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Keeping Warm in Winter
AAroddersAA:
I think it"s summer again. I was out at 7:30am for work today and the sea was blue and the sun was shining. Makes things seem a bit bright overall doesn"t it. Swansea looks very nice in the summer, now all we need is for it the be July and all the students go away. I tend to play better poker in the summer as well, let"s hope that trend keeps up.
I checked all my holidays for Vegas out in work today got to wait for confirmation but shouldn"t be too much of an issue. I can"t wait to book my flight.
The other exciting thing happening soon is the beginning of the F1 season. You can"t really bet against Vettel but you just can"t tell, a team could pop out of nowhere.
Gonna try a quick hours poker this evening as well, I generally don"t do so well in the evenings after work but I am doing an hour each night to see how I go. I am sticking to micro stakes as I am still not feeling as confident as I would like too. Will update afterwards.
AAroddersAA:
Interesting little session there. It"s weird sometimes I seem to know exactly how to play this game whilst other times I am just useless, I played pretty well today although I was only £4 up at the end of the hour. I was playing 5 £10 tables and for the first 15 minutes or so nothing happened and I just lost some blinds.
Then I got Dealt AK. I raise it up to 50p (I think there had been 1 limper) and get a single caller The flop comes a helpful K-3-4. I like this flop although there is a flush draw so I bet £1 into the pot of about £1.05, the other player raise it to £3. I put him on various weaker kings, maybe a flush draw or a set oe 3"s or 4"s with a vey small chance of an underpair to the King and air. I therefore call and the flop comes a Queen and does not complete any draws.I check intending to CRAI he bets £3 and I feel he is commited with any of the above hands and shove, he calls me with K-Q. I am happy with how I played the hand as I think it is very against that range.
At this point I was about £15 down but when I am playing well this does not bother me and I don"t try to force the action. I shoudl really learn something from this as I all too often don"t do this. A little while later I get dealt KK with a full stack and again raise to 50p with a limper in the pot, two callers and the flop comes down Q-6-9 no flush draw. Another good flop for me and I bet £1.25 into the pot of about £1.60 and get called pot is now over £4 and the turn is a blank - looks like a queen of some kind at this point as there is not much else he can have unles he is floating me. So I bet £3.50 on the turn. He calls, I am now thinking queen or slow played monster - a queen is much more likely, when the river is a blank I make the shove and he calls with Q-J. Again I am very happy with my play and think I make some extra money by making that shove on the river rather than doing the passive thing and check - calling which I had got into the bad habbit of doing earlier in the year.
Apart from that I make on iffy play, I get QQ and somebody raises from early position to 40p, one caller before me and I make it £1.40 the original raiser shoves for £9 and the caller folds. I fold - thoughts? I rarely see shoves with much that QQ beats (calling shoves yes but not actually shoving) - this is where poker tracker would be very useful.
I get it all in with 8-3 Blind vs Blind on a flop of 8-3-2 where my opponent has a slow played AA it holds but he only has a short stack. I win a race with AK and lose a race with AK against small stacks so pretty standard stuff.
So I end the session slightly ahead but am very happy with how I played. Will try and do the same tomorrow night and see how I do again.
Feel free to comment on the QQ fold by the way (or any of the hands for that matter) I don"t think it is terrible but is very marginal.
TheSnapper:
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on March 22, 2011, 19:11:12 PM ---
Then I got Dealt AK. I raise it up to 50p (I think there had been 1 limper) and get a single caller The flop comes a helpful K-3-4. I like this flop although there is a flush draw so I bet £1 into the pot of about £1.05, the other player raise it to £3. I put him on various weaker kings, maybe a flush draw or a set oe 3"s or 4"s with a vey small chance of an underpair to the King and air.
I therefore call and the flop comes a Queen and does not complete any draws.I check intending to CRAI he bets £3 and I feel he is commited with any of the above hands and shove, he calls me with K-Q. I am happy with how I played the hand as I think it is very against that range.
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Though I"m hardly ever folding here (villain dependant) I rather not CR turn, it gives villain opportunity to play perfectly and fold out the weak end of his range, pot size already allows for stacks to go in on the river.
