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

[quinn132]

how can it be the first hand when you have different sized stacks?

[manefon]

Originally Posted by quinn132

how can it be the first hand when you have different sized stacks?

sorry, 2nd one. But still, what is a standart line in this spot? to call and reavuate on later streets or raising is also fine? On a rainbow flop I wouldn't have 3bet villain but I wonder what is a better option on a 2 flush board.

[waterwolves]

I was a pretty solid STT grinder about a year ago. I am thinking about moving to HU SNG's. I cashed out almost my entire roll so I only have about $550 left. My goal is only to make $500-$1000 a month. I feel i could easily do this playing STT's but I am pretty burned out on them at the moment so HU it is. I know it may take time so I just want to learn as much as I can (without busting my roll) until the 1st of the year.

Few questions.....

What level should I start at?

What site should I subscribe to if any?

Is a coach needed?


I will be playing on PS btw and any other help is greatly appreciated.

[Gomery]

Poker Stars $5.00+$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players

BB: t1480 74 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t1520 76 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with Q Q
Hero raises to t50, BB calls t30

Flop: (t100) 6 7 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t70, BB calls t70

Turn: (t240) Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t180, BB raises to t360, Hero calls t180

River: (t960) 2 (2 players)
BB bets t350

Second hand is my range ok? Should I include twopairs?

77-66,44,AcKc,AcJc,AcTc,Ac9c,Ac8c,Ac7c,Ac6c,Ac5c,Ac3c ,Ac2c

[FishFishFish]

Im gonna start working on my husng now, since i have not been playing so much in my life and mostly railed HS players, watched trainingvideos etc. and never managed to start grinding really.

Im flat broke IRL and got like $70 on a no deposit account on ipoker, and my goal is to grind atleast 20 x $2.10 nlhe husng per day.

Does this sound like an okay plan for a beginner who wanna improve and build a roll to move up in games?

Any other tips? Just read posts here and post hands?
Also ive reinstalled windows and just got HEM, would people maybe recognise leaks just from me uploading a picture of my stats (only got 1k hands so far)?

[Air-Bear]

Villain min C-bet bet 1/3 and ch beh with Q9 op 22A9Q
I lost my stack on K25 rb when villain cr 55 80=>200 and bet shoved 88
I doubled up when villain limp-called K3s 6 bb deep (he limpfolded the hand before 5 bb deep lol)

What should my plan be for this flop? I was planning to C-bet and check it out when villain called and to bet-call if villain would shove (or shove over his raise if he didn't shove). Are those lines optimal or is a bet-fold or a check behind on the flop better?


Full Tilt Poker $22 + $1 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 2 players
2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked

BB: t2330 46.60 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t670 13.40 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BTN/SB with 5 Q
Hero raises to t100, BB calls t50

Flop: (t200) 4 6 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t100, BB raises to t2230 all in, Hero calls t470 all in

[dandy warhol]

is it just me or do the turbo sng's on FTP finish faster usually than stars?

[Air-Bear]

Yes they do, the blindstructure in ft turbos is faster than the blindstructure in stars turbos.

[dandy warhol]

Originally Posted by Air-Bear

Yes they do, the blindstructure in ft turbos is faster than the blindstructure in stars turbos.

the blind structure is faster but they have finer grained levels. like 40/80

[Stratovarius]

It is completely normal running a ton of buy-ins under EV in HUSNGs, right?

[GreatBlue]

Originally Posted by FishFishFish

Im gonna start working on my husng now, since i have not been playing so much in my life and mostly railed HS players, watched trainingvideos etc. and never managed to start grinding really.

Im flat broke IRL and got like $70 on a no deposit account on ipoker, and my goal is to grind atleast 20 x $2.10 nlhe husng per day.

Does this sound like an okay plan for a beginner who wanna improve and build a roll to move up in games?

Any other tips? Just read posts here and post hands?
Also ive reinstalled windows and just got HEM, would people maybe recognise leaks just from me uploading a picture of my stats (only got 1k hands so far)?

If you're flat broke and have no chance of re-depositing, I'd recommend grinding 2nl and 5nl to build up your BR a bit. It's so so so easy to crush those games with no risk of ruin whatsoever. On the other hand, it's very easy to lose a bunch of 60/40's and drop a bunch of buyins and go nuts playing HU sng if you aren't properly rolled.

Realistically 35 buyins should be plenty to play the 2's, but if busting out = no more pokers, then I'd recommend like 50 buyins to be comfortable. But I'm very prone to tilt when downswinging and under-rolled and am a BR nit anyways, so your mileage may vary.

[JSpazz]

Originally Posted by Gomery

Poker Stars $5.00+$0.25 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players

BB: t1480 74 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t1520 76 BBs

Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BTN/SB with Q Q
Hero raises to t50, BB calls t30

Flop: (t100) 6 7 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t70, BB calls t70

Turn: (t240) Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t180, BB raises to t360, Hero calls t180

River: (t960) 2 (2 players)
BB bets t350

3bet turn, you can't afford to give him a free card and a lot of rivers kill action. As played ship it in

Originally Posted by Air-Bear

Full Tilt Poker $22 + $1 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t25/t50 Blinds - 2 players
2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked

BB: t2330 46.60 BBs
Hero (BTN/SB): t670 13.40 BBs

Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is BTN/SB with 5 Q
Hero raises to t100, BB calls t50

Flop: (t200) 4 6 5 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t100, BB raises to t2230 all in, Hero calls t470 all in

I prefer limping pre unless raising shows an immediate profit. As played I guess I b/f or check back depending on flow; we aren't in a great shape vs stuff like gutshot+2overs or OESD+1over, and we're losing to some combo draws, while we're drawing slim if he has 6x/A5-K5/44+/2p+

[FishFishFish]

Originally Posted by GreatBlue

If you're flat broke and have no chance of re-depositing, I'd recommend grinding 2nl and 5nl to build up your BR a bit. It's so so so easy to crush those games with no risk of ruin whatsoever. On the other hand, it's very easy to lose a bunch of 60/40's and drop a bunch of buyins and go nuts playing HU sng if you aren't properly rolled.

Realistically 35 buyins should be plenty to play the 2's, but if busting out = no more pokers, then I'd recommend like 50 buyins to be comfortable. But I'm very prone to tilt when downswinging and under-rolled and am a BR nit anyways, so your mileage may vary.

Okay thanks!

This might sound stupid but will volume make me improve my game?

I mean, like learning from mistakes etc?

Post some HH and reading the stickys might be a good idea aswell?

(i just printed out "spamz' first hand history review" just to study a little because i think its easier to read and focus from a paper , didnt expect it to be 47 PAGES lol)

[spamz]

Originally Posted by JSpazz

3bet turn, you can't afford to give him a free card and a lot of rivers kill action. As played ship it in

ehm, no
flat turn, probably fold river or let youself time out if you can't fold topset like i do lol

[spamz]

Originally Posted by FishFishFish

(i just printed out "spamz' first hand history review" just to study a little because i think its easier to read and focus from a paper , didnt expect it to be 47 PAGES lol)

Thx for reminding me that every single one of those took multiple hours to write hah

My game evolved quite a bit during the last year so may be some spots where I would disagree with myself now regarding which line is most ev+ though there shouldn't be any bs or bad advice in it obv.