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Originally Posted by iLikeCaliDonks
My point is that player profiles can turn into a crutch that hinders your growth of recognizing lines as a whole. Plenty of llsnl players depend on player profile to commend their lines. Which is also a mistake. Standard lines and math(equity, odds etc..) first. Then you might use player profile last. But like I said llsnl is so straight forward and passive. You never have to get pass the fundamentals to ever make a decision.
I think I see what you are trying to say. I think you are trying to say that we should have a good handle on standard lines and the math first. Okay, I can agree with that.
However, once we have a good handle on the standard lines and math, we need to ascend to a higher level and put that into the context of the type of villains we face and table dynamics we encounter.
Hero is in MP with AA eff stacks 100bb. UTG limps, UTG+1 limps, Hero raises to 5bb, folds to BTN who 3-bets to 14bb, action folds to Hero, heads up, Hero???
What if BTN is:
A) ABC rec-fish
B) MUBsy rec-fish
C) Thinking player
D) LAG
E) TAG
F) Ego Maniac
G) OMC
Now, how does Hero's line change if Hero is perceived as a:
1) Loose aggro Donk
2) Winning Thinking Player
3) On Tilt
4) Scared money
5) Nit
6) ABC rec-fish
Our villain profile/tendency + our perceived image are fundamental components that should account for the lines we take. Now, what will end up happening is that there will be plenty of spots where everything sorta merges together and most of the lines we should take will be the same. however, the thing that separates winning players from players that absolutely destroy the game is the ability to figure out OPTIMAL lines based on the various factors and table dynamics we encounter.
Sometimes it will be correct to slow play and sometimes it will be correct to monkey shove with an offensive overbet and sometimes optimal line will be a standard re-raise line.... The determining factor will be our ability to properly assimilate villain profiles, our perceived image, and table dynamics and come up with an optimal line based on all those factors.
Basically, player profiles are extremely important as well as understanding our perceived image and the table dynamics and how all that works together...
Anyways, good luck with your challenge
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