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Originally Posted by swerbs22
So what might you suggest to have a decent idea when to move on to another spot?
Are these drills just for the flop or do they continue the whole hand? I wouldn't use the metrics other than EV loss, which will show huge blunders. You shouldn't be making a 4bb error in this spot, so that means you have blundered and made a fundamental mistake. There are two types of errors you can make: Frequency errors and fundamental errors. If we eliminate the fundamental errors, like folding a combo that never folds, we are going to boost our winrate in the spot quite a bit.
My priority for studying defensive spots is this:
1. Get a rough idea of the mechanics of the spot. For this, I would look at the aggregated reports and see what the rough call/fold/raise percentages should be, so I have a baseline.
2. Understand thresholds. What is the worst hand I call here? What is the worst hand I raise for value? etc.
3. Develop heuristics for the spot. For example, I know on a lot of boards, random Ax with a suit is going to be a good XR candidate on two tone boards, because we have future blockers for flush runouts.
4. Drill so that I don't make any big blunders. I wouldn't worry about mixing errors if you have a rough idea of how the spot works but doing the above first.
Most people hop right into drilling, but if you don't understand what's going on, it is equivalent to just studying for a test by rote memorizing flash cards. You want to constantly be going back between step 3 and 4, because step 4 might enlighten you to something you are missing, so you can go back to step 3 and add that heuristic. Sorry I didn't answer your question directly. It depends.