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Originally Posted by chattambi
Hm.... so it's best to analyze myself on a hand-to-hand basis? OK.
It is more of a fuzzy, "look to see your edge" way of looking at a game. It has huge observer bias, and 90% of the people at the table will think they are winners because "those guys are idiots".
Keeping records helps, but you'll never have the answers with real certainty. 100 hours would be 3k-5k hands, you could look there. I re-read your 1st post; seems a little like lolsmallsampleaments + bad beat story with good hands.
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So my questions:
1. what is the best continuation for a limp reraise like this (shall I say 3 situations: 2-cards to a straight/2.flush flop, ragged flop, & 2/3 flop cards in the playing zone (9toA)- with me having top pair or top two pair).
2. should I limit trying to build a huge pot preflop to only when I have better position?
Thanks.
1. The best time to LRR is almost never. This isn't something to work on. You do it with hands that want a huge MW pot when you're OOP. That's AA, maybe KK, maybe other PP (depending on how many people you expect to trap), and maybe AKs. You have to be sure that someone will raise for you to LRR; you're throwing away a lot of value if it doesn't work. This is a symptom of FPS.
2. Usually. Depesnds on the hand and table conditions. 88 doesn't mind being OOP, especially in a 9 way pot.
The bit about "I lost my AK hands" is a bad beat story. These are huge pots, no one is folding, and the best hand will win on the river. If you got your money in good, be happy. If you tried to c/r these hands with A-high to bluff out several players, you're the one spewing chips. Even TPTK isn't a lock hand, especially on a coordinated board.