[5NL] JJ, IP, 3bet pot, river spot.

[Cobra_1878]

Yes a PSB/PSR in a 3b pot is enormous. As I said usually in 3b pots =/- half the pot is the standard, one of the reasons being that people can't rely on implied odds to call with draws because the SPR are too small.

However this does not necessarily apply here against a clueless aggro monkey on a wet board. I'd still raise to at least 60% pot (leave it to you to calculate how much that is).

People learn fast what a pot sized raise looks like because they just have to hit the pot button to make one.

Also this "raise to x times his bet" is something that villains sometimes rely on to make you commit sizing mistakes. If you raise their small bet only 3x or 4x, it will give them superb odds to call and they know it.

If I am doing it correctly, a 60% pot raise would be ~$1.55?

Also, I don't always raise 3x or 4x, if villain's make small bets, I raise them fairly big religiously. Probably a leak and I obviously adjust if I think villain has caught on to what I am doing and min bets to induce a raise from me so he can 3bet me.

How in the world would you know what fraction of your chips are in the pot without algebra?


STOP TELLING YOURSELF THAT IGNORANCE IS ACCEPTABLE!!!!!

Algebra is necessary. You already use it, even in the above quote. I don't know who told you that math was not for cool kids, or that being bad at math is lolOK, but you should seriously question this assumption. You have chosen to play online poker and you simply will not excel without being good at middle-school math.

... delete delete delete ... This is enough right here...

Maybe I should add:

CHOOSING IGNORANCE IS A FOOL'S GAME.

Woah, what the fuck? Firstly, you don't need algebra for fractions.

Secondly, I am not being ignorant. I made it fairly clear that not everyone excels at algebra, or even Maths for that matter, I am one of those people. I can write a quality 5000 word essay, I can play sports etc etc but I am not very good with Maths.

Also, I am studying to be a primary school teacher, so talking about subjects being "cool" doesn't even enter the equation.

[daviddem]

If I am doing it correctly, a 60% pot raise would be ~$1.55?

Yeah more or less, same story. 0.6 is 60% so:
- take the total pot just before your play - 1.62
- add your call (0.35) - 1.62+0.35 = 1.97
- multiply by the fraction of the pot you want to raise (0.6) - 1.97*0.6 =1.18
- add the amount your opponent bet or raised to (0.35) - 1.18+0.35 = 1.53