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Re: NL ring games for a former sng player
 Originally Posted by Rockymv
Repping a missed flop had become automatic for me. In ring games, however, I seem to be getting check-raised a lot more.
In SnG's, people are focused on survival, the blinds, their stack size. You spend at max 45 minutes with any one of them, and then you're gone. In a ring game, people get to know you more. The focus is on your tendencies. The solution is to mix it up.
Don't rep every flop. What happens is the good players begin check raising you especially if you only raise broadways and then bet a rag flop. They are telling you to knock it off. You combat this by raising a couple of connectors or rag hands and showing them that any flop can potentially hit your hand hard.
The basic principal is that you can't fall into a betting pattern. Act erratic at times for the sake of confusion without hurting your pile. If you are at a table with me and I recognize you're playing too tight, I'm going to avoid paying you off. You won't see me in hand with you unless I can hurt you. On the other hand, if you act like a maniac here and there, I'll be more inclined to pay you a little when I hold a weaker hand.
Look man. You start to get a good feel for when you should rep a missed flop, and when you should check behind with experience. To me it just sounds like you haven't developed a gut yet.
For me, SnG's used to be easier than cash games. Cash games really develop your skills. Once you get good enough, you start making more at cash than SnG. You probably won't do as well for a while though. Just keep at it.
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