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Good one. I'm 60-ish, look old to the poker kidz. Played PLO with some guys for the first time the other night and one immediately says, "Well this guy will never pull the dry ace move." Chuckle, chuckle, chuckle. Well I've been doing it since before he was born easy. I made some kind of comment.

Sure enough dry ace opp came up immediately. Other dude, also my age but an obvious reg in the game, bet 50, I check raised to about 300, he mini-tanked because of the comment I just made about dry ace, whoops. But he folded and I showed the dry ace. In fact I turned it up but one card obscured ... he reached over and spread my hand. Not sure if that is legal pretty sure no.

Anyway, these kinds of reads are great but need constant monitoring.

Same here kind of. Used to be pretty darn good at putting on exact hands, but that was in the day of very unsophisticated, predictable play. Doesn't work against the new wave. Had a buddy that was the scariest I've seen at calling hands. Not any more against the current playing styles.

Addamo is a stone cold killer and he is the tournament streets Tom Dwan imo. Or at least he reminds me of Dwan alot. Very interesting to watch him play.

And yeah, there is little to no substitute for actual playing time. I can understand where you come from regarding to feeling rusty when you dont get much volume in. Poker is about being in the zone and being tuned into the dynamics of the games, and such takes alot of playing time to achieve.

I have a couple of guys in my poker circle who played quite alot a few years back, their game was pretty sharp at that point. But they havent played much the last 2 years or so due to family, covid and other life stuff- and their game got real rusty due to such a long break from playing regurarly. Its almost like exercising, being in good shape is a fresh type of thing that disappears if you quit exercising for a while.

my biggest mistake is that I call too much. When you're only playing 4-6 hours a week, the tendency to play more hands and try to get lucky is overpowering at times.

but then I am also losing my mojo in post flop situations an awful lot

This is significantly real in my experience. I used to play 4-6 hours/week pre pandemic and my swings were all over the place. I’d feel like I needed to play pots because I didn’t know the next time I was going to play because I didn’t have a set schedule.

I’ve started playing more, and on a general schedule, and I feel more comfortable playing. I don’t mind passing on marginal spots because I know I’ll be back tomorrow or the next day. Having that knowledge is also great when I’m card dead. I just leave or keep folding knowing tomorrow is another day.

Yikes, I'll take the silence as a "call"

Your positions are all messed up - it gave me a headache. One minute you’re limping UTG and the next UTG is betting out

It makes a real difference whether villain open limped or overlimped

1/3 Last night I’m in the BB with K5s, UTG+1 opens to $12 and gets 4 callers.

I folded, but wondering if a call is okay getting 6.5:1?

Don't call. You're basically 2p mining OOP. No beuno.

Sorry didn't realize I missed that, on turn and Riv, V is UTG+1. He isod my limp to $30 pre, got a call, I limp called.

Jeezus two trips in a row players rudely smarting off about taking the min version of must straddle option ... indirect comments about "a-holes don't straddle double." Two different guys neither ever seen me. Incredibly rude and out of line, imo. Last night dude said it then won one, got up and walked leaving no straddle. Dealer grabbed it from his stack. I quit. Already short handed, star just busto. I mean I'm certainly not surprised but this kind of stuff iss just routine now, I guess.

helluva story bro

I snap this off without a second thought.

This ^^^

It’s a terrible bluff card and maybe he has Qx, but he should have a ton of other stuff if he can bluff

If someone is rude to me, I don't give any action and just play perfect poker instead. If they double down on their rudeness, I let the fish at the table know how the rude players are exploiting them and let them know ways they can stop being exploited so much. Other than that or possibly seat changing to the rude player's direct left, I'd just say quit poker because players are *******s and the game is not that fun nor lucrative.

Imagine not identifying/monetizing the free EV they're giving you when they spout off about the type of game in which they prefer to hand you their cash. Flick in the extra $5 or whatever premium and keep the mutants in their chairs until you dust their roll.

Yeah he has QJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cHI3q-dbNM

Give me the nutmaking Axs, and I'm calling. But the comparable profitability of Kxs plummets due to it not making the nuts (and thus having some RIO), and OOP to boot (where it will be difficult to maximize our IO). So I fold. If the 5 other people in the hand are the 5 worst players in the room, ok, whatever.

Gbut,I'malsoagiantnitG

Maybe if you bet the flop it's a call but with that free card on the flop it's a little closer to a fold imo

I was re reading PNLH volume 1. And obv on high SPR with TPTK hands on flop..I got the feeling we shouldn’t be making large pots with it. However, aren’t we trying to gain value from opponent who’s calling with less? We don’t want to bloat the pot with those type of hands yet I thought betting 2/3 pot each street is for value?

What am I clearly missing ? We can’t be playingTPTK hands weakly and betting small into 1-2 opponents do we? Especially in 1-2 1-3 games

This is kinda a large crux of the matter of poker... betting large enough / enough of the time for value to get paid off by worse / draws, while at the same time not building too big a pot for the strength of our hand (especially if it starts committing the rest of our stack, which is a disaster if we don't have the best hand).

Gplanoutthehandasbestwecan,imoG

I think your block is coming from using terms like 'weakly' and 'gain value' and 'calling with less' and thinking things like 'making large pots' and 'bloat'... Instead, focus on what hands you might have in a certain spot, what kind of board you have TPTK on, remind yourself that you're playing a 4 street game, and just try and tune that in with however deep you are.

Fortunately, against 1/2-1/3 opponents, you are just not going to be put to the test for your stack without them broadcasting their actual hand, so, you can just go about smashing away w laughably strong value ranges all things considered and adjust as the board unfolds. Also, if you have TPTK, keep in mind that you still have room to improve and so does your opponent, so, you needn't make yourself nuts about bet sizing in the sense that you should focus on how equities swing on certain cards/boards the times you have TPTK ... and, TPTK might have all kinds of backdoor equity that you can utilize when SPRs are high.

thanks guys makes sense, I did think it woudl depend on villain and board context a bit.

i struggle with post flo decisions in knowing "where im at" so I just been trying to hone in on that, ive been put in positions where I I have TPTK on flop, turn seems bricky and then I bet 1/2 pot villain calls then on river my stack is weird. just trying to get better at planning hands and being prepared for decisions.

thank you. ill post HHs more as I play more live