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Advice Please
noble1:
i ask for reads because it is almost impossible to sit at a table and have no read, even if the only read is ""i"ve not seen villain play any hands"" ""villain has been opening lots of pots"" ""this is the 1st time i"ve seen villain call a 3bet"" etc etc etc u get the drift i"m sure... now check the forum, time and time again there are posts with no reads, mostly hero will be oop and sometimes the result is known already :"( add in no stack sizes given, pot sizes or no info on players to act behind etc blah blah....
how can u make more good than bad decisions without reads? u need something to go by..
how can u put an opponent on a range, if u don"t know if he is loose or tight, is he good or bad, do they overvalue top pair, how do they play draws or how do they play monsters...
reads help pinpoint the opponents range based on the action, how they react on the 3 streets, the bet sizing etc ETC..
why are there so few posts without reads?
in summary i have never written with reads u can make perfect decisions, BUT if your reads are more right than wrong then it stands to reason that you"ll make right decisions more than wrong decisions....
add to this that very few posts mention how they the hero are playing [there image] , this can help in analysing situations better don"t you think?
edit - hell i don"t know why i even bother sometimes to reply, i"ll stick to posting on the horses :) its bloody frustrating... is this the rush poker forum?
If you want to be Phil Ivey then Rush may not be for you.It stunts your poker growth ;D
TheSnapper:
Marty719:
With the large player pools on modern day sites and the constantly growing live poker scene, playing without reads is a pretty important thing to learn. Knowing how to gather information is very important, but knowing how to play +ev without is as well.
WYoung83:
Especially on the bigger sites. People are comming and going all the time, most people you just dont see again in the smaller stakes sngs, mtts or cash games.
cincicrappykid:
--- Quote from: cgull69 on February 07, 2011, 12:59:50 PM ---
Its not often a hand gets to me, but I went to bed last night my mind going 6 to the dozen as to whether I should have played this hand any differently?
It is early on in an MTT, blinds are at 15, 30. I have around 2300 in chips. The action is all folded round to the button who raises it to 90
I am the SB and have ah :as: I re raise to 240, the BB folds and the button calls.
The flop then comes jc 9c 9d
I fire out a 1/2 pot bet (250) to find out where I am, the button flat calls. I am now thinking that the button either has one of the other nines, 10 q or a flush draw.
The turn comes 9s .
I check and so does the button. I now think that button is definitely on a draw and disregard the fact that they may have the last 9 in the deck.
River comes ac .
I am now hoping that the button has hit is flush. I bet 500 and the button goes all in , I call and they show 9h js.
Having re-run the hand through my head I dont see how I could get away from it, they only thing I think I should have done is raised a little more pre flop.
Any opinions would be appreciated.
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HERES MINE YOUR A FISH END OF
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