flop play - evolution, 3-legged zebras + some thoughts on AK

Everyone here has huge leaks post-flop. The first street of post-flop is the flop. So, start there...
and get into IRC more often

<daven> i'll note every difficult flop decision the next few sessions
<@spoonNgrind> i mean that's how evolution works right
<daven> i just checked, you're right about sb and bb being biggest win-rate excluding blinds..
<daven> re evolution, you mean?
<@spoonNgrind> nah i mean like
<@spoonNgrind> okay pretend there's a zebra for every flop you see
<@spoonNgrind> and the flops that confuse you or w/e are the retarded zebras with 3 legs
<@spoonNgrind> well you need to pick those guys off first
<daven> got it - lion styles
<@spoonNgrind> idk it's just like the natural order of things to go after the weakest element of some sort of group
<@spoonNgrind> not just from a nigga gotta eat standpoint


<daven> think i'm gonna chuck that in the beginners circle at ftr - cos nobody will bother applying it anyway, but maybe someone will..
<@spoonNgrind> lol go for it


<Luco> my retarded zebra with 3 legs is whiffed AK oop in big pots
<Luco> any 3 legs is generous
<daven> your retarded zebra is likely your pre-flop play with AK
<Luco> :)
<daven> your lack of assigning a range to your opponents
<daven> and your lack of consideration of board texture against your hand and their range when deciding how to play the flop
<Luco> definitely that last one
<Luco> I don't even know what it means
<@spoonNgrind> AK is so ez to play
<@spoonNgrind> especially if you completely miss
<@spoonNgrind> if villain is folding a bunch of 1 pair hands then bet
<@spoonNgrind> if he's not the check
<@spoonNgrind> zomg bam
<@spoonNgrind> they call me dj spooner
<@spoonNgrind> because after i poker i spooner
<daven> HU. oop. c-bet most boards. Fold to re-raise. If called, barrel most turn scare cards etc - unless villain is like 70+% fold to cbet

Nice post daven.

[rant]

You made an excellent point about Luco's struggles probably being related to preflop mistakes, most specifically the lack of assigning ranges to his opponents. Guys, we only have four options when we play a poker hand (bet, check, call, fold). You cannot, CANNOT, and I mean CANNOT like seriously CANNOT
know if you're playing correctly if you have no assigned a player a range. You just can't. You're flying blind and getting lucky. If everyone seriously thought of a range for every hand they posted, then most posts would be something like "When my opponents range is this weak" or w/e, not "Should I fold to this donk?"

It'd be cool if, instead of answering, people just asked "Well, what's his range?" for every post that didn't include one.

[/rant]

It's funny because that concept is so elementary and common sense, but not everyone thinks that way. Well put Spoon and thanks for posting that Daven.

but what if I need to eat?

i only came here for the 3 legged zebra

But what's your 2-legged Zebra?

http://i43.tinypic.com/2pt1nwi.jpg

My 2 legged zebra is post-flop play in a 3-bet pot when I've missed horribly.

1/ Get on IRC
2/ throw away your ego
3/ admit your failings
4/ Learn from better players
5/ apply it to your game
6/ Profit

I nearly put 5 as ????? but old meme is old and anyway it's vitally important. Daven was right btw, too often I just assume they're only continuing to a 3bet with QQ+ and AK, instead of looking at the player as an individual and assigning a range based on what I already know about them.

As my AK is only pairing the flop 8% of the time this month, it's something I can't afford to gloss over.

Ragnar, look:

<@spoonNgrind> AK is so ez to play
<@spoonNgrind> especially if you completely miss
<@spoonNgrind> if villain is folding a bunch of 1 pair hands then bet
<@spoonNgrind> if he's not the check
<@spoonNgrind> zomg bam
<@spoonNgrind> they call me dj spooner
<@spoonNgrind> because after i poker i spooner

What does this mean? Let's look at a very recent post from wonderland. In this example the flop is 6 high, so a bet would be gross because 77+ isn't folding. If the flop was J or Q high a bet becomes a more playable idea, and we haven't even started talking about ranges and tendencies. Look at the flop texture, look at the villain, get a gauge on your FE and make your best judgement.

It would be hawt if someone could expand on this concept. Let's get learnin'

ok this is a UK based joke , but two footed zebras are newcastle fans and a one footed zebra is Michael Owen.

What's the FTR IRC channel?

It's all in this sticky:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...08-t67665.html