**** Beginner's and Low Content Questions Thread****

[spamz]

pot is 960 and we have 930 left; if we check and he jams we need 33% equity
if we openjam and he calls we need very little fold equity given that against anything but flushes/KdKx/AxKd/KdQx we still got 25% equity; he can also call worse yes

[Air-Bear]

Holy melony, I made a giant noob mistake in my calcs. Thnx for your time!

[spamz]

your betsizing is a bit weird though, given that you have exactly one potbet left on the turn and dont know what to do
basically, you should try and focus to either have 2 streets of value to go for or 3 streets; this is mainly what you can do preflop, though also betsizing on flop is important for this

not saying preflop is bad, though you shouldn't be too fixated on villain's openingsize to make your 3bet if you ask me, just know where you wanna go with the hand postflop and adjust your sizing accordingly; having 1 full potbet left here is just weird in general

[Air-Bear]

That's a concept that popped up in my mind a couple of times already but I never really thought about it. Thnx for writing it out, this will definitely improve my game.

With JJ I generally want to get all in by the turn so 320 on the flop, shove turn is better I think.

[Skaplun]

is there a big difference in play between the 11$ and 23$ level(turbos)?
What's a sufficient sample size to evaluate my play?

[billtimbob]

I am interested in hearing what limit you guys think I should be playing at. I play at 25NL/50NL 6max NLHE generally, and I'm starting to get into HUSNGs. I have played 45 games at $6 HUSNG and have a 12% ROI; I know it's a ridiculously small sample, but I don't know where I should be playing at.

When I moved up in NL 6max, it was always a matter of bankroll, so moving up kind of worked itself out. But I have plenty of bankroll now, I just don't know how my skills as a winning 50NL 6max player will translate into HUSNGs.

[coke]

Originally Posted by billtimbob

I am interested in hearing what limit you guys think I should be playing at. I play at 25NL/50NL 6max NLHE generally, and I'm starting to get into HUSNGs. I have played 45 games at $6 HUSNG and have a 12% ROI; I know it's a ridiculously small sample, but I don't know where I should be playing at.

When I moved up in NL 6max, it was always a matter of bankroll, so moving up kind of worked itself out. But I have plenty of bankroll now, I just don't know how my skills as a winning 50NL 6max player will translate into HUSNGs.

You should play more games at the 6.25$ level and get a husng.com subscription.I understand you have a big bankroll so if i were you i would get some hand reviews and even a coach tbh since i assume you will like to climb the levels pretty fast.

[GreatBlue]

Originally Posted by billtimbob

I am interested in hearing what limit you guys think I should be playing at. I play at 25NL/50NL 6max NLHE generally, and I'm starting to get into HUSNGs. I have played 45 games at $6 HUSNG and have a 12% ROI; I know it's a ridiculously small sample, but I don't know where I should be playing at.

When I moved up in NL 6max, it was always a matter of bankroll, so moving up kind of worked itself out. But I have plenty of bankroll now, I just don't know how my skills as a winning 50NL 6max player will translate into HUSNGs.

Here's what I'm doing: I'm giving myself a separate HU BR - basically I'm pretending that my BR is $100. From here I'm using a 15-20 rule, so moving up when I have 20 buyins at the next level, and moving down when I have 15. I'm playing 5's right now, and when I hit $100 in total winnings (200 total in my imaginary BR) I'll take a 5BI shot at the 10's. Just move up and down as your winnings dictate. As a winning 50nl player, you might want to be a bit more aggressive with your BRM though and start taking shots at 10's sooner rather than later (supposedly the games aren't much tougher).

But fwiw, I'm a really un-talented (but hard working!) poker player and have had a hell of a time learning HU. Your mileage may vary. Move up as soon as you feel ready, I suppose.

[Double]

I have been playing $20 husngs at ipoker w/ 5-7% roi. I just subscribed to husng.com could you please give me some kind of advice what videos I should start watching?

EDIT Forgot to say that I'm playing turbos

[coke]

I think you should watch primordialAA's hu from scratch + any videos from cog dissonance,hookie or rypac.Actually i think every video from stakes 50$ and lower are good to watch.

[mdamsgaard]

Right now, I'm only playing at 1 table, but I've thought if it was time to move to play 2 tables at a time?

I've played about 150 games of the 30$ reg speed with an ROI of 9%.

[Arsenal Gunners]

I still only single table unless it is against the same opponent. However, you could try dropping down to say 5's or 10's and two table 1-time to see how you fare and feel about it. General consensus is that it will hinder your growth in the long run but you can increase your winnings. If you never want out of the 30's and money right now is more important to you, go for it. Longterm, I would suggest don't cash out until you are playing 100s.

[Arsenal Gunners]

Originally Posted by billtimbob

I am interested in hearing what limit you guys think I should be playing at. I play at 25NL/50NL 6max NLHE generally, and I'm starting to get into HUSNGs. I have played 45 games at $6 HUSNG and have a 12% ROI; I know it's a ridiculously small sample, but I don't know where I should be playing at.

When I moved up in NL 6max, it was always a matter of bankroll, so moving up kind of worked itself out. But I have plenty of bankroll now, I just don't know how my skills as a winning 50NL 6max player will translate into HUSNGs.

I'm confused--you were playing $25/$50 blinds or you were playing $50 buy-in NL (50NL)?

[squirrelbait]

Don't want to make this a beat post, but I'm going mental. Over the last 260 games I'm running 31 buyins under ev. It seems like alot for such a small sample. Is this standard, kind of extreme, is allin ev meaningless? This is at full tilt reg. speeds.

thanks

[ChicagoRy]

Originally Posted by squirrelbait

Don't want to make this a beat post, but I'm going mental. Over the last 260 games I'm running 31 buyins under ev. It seems like alot for such a small sample. Is this standard, kind of extreme, is allin ev meaningless? This is at full tilt reg. speeds.

thanks

It happens all the time in the heads up sng world but isn't something common that you will likely experience often.

The all in ev is a good indicator of how you are running but there are many other aspects that are important and not measured in HEM or any luck measuring application that I know of.

My advice would be to play more games and try to avoid tilting (yea, so simple, right?). It's tough not to constantly stare at your all in luck and it can be obsessive for some, but it really can't be healthy to look at those results or your regular results so often (particularly overall results, you'll just feel so unhappy with seeing so many losses in the short term... sessions, days and even weeks are bad to look at, try to look at monthly, 1000 game samples, yearly, etc. type samples most of the time).