Me vs. Matt Flynn

[Matt Flynn]

folded if he made any significantly sized bet.

[Voltron87]

Shouldn't this go in the small stakes forum? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Matt Flynn]

mike,

yes and yes. one of the strengths of my game - at least in my mind - is that my betting and checking varies more than most players. i give up ev in isolation sometimes, but the benefit is it is often hard to put me on a hand online.

matt

[Yeti]

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the 6-handed games play much more aggressively, so people adapt.

some players adapt quickly. against them you fire early, not late, and reduce your firing rate on later streets. plus i increase my annoyance raises. of course when you have a hand you should pound the pot.

matt

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Any chance you could clarify what you mean by this Matt? Thanks.

[soah]

He minraised with 22 and then flopped a set on me. =P

[coltrane]

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OK, so then I presume that you bet less when you miss too? If the turn is an offsuit deuce, you go with half-pot again?


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this is the key point IMO.....

FWIW, I don't like the half-pot bet at all.....if Matt always overbets with the bluff and always underbets the goods, it's too easy to play against him......if he always makes the same sized bet, it's tougher.....and if that's the case, why not go with the bet that yields the highest folding equity (is it true that Dutch Boyd coined that phrase? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]), especially since we're talking about a five-outer here (Matt's only gonna hit that like 10% of the time)......I think a big bet on the turn makes for the highest EV (with these stack sizes)......but then again, like Mike said, a lot of people are dumb and don't think about this stuff or figure out how to read hands by betting patterns.....

[Matt Flynn]

just a bunch of smaller raises to make the opponent more aware of my raising and hopefully goad him into waiting for the nuts or spastically overplaying a hand.