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Old 12-09-2005, 11:53 AM
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Hey man, my $3/6 stats and sample size are identical to yours, except my AF is like 6/5/2, and my WtSD/W$SD is like 35/60, I am running at 2.2BB/100. I think you're definitely getting cold cards..

sidenote - you got quads 4x and LOST money overall. I guess this means you folded early but you would have ended up w quads?? If so, how did this happen *four times* ? I have 3 quads and they give me +30BB. Also you folded a lot of two pair, trips & flush on the river... seems too tight to me. I'm not at home but I will check my personal figures on that and see if mine are similar
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Old 12-09-2005, 12:15 PM
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i recommend that you videotape yourself playing and then watch the video over again. start videotaping after a bad beat, or you dont feeel like you're playing well, or just weird hands keep coming up. then from there you can either post the video or watch it over, see what you didt hat you would do differently and also isolate a few hands that you were completely lost with and post them here. imo there is a big discrepancy between the hands people decide to post from their session and hands they should post.


i think the worst advice you can hear is that you should go from a 21/14 to a 27/20. thats ridiculous imo. there are types of hands/ groups of hands and situations that you just need to learn how to play, and then adding those hands preflop will be the next step. there are some very good 6max players whose stats are ~23/19 so take it one step at a time.

one last thing on preflop play: your postflop play should dictate how you play preflop, not the other way around.

do you know how to iso raise ?
do you know how to play suited 1 gapper type hands after 1 or 2 limpers on the button?
are you comfortable defending your bb against a tag with a hand like 87s?
are you okay with stealing with K5o?
are you good at getting to showdown against unpredictable opponents?

good luck

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Old 12-09-2005, 01:53 PM
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do you know how to iso raise ?


I do this quite a bit against the right player. It seems really tough for me at the 1/2 tables though because they are SO loose. Pots end up 3-4 handed even after raising a loose EP limper most of the time... which I guess adds value to the pot, but then you're stuck with a hand like KT against 2 or more opponets which isn't exactly profitable.

do you know how to play suited 1 gapper type hands after 1 or 2 limpers on the button?

I would call PF w/ a hand like T8s and might peel the flop if it doesn't look too scary and I have at least a BD draw or two. Bad? I think I would play them somewhat similar to the way I would play them in full-ring. That might be a leak of mine.

are you comfortable defending your bb against a tag with a hand like 87s?

I'll defend w/ 87s. If I hit the flop I'll probably C/R the flop and lead the turn. I mean, I have no formula but that's a line I would use off the top of my head.

are you okay with stealing with K5o?

Honestly, not really. That seems a little low to me. I usually steal as low as A6, K9... maybe K8, T9s, sometimes 87s, small PP's, etc. Actually it really depends on the blinds. At 1/2, I feel like my fold equity is way low so I raise my stealing standards a bit.

are you good at getting to showdown against unpredictable opponents?

This I think is a leak of mine. With a SD worthy hand I'll usually bet the flop and turn and check the river through if I'm in position. OOP causes all kinds of problems for me.

I'm not trying to defend myself here or anything. I'm just thinking aloud here to try to figure out what my issues are at this game. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Old 12-09-2005, 01:58 PM
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You are running bad. Look at one pair and two pair hands. They should be 43/57 or something. I also lost a lot when I ran 38/49.
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Old 12-09-2005, 02:02 PM
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Getting down on yourself reinforces negative expectations and tends to cause future results to meet them.

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You're right and I'm definitely guilty of that to some degree. I didn't mean the title of the post quite as it sounded though.
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Old 12-09-2005, 02:05 PM
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Folded to river bet is too high IMO. You need to pay off more.

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What is the expected appropriate range for that?

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From the other stats I've looked at now I think it should be somewhere in the mid-30's. I don't know how or why I'm folding 50% of the time at the river.
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Old 12-09-2005, 02:31 PM
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do you know how to iso raise ?


I do this quite a bit against the right player. It seems really tough for me at the 1/2 tables though because they are SO loose. Pots end up 3-4 handed even after raising a loose EP limper most of the time... which I guess adds value to the pot, but then you're stuck with a hand like KT against 2 or more opponets which isn't exactly profitable.


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iso raise more on the btn, and add a lot more value to iso raising with suited cards. limp small pp's on the btn or if the game is passive preflop but pay off postfop, you can limp behind an utg limper with any pp. hands like KTo are profitable 3 way when players are defending too loose. trust me.

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do you know how to play suited 1 gapper type hands after 1 or 2 limpers on the button?

