Moving Up Through uNL in 2011
01-22-2011
, 12:35 PM
That's a real eye-opener
01-22-2011
, 01:04 PM
I always thought it is a terrible idea to "slowplay" kings since you can get coolered by any Ax when you do so, but is that what you are doing? What does your 4 bet range look like? Is it only bluffs/never bluffs/ only AA?
01-22-2011
, 03:26 PM
01-22-2011
, 05:24 PM
I think you just tweet your guess at what you think his first hand will be tomorrow - that's what I did anyway.
01-22-2011
, 07:50 PM
At least I'm not the only one =/
01-22-2011
, 08:41 PM