Could I be a losing player at $200nl 6-max?

[Sponger15SB]

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Read Harrington's books, improved my game 1000%. I went from being confused half the time to knowing the right play 90% of the time.

http://www.texasholdempoker-stats.com/thp_books.html

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What he said. HOH V1 rox.

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So just volume 1? Should I get the 2nd one also?

[Allinlife]

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Read Harrington's books, improved my game 1000%. I went from being confused half the time to knowing the right play 90% of the time.

http://www.texasholdempoker-stats.com/thp_books.html

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What he said. HOH V1 rox.

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So just volume 1? Should I get the 2nd one also?

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you will have much more luck with both of Bob Ciaffon's books, PL/NL w/ Stewert Rueben and Improve your poker.

HOH1 stuff are farily elementary. HOH2 is a must for all MTT players.

[Voltron87]

i read parts of hoh 1 and 2, they dont seem all that great. pretty basic, and there is some very debatable stuff, i was not all that impressed.

[Lawrence Ng]

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How about something like this? I've just created a masive pot OOP with 1 pair....

(stack sizes cause I guess this is important)
Seat 4: Sponger ( $195 )
Seat 3: chinamanal ( $192.95 )

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Sponger [ J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
sixpack0224 calls [$2].
rush23 folds.
ninersbaby raises [$7].
chinamanal calls [$9].
Sponger calls [$8].
SA_Tiger folds.
sixpack0224 calls [$7].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
Sponger bets [$15].
sixpack0224 folds.
ninersbaby folds.
chinamanal calls [$15].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
Sponger checks.
chinamanal bets [$60].
Sponger folds.
chinamanal does not show cards.
chinamanal wins $127

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You are OOP in a 4 handed matchup preflop. Re-raise to $30. Calling is brutal here.

You either pot that flop or check-raise that flop, you do not lead out for less than 1/2 the flop. It gives odds galore for them to chase.

Bet 2/3 of the pot on the turn no matter what card falls. Checking is begging for trouble unless you are trapping which you are not.

Be the aggressor. Your VPIP needs to be in the 20's, not 17%.

I wanna see you kick some ass now.

Lawrence

[thatpfunk]

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You are OOP in a 4 handed matchup preflop. Re-raise to $30. Calling is brutal here.

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No, reraising is horrible.

[xcrack999]

Wow, a little over break even with AA after getting dealt 23 times. That's just sick.

[winky51]

Hell yea! It targets end game and heads up. Really opened my eyes on heads up. Before I read I found myself slowly discovering what Harrington was talking about. Now I know I was on the right road but he drove me forward 50 miles to be a better heads up players.

[BobboFitos]

since you channeled me, 4k hands means nothing.

vpip is so low. i hope thats straight 6max and nothing shorter or else you're passing far too many profitable situations.

[JaBlue]

I would try loosening up. Tight ABC play is best left for full ring in my opinion.

[BobboFitos]

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How about something like this? I've just created a masive pot OOP with 1 pair....

(stack sizes cause I guess this is important)
Seat 4: Sponger ( $195 )
Seat 3: chinamanal ( $192.95 )

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Sponger [ J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
sixpack0224 calls [$2].
rush23 folds.
ninersbaby raises [$7].
chinamanal calls [$9].
Sponger calls [$8].
SA_Tiger folds.
sixpack0224 calls [$7].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
Sponger bets [$15].
sixpack0224 folds.
ninersbaby folds.
chinamanal calls [$15].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
Sponger checks.
chinamanal bets [$60].
Sponger folds.
chinamanal does not show cards.
chinamanal wins $127

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everything was good until you folded, my man.