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Apart from that I make on iffy play, I get QQ and somebody raises from early position to 40p, one caller before me and I make it £1.40 the original raiser shoves for £9 and the caller folds. I fold - thoughts? I rarely see shoves with much that QQ beats (calling shoves yes but not actually shoving) - this is where poker tracker would be very useful.
Feel free to comment on the QQ fold by the way (or any of the hands for that matter) I don"t think it is terrible but is very marginal.
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Very much villain dependent, what is his ep raising range. But if you are going to fold to a 4bet best to not 3bet, doing so you are burning equity. If villain is positionally aware flatting is best usually.
AAroddersAA:
--- Quote from: TheSnapper on March 22, 2011, 19:54:53 PM ---
--- Quote from: AAroddersAA on March 22, 2011, 19:11:12 PM ---
Then I got Dealt AK. I raise it up to 50p (I think there had been 1 limper) and get a single caller The flop comes a helpful K-3-4. I like this flop although there is a flush draw so I bet £1 into the pot of about £1.05, the other player raise it to £3. I put him on various weaker kings, maybe a flush draw or a set oe 3"s or 4"s with a vey small chance of an underpair to the King and air.
I therefore call and the flop comes a Queen and does not complete any draws.I check intending to CRAI he bets £3 and I feel he is commited with any of the above hands and shove, he calls me with K-Q. I am happy with how I played the hand as I think it is very against that range.
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Though I"m hardly ever folding here (villain dependant) I rather not CR turn, it gives villain opportunity to play perfectly and fold out the weak end of his range, pot size already allows for stacks to go in on the river.
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Apart from that I make on iffy play, I get QQ and somebody raises from early position to 40p, one caller before me and I make it £1.40 the original raiser shoves for £9 and the caller folds. I fold - thoughts? I rarely see shoves with much that QQ beats (calling shoves yes but not actually shoving) - this is where poker tracker would be very useful.
Feel free to comment on the QQ fold by the way (or any of the hands for that matter) I don"t think it is terrible but is very marginal.
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Very much villain dependent, what is his ep raising range. But if you are going to fold to a 4bet best to not 3bet, doing so you are burning equity. If villain is positionally aware flatting is best usually.
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Good post as usual mate
OK, The first hand you are right, I am either way a head or way behind. I would say there is a small part of his range that might call the turn but fold on the river (flush draws) which was my initial thinking, but now I think about it more you way of playing it is better as it keeps bluffs in his range - good point.
The QQ I am not sure about. You might well be right again, the raise is folding out hands I beat, but I like the three bet as I think plenty worse calls (JJ, 10-10 etc), I just don"t think it raises. For example a hand like 10-10 or 9-9 might call and get married to the hand on a low flop. Also if I flat and the flop comes Jack high, I still have to call or raise a c-bet and end up making things really complicated don"t I? By three betting I have his range more defined and if he flats me he ALMOST never has AA or KK.
I think the 3-bet loses less to AA and KK and wins more from JJ and 10-10. OK I might get pushed off by AK or JJ every now and again but still think this is most profitable against an online random. I can see the advantages in flat calling though.
If you just flat call in position and the flop comes Jack high how do you play the flop? Are you raising or calling the flop bet.
What if it comes King high?
noble1:
regarding the QQ as played folding is ok in micros, like u say there 4bet range is basically AA KK [AK sometimes depending on villain]...
3betting without reads is ok, with reads if u have seen villain call a lot oop then 3betting is ok imo, just expand your 3bet value range and reduce the trash :)
if villain/s fold a lot to 3bets increase the trash, if they are fold or 4bet types then your 3bet value range could for instance be only AA KK and air, the air ratio is your choice based on how often they fold, flatting QQ would be arguably more +ev....
if your not sure of how these guys react to 3bets, then 3bet more at the start of the session and note how they react and whether or not they adjust [and how].. then u can adjust your strategy....
3betting or flatting is a bigger subject than a few sentences, have a sit down and a beer/tea etc take 10 mins and have a good think...
what/why would cause u to make any of the adjustments below -
Add trash
Add broadway hands
Add more pocket pairs
Add suited connectors
Add suited aces
Remove the bluffing range
Remove the middle (JJ, AQ, TT, KQs)
Flat with premium hands (QQ+, AK)
if u dont come up with anything then at least u have a nice break and a cold beer :)
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