Playing 16/12 at 6-max seems crazy to me.
I play FR and my stats are around 15/13. If you like to nit it up, why don't you just play FR?
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Playing 16/12 at 6-max seems crazy to me.
I play FR and my stats are around 15/13. If you like to nit it up, why don't you just play FR?
I only do this with QQ+ and AK. Sometimes I just call with AK on BTN so I don't fold out small pps, sc, etc soI can get value when I hit .Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
I never do this. Define 3bet bluff. I do 3bet some hands like broadways sometimes against high fold to 3bet regs but I probably don't do it enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
Will do. Previously when I called with pp OOP I always had implied odds.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
I have been playing more with sc. I'm going to look at my stats later to see the results of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
I've been told this before. I tried FR during my last OP but I hated it. I guess I'm so used to 6max that FR seemed entirely too boring even though I was playing 6 tables.Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamThePirate
Maybe I'll mix it up some.
What I need to do more than anything else is lighten up in both real life and in poker. I used to use poker to relax but lately poker seems to make real life even worse.
What I really wish is that I had more time to devote to poker, both studying and playing. My wife has told me I need to just quit playing as it tilts me every time I play but she just doesn't understand. Poker is not a matter of life and death. It's more important than that.
Maybe the weather will start warming up soon so I can start playing more golf. I was playing better poker when I was playing golf at the same time. But then again maybe I was using poker as a release for golf tilt.
"I only do this with QQ+ and AK. Sometimes I just call with AK on BTN so I don't fold out small pps, sc, etc soI can get value when I hit ."
You aren't thinking about ranges then. When should you add more, when should you add less? I could go on and on about this but your failing at the bare basics; ranges.
"I never do this. Define 3bet bluff. I do 3bet some hands like broadways sometimes against high fold to 3bet regs but I probably don't do it enough."
I wrote an article that I hope you find helpful. If you have any more questions feel free to ask. Anyways, here it is: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...41.html#970241
"Will do. Previously when I called with pp OOP I always had implied odds. "
How do YOU determine implied odds? I want to know to see if you have any flawed logic.
"I have been playing more with sc. I'm going to look at my stats later to see the results of this."
Just be careful. Look at what I posted. You don't want to have any static ranges.
Depends on villian in CO. If villian is a nit or has high fold to 3bet then I do it more. If villian does not fold to 3bet much then do it less. If villian is loose then see what he goes to sd with and make notes.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
Do I really need to worry about balancing my ranges just yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
Use the 15x rule for set mining. Otherwise odds to hit vs odds of what I would win if I hit with villian stacking off.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
100bb stacks
pot is 8bb
villian bets 7 bbs and I have OESD and I put villian on big pp
pot odds are about 2:1 and I need 3:1 to call
but villian has 89bb left which gives me about 13:1 implied odds to call if I hit and I think he will stack off with big PP.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by kmind
First of all I am sorry I suck at quoting so my posts look horrible. My bad. Anyways:
"Depends on villian in CO. If villian is a nit or has high fold to 3bet then I do it more. If villian does not fold to 3bet much then do it less. If villian is loose then see what he goes to sd with and make notes."
Good job with the first part about those who fold a lot. Just make sure you do it a lot more with bluffs. Sometimes you can even gain more EV by calling with your monsters. Vs. the ones that call more then yes do it less but not way less...just throw in more value hands.
"Do I really need to worry about balancing my ranges just yet? "
That's just it. Don't worry about balancing. You are only worried about exploiting. When you exploit, sometimes it COULD mean balancing, but this isn't what I am talking about. Sometimes, for example, you should 3bet only as bluffs, or 3bet only for value another time, sometimes cbet only as bluffs, etc. Your ranges will be extremely UNbalanced which is great because our opponents won't exploit us back.
You're good with PPs it looks like but OOP I'd do like a 20x rule. Really depends on how often they stack off with overpairs, TP.
My last comment meant that you don't want to have a set range. So don't say "I'm on the BU and a reg. opened UTG. Easy call with 98s here". That's bad. Instead think deeper. "I'm on the BU and a guy opening 20% of hands UTG opened with no callers in front of me. He has a big stack and will fold to aggression a good amount postflop. I'm going to call here with the plan of bluffing a lot of flops that help my range more than his (boards that scare him). If I hit big, I'll play it slow on X board because he'll be way behind a lot. If I hit big, I'll play it fast on Y board because it's draw heavy and hits his range a lot. He'll put in a ton of money while being behind".
Been playing on PS for about a week now.
Differences between PS and FT:
Much Faster games on FT
Many, many more soft games on PS
Alot more 3betting pf on FT
I'm up in 6 out of 9 sessions at PS. I should have moved back sooner as Jason suggested :oops:
I'll start another OP eventually.
You should always quit while you are still playing well. I've even seen strategy posts and articles on quitting well. Once you start playing badly one bad decision can undo hundreds of good ones. And the bad decisions that are not expensive doesn't tend to get you to quit - you just keep hanging around for the really big bad decision to come around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sasquach991
This doesn't mean that you should quit while ahead a certain number of buyins - necessarily. If you find that you get sloppy when you sit on a huge stack it's not a bad idea to leave a table once you are at 2BIs on that table. But that's not to bank the win, that's to prevent you from playing bad because you play bad with a big stack (if that's the case).
What you should try doing (some make it a rule, for others it's just a fun experiment) is to set a session time. Say you plan to play 1 hour and then stop posting blinds after 1 hour and sit out next time the BB reaches you. These quitting times can be completely arbitrary. Let's say you have 3 hours to play today. You could practice quitting today. Say start a session and stop it after exactly 30 minutes. Do something meaningfully different (update calendar / facebook / call family or friend) for hopefully not too much more than 5-10 minutes and start another session and quit at a pre-determined 30 minutes. Ignoring results. Concentrate on good decisions. At the end of the day (or a couple of those so you figure out how this beast plays out) try to assess what effect scheduled quitting has on you while you are playing. Is it helpful or harmful to your game? For some it helps focus - because they limit their session to a specific time they want to make more of it and therefore achieve higher level of focus and make better decisions. Other people end up tilting - they get results oriented and gamble more and more the closer they come to their quitting time in the hopes of getting a quick score and a positive result to their mini-session.
Judging by posts on here a lot of poker players find any single session above 2 hours too long. As in after 2 hours you are pretty much guaranteed not to be as mentally alert as when you start playing - and since you want to be playing your A game for as much of the time you are sitting at the table as possible, this means that as time progresses you should recognise that your game quality decays and stop for a break. And then you need to find ways to meaningfully take a break - so you can recharge your attention and get ready for the next session. Just changing to new tables so you need to start forming new reads and understanding the dynamics of a new table is sometimes enough to refocus you.
Interesting. I think you're on to something here.
When I was playing at FT I would start playing about 8:30. Wait 10-15 minutes on waiting list until I got 1-4 tables. When I finally found some soft tables I would never leave regardless of what was happening at the table as it would take forever to find another one. Sit out and take one break about 9:45 for about 5 minutes and play until 10:30, sitout of tables and take another break and then play until 12:30 or so. Many times I stayed at the same table for the entire session.
On PS there are so many soft tables you can find plenty at any time. Now I start at 9:00 and find 1-2 tables almost immediately with no waiting, then have 4 within 3-5 minutes. Take a break at 10:30 for about 10 minutes AND close all of the tables out so I'm starting over at new tables after my break. Then I play til about 12:00 at all new tables.
This is probably the biggest difference between PS at FT and I would never have considered it relevant until now.