Btw posted the results for H3 cuz it's obv not a standard spot... the spot was extremely read dependent based on history/game flow etc (which I didn't include) and def not the kind of call I make on a regular basis. Vs 99.9% of the villains it's a clear fold ott without a doubt.

NH, owned their soul

Hand might have played out differently. Might have raised the flop. If I didn't then river may have been a call because I'm getting an extremely good price. It's a weird spot where he shouldn't be leading 3 times with worse (based on how he played the KQ hand before), but also I'm getting such good odds to just call 3 times with my hand and he doesn't look that strong. Like I didn't think it was a clear blocker bluff raise there and I could be good a lot already.

Yeah kinda what I was thinking. I'm hesistant to bluff raise with a hand good enough call... problem is in this spot it's tough to have a worse As. Maybe AsJx but meh that might be to loose to get to river.

Hand 1) If by reg you mean good reg that is pro or semi pro then yeah looks like a good bluffing spot. Only thing that can be improved is going bigger so he doesn't level himself into calling sets thinking you could be value raising 2 pair.

Hand 2) Seems spewy 3 ways for this sizing but maybe something like 2x pot is profitable.

Hand 3) Yeah pretty obv that you had specific reads.

So how little do you feel like you know poker right now

V isn't the only one who's confused...

wow.

standard

This.

lmao

She might not be as good as she thinks she is if she thinks it is difficult to calculate all the EVs in 20 to 30 seconds.

For some reason that HH reminds of a drug addict Merge reg from a few years ago that grinded 18 hours a day, was crazy loose but ran soooooo freaking hot, like 1000 bb stacks on all tables before he dusted it all off.

Meh it's basically a different way of raising to see where you're at. It's also a way of exploring a different part of the game tree to find bigger exploits in spots that people haven't studied yet. Danielle "DMoonGirl" and Will Tipton talk about this.

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I understood some of those words! But that's why I am stuck at $2/$5 Slow.

I'm not good enough to know whether if this guy is actually a genius or insane, but it was just like, woaaah, such a different way of approaching the game. I think I get it more now after reading it 2-3 times and it's not as convoluted as it was at first glance.

It = min-raise?

Don't know who those people are/what they supposed to have talked about but sounds like it's going back to try and confuse your opponents

DmoonGirl is a Bellagio reg with an online background. She is a very strong player.

Yeah "it" was referring to the turn raise.

Yeah basically their point was that bigger EV gains can come from players being put in new and uncomfortable situations and reacting with unbalanced strategies by calling/folding/bluffing too much/not enough. The goal is to get players out of their comfort zone and make them react in spots they're not used to seeing or didn't plan for.

Potentially sounds like my postflop style which tends to be ultra aggressive. However, in this instance all villain does is min-raise the turn OOP with 3rd pair. I'm not sure how that is going to make an opponent uncomfortable. I love opponents that offer us easy decision points like this.

I'm guessing the player pool in those games is fairly small too so many players should know he's bloating up pots preflop with marginal holdings and he's being overly aggressive postflop which makes him very easy to play against.

By contrast, Dmoongirl is typically going to have a tight/solid/reg image and is going to be playing more reasonable hand ranges more reasonably which makes a turn raise from her much more scary than vs this guy where you have to physically restrain yourself for a moment before clicking call (or raise) to give the illusion that there was an actual decision to be made.

Results:

1. He tanked pretty long and folded. I'm pretty sure I folded out a better hand. The standard line for regs like that is to lead with 1 pair and check when the flush/other scary cards hits, or bet with a draw and check turn to check call, then lead if the draw hits. For him to lead 3 times MW is likely to be better than 1p but the sizing is just so bad.

2. First guy tanked forever and called with 88 lol. Next guy claims he folded QQ. Probably leveled the guy into calling cuz he probably expected me to bet Kx ott and "why would I value bet so big" lol.

sub'd

How'd we end up last night?

Not sure if you ever watched old tom dwan videos but he would merge in spots like this beautifully. I remember him taking this line with like TT and thinking WTF and then he gets called by 6x and I'm like...oh.

I also occasionally try to bluff pot when I rep nothing and get called by 4th pair at such a high frequency it really makes me want to try merging more bc it would be such a fulfilling feeling to show 3rd pair for value.

Thanks for asking. I grew my bankroll by $800, or 50%. Winning

I think it happened to me once (unintentionally), bluffed with ace high and got called by worse ace high from another reg. It was pretty glorious.

I think I have really good image by default, but then I've gotten called down for stacks really really light too, so I dunno. Maybe I need to start wearing sunglasses and scarves or something.