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Originally Posted by upswinging
I've enjoyed reading your last few posts Andes.
Bluffing is certainly good and required in most of the spots you shared. You're getting the hang of which textures and positions you can stuff bluffs with, it's simply a matter of choosing the right combinations/frequencies.
There are certain textures/position that are better to basically never bluff, some to underbluff, and others to overbluff. It's extremely important to keep that in mind when you're going for multistreet bluffs. Myself and what appears others itt simply think you're overzealous and end up bluffing with too many combinations in the wrong spots (costing yourself money).
Now all of the above is great if you're an intellectual poker nerd. But you should really be questioning if the game is worth it if you need to be pushing so many close spots (and you do lol). It is next to impossible to ride that fine line and consistently be correct without knowing EXACTLY what you're doing.
Are you in it more for the money than the game itself? I recently played pl bigO/8 with players playing **** like 377KTss. I mean I'm saying playing off a simple hand chart is going to print money in a game like that. Many "regs" wouldn't even know the right combos for thin value bets and semi bluffs let alone bluffing combinations.
Appreciate the positivity. Fps is real and I can be guilty of it. There's something to be said about backing off from a bluffing a spot that you're unsure about. From a mental game standpoint you have a finite amount resources in a given session. When you run a big bluff and lose, it depletes these resources in some fashion even if it's just minor agitation. Everyone has a breaking point where losing a certain amount will start to cloud judgement.
I'm in it for both reasons. It's not all about money. I love the game, competition, challenge. It's an addiction in some way at the very least, probably because I escape reality while I'm playing. It's something i'm always thinking about and looking forward to.
If I played for a living I think it would be valuable to learn other games but it doesn't make sense for my situation. Plo is the only other game I have access to live and there are a bunch or reasons I don't want to play it. The main ones are variance, hands/hour, learning curve, mental health. In benabadbeat's thread he posted a 500z graph with 500k hands and I think it was a >5bb/100 wr. 200k+ of those hands were breakeven. NL variance is stupid enough