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The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
I suppose we could get some interesting responses by fillowing out the ending of this. Try to keep it to a short phrase or single word.
I'll start. The hardest part of NL Holdem is knowing when to fire a second bullet. |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
I think this post really depends what level you are at.
for me it is -to keep focus. -This might require explaination, but math is also a lot more important than most players think. |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
Play an overpair versus a flop check/min-raise when the pot is already 1/5 your stack from preflop betting.
Figuring out that folding is usually +EV. Playing heads up when a full table breaks up with a guy that pops in an goes all-in just about every hand preflop and pushes just about every flop. |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
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Playing heads up when a full table breaks up with a guy that pops in an goes all-in just about every hand preflop and pushes just about every flop. [/ QUOTE ] this is probably the easiest situation in poker for me....wait for a an AJ+/88+ then get it allin when u have an overpair or top pair. |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
folding is zero EV. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
For me The hardest part of NL Holdem is playing big pairs with deep stacks. I always tell myself I'm not going to get involved in a big pot but it always happens
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
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[ QUOTE ] Playing heads up when a full table breaks up with a guy that pops in an goes all-in just about every hand preflop and pushes just about every flop. [/ QUOTE ] this is probably the easiest situation in poker for me....wait for a an AJ+/88+ then get it allin when u have an overpair or top pair. [/ QUOTE ] I really hate calling an all-in with AJ or 88, even if I know it's positive EV given the maniac's behavior. Even a maniac picks up a real hand sometimes. I think this is really a bank roll management question. I shouldn't be playing heads up if I can't be happy losing AQs to T7o when it all goes in before the flop. Nevertheless, I find it hard to do when it took 3-hours to double my buy-in and now that the table's short I can lose it in one hand to a maniac while doing everything right. It's probably the magnitude of variance against a maniac that I find hardest to deal with at NL and this is just one example. Fortunately, maniacs really don't last long. I just like being the guy that busts him A LOT more than being one of the guys he stacks once or twice before he busts out. |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
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folding is zero EV. [/ QUOTE ] Well, folding is often -(-EV). So I just abbreviated it with '+'EV. I did the math right, here, didn't I? |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
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[ QUOTE ] folding is zero EV. [/ QUOTE ] Well, folding is often -(-EV). So I just abbreviated it with '+'EV. I did the math right, here, didn't I? [/ QUOTE ] well, no...folding is always 0 EV. what you're trying to say is that sometimes 0 is the highest EV available. |
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Re: The hardest part of NL Holdem is....
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[ QUOTE ] folding is zero EV. [/ QUOTE ] Well, folding is often -(-EV). So I just abbreviated it with '+'EV. I did the math right, here, didn't I? [/ QUOTE ] its greater EV than something thats negative EV, but not positive EV. i was just being nitty thats why i [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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