JKDStudent
03-09-2005, 12:16 AM
I'm analyzing my leaks, and after a downswing the other night, I've realized what a few are. However, I'm not really sure how to go about fixing them. Anyways, here we go.
Leak #1: Second-best hands. I often get stuck between not giving people enough credit and giving them too much. After going over hands in PT, I'm working on this one on my own. This leak is mentioned here just for the sake of completeness.
Leak #2: Flop play after raising from EP. Hypothetical hand. I have AKo, flop comes Jack high (coordinated nature doesn't really affect my play here, sadly). I raised in EP or am otherwise first to act against 2-4 opponents. Typically, I'm betting out. My reasoning is partly that I may still have the best hand, but mostly because I fear that having raised pre-flop, if I check now, I'm going to get bet at. Not because they have anything, but because they sense weakness. So I'm betting, even though my small bet isn't as likely to chase people out, only because I don't want others trying to take control of the betting. Then the turn comes, no help to me but doesn't connect to anything on the flop, and I still bet out, still not wanting to show weakness. Notice a pattern here? What do I do to stop this? Check-call? Well, obviously. But what about when I end up on the receiving end of aggression?
Leak #3: Preflop. Typical example - I'm MP1 with AJo. Folds, I open with a raise. MP2 or MP3 raises. It doesn't matter what hand I raise with, if I raised, I ALWAYS call the 3-bet. If I 3-bet it, I always call the cap. If I just limped, I always call the raise. If it's only one more bet to me, I always call once I'm already in the pot. I feel like I'm losing money here that I don't need to because of my horrible, "Well, it's only one more to see the flop," logic. Also, fearing that if people see me raising and then folding to a re-raise, they'll take advantage of that. Not very likely playing the low limits, but that's still my thought process.
Comments? Questions? Thanks.
Leak #1: Second-best hands. I often get stuck between not giving people enough credit and giving them too much. After going over hands in PT, I'm working on this one on my own. This leak is mentioned here just for the sake of completeness.
Leak #2: Flop play after raising from EP. Hypothetical hand. I have AKo, flop comes Jack high (coordinated nature doesn't really affect my play here, sadly). I raised in EP or am otherwise first to act against 2-4 opponents. Typically, I'm betting out. My reasoning is partly that I may still have the best hand, but mostly because I fear that having raised pre-flop, if I check now, I'm going to get bet at. Not because they have anything, but because they sense weakness. So I'm betting, even though my small bet isn't as likely to chase people out, only because I don't want others trying to take control of the betting. Then the turn comes, no help to me but doesn't connect to anything on the flop, and I still bet out, still not wanting to show weakness. Notice a pattern here? What do I do to stop this? Check-call? Well, obviously. But what about when I end up on the receiving end of aggression?
Leak #3: Preflop. Typical example - I'm MP1 with AJo. Folds, I open with a raise. MP2 or MP3 raises. It doesn't matter what hand I raise with, if I raised, I ALWAYS call the 3-bet. If I 3-bet it, I always call the cap. If I just limped, I always call the raise. If it's only one more bet to me, I always call once I'm already in the pot. I feel like I'm losing money here that I don't need to because of my horrible, "Well, it's only one more to see the flop," logic. Also, fearing that if people see me raising and then folding to a re-raise, they'll take advantage of that. Not very likely playing the low limits, but that's still my thought process.
Comments? Questions? Thanks.