1/2 NL Live Deep Stacked

[Registrationtoo]

some of you guys must not play 1/2. the river bet is fine. i coudl easily see worse hands calling you in my experiences.

[Mempho]

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some of you guys must not play 1/2. the river bet is fine. i coudl easily see worse hands calling you in my experiences.

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That's the thing. 1/2 live and online are completely different animals. I have had huge bets called many times by hands that I wouldn't think could call $10. If you're not willing to shove money out there because you'd rather milk them than make a bet that, in your estimation, can't get called, you are losing a lot of value. These guys want to call and they will in many situations. I see a lot of otherwise good players make these milk bets and its just a version of FPS. You're playing 2 levels above your opponent instead of 1. In poker, you always want to be just 1 level above your opponent. If his IQ is 105, don't play him like his is 140.

I play the same games (live) and totally understand where you're coming from.

Just recently at the 2/5 NL at Paris the two deep stacks SB ($1500) and BB ($2700) got involved in a hand that loooked like this;

Everyone folds to SB who completes to $5

BB checks

Flop 2c-9d-10h

Check - Check

Turn 5c

Check - Check

River 6c

SB - All in (Ac8c)

BB - Insta Call (Kc7c)

FWIW...i was not one of the players involved in the hand.

[Mempho]

Happens all the time live. People who play strictly online have little idea how soft a live game of a corresponding limit can be. Live pros get a lot less hands, but they play some enourmous donks, too.