slow playing hands but really don't think I am getting paid off enough for my good ones. Is my continuation bet too high??
I would be interested in hearing some alternate ideas for play on the flop when you have good cards against passive players.
Re: I feel too predictable.........
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Originally Posted by bumble
I am starting to feel that I am not getting enough out of my play. I play about 25% of my hands which I am happy with. When I get cards, I raise roughly 4-5xBB and follow that up with a continuation bet after the flop. I pick up my share of pots but nothing big. I often feel my betting is scaring opponents away..........I realize that I am predictable, but I am raising (but not reraising) with a lot of hands and am not a rock. I do raise post flop out of position, and that may imply power and cause a fold instead of a call. Perhaps a check raise would work but I kind of quit that play when I left limit. All I would gain is 2 more BB and might get royally hammered when I walk into trips....
When I flop trips, I am paranoid about straights and flushes, so I bet them. Same deal, I bet 60% to 80% of the pot and everyone folds to me. I have bad memories of slow playing hands but really don't think I am getting paid off enough for my good ones. Is my continuation bet too high??
I would be interested in hearing some alternate ideas for play on the flop when you have good cards against passive players.
If you can't bluff at your limit then start laying traps. Just do it every once in a while until you get better at it and people will start hating you. That's when you get paid off.
I was the same way as you because I was a limit player too. I hated all the suckouts I'd get playing limit so I would try to overprotect my hands. People pick up on that fast and don't give you action.
One simple fix I found was that in limit I was a check raising madman. I started doing that again in no limit and got paid off beautifully. Some people respond very poorly to being check raised over and over and over again. They start gunning for you and paying you off.
Also semi-bluff. When you miss, people will put you on a stone cold bluff.
If you're playing live games, don't show your hand when you don't have to.