I would call PF w/ a hand like T8s and might peel the flop if it doesn't look too scary and I have at least a BD draw or two. Bad? I think I would play them somewhat similar to the way I would play them in full-ring. That might be a leak of mine.


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i'll keep this short, but given 2-3 limps, and the game isn't aggressive preflop, on teh btn i'm limping Axs, K8s+ (maybe more but this doesn't happen much at higher limits), 46s+ KTo, T9o and i'm raising 78s+ J9s+ KQo+ ATo+ 88+(pp's depend).


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are you comfortable defending your bb against a tag with a hand like 87s?

I'll defend w/ 87s. If I hit the flop I'll probably C/R the flop and lead the turn. I mean, I have no formula but that's a line I would use off the top of my head.


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thats good. 87s isn't a good hand to show. in general esp with the high rake at 1/2sh, defending a lot isn't as big a deal as it is at higher limits where a) the rake is lower in proportion to the bets b) players steal a lot more and are more aggressive too c) its also folded to the btn or co more often, so steal situatison occur more.

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are you okay with stealing with K5o?

Honestly, not really. That seems a little low to me. I usually steal as low as A6, K9... maybe K8, T9s, sometimes 87s, small PP's, etc. Actually it really depends on the blinds. At 1/2, I feel like my fold equity is way low so I raise my stealing standards a bit.


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agaisnt tags, or just weak tight players in general, attack them. it sounds like you are a bit discouraged. most of the good lpayers at 1/2 sh are in teh same boat as you, and you need to open up your game a bit. if i were to play 1/2sh right now, i would probably try and steal (when possible) against tight blinds with ~50% of my hands. i just do not expect that tight 1/2 sh players are good at defending or know how to adjust to someone who steals a lot but doesn't appear to be that aggro based on their vpip/pfr.

its really good that your stealing standards depend on the blinds. but if you can play better postflop then your opponent, you should be willing to raise with hands that aren't neccesarily that much better then your opponents. ie, if the bb is a 40/15 who plyas well postflop, steal less. if he's a 20/15, steal more becuase he's going to fold preflop and on teh flop way too much. and if he's a 90/10 steal way more because he's callign with everything, and your A2o has too much value against the hands he's calling with.

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are you good at getting to showdown against unpredictable opponents?

This I think is a leak of mine. With a SD worthy hand I'll usually bet the flop and turn and check the river through if I'm in position. OOP causes all kinds of problems for me.


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this is the hardest one. but say a "maniac" raises on teh btn and his stats are 45/35, and you've seen that he's aggressive postflop. you have A2o. you call.

flop A K 4. you check he bets you raise he 3 bets. whats your line now? what do you do if instead of A2o you have KTo? what if you have A4 ?

you are on btn and you raise with A6o. same villian is now the bb, he calls. flop 4 2 2. he check raises flop- whats your play?

what if hte flop was A 4 4 and he check raises your flop bet?

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ps. download some videos at pokeravi.com they are all higher stakes, but you should bea ble to learn from watching them
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Old 12-09-2005, 02:59 PM
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Folded to river bet is too high IMO. You need to pay off more.

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What is the expected appropriate range for that?

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Something in the 30's. Lower-mid 30's as you move up, IMO.
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Old 12-09-2005, 03:26 PM
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this is the hardest one. but say a "maniac" raises on teh btn and his stats are 45/35, and you've seen that he's aggressive postflop. you have A2o. you call.

flop A K 4. you check he bets you raise he 3 bets. whats your line now?

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I'd probably call the 3-bet and donk the turn. Calling down to further aggression.

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what do you do if instead of A2o you have KTo? what if you have A4 ?

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With KTo I'm probably leading the flop and calling down if raised. A4 I think I'm C/R'ing the turn after maybe leading the flop since he's a maniac and will probably raise with anything and follow through on the turn.

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you are on btn and you raise with A6o. same villian is now the bb, he calls. flop 4 2 2. he check raises flop- whats your play?

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depends on how maniacal he is I guess. I think we can depend on him betting the turn and the river on us and I don't know if we want to pay that much with ace-high. I suppose we could 3-bet, bet the turn, and take the free SD on the river?

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what if hte flop was A 4 4 and he check raises your flop bet?

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I'm calling and popping him with a turn raise here.

Thanks for the suggestions/questions!
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Old 12-09-2005, 05:20 PM
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You are running bad. Look at one pair and two pair hands. They should be 43/57 or something. I also lost a lot when I ran 38/49.

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Are you talking about W$SD ?
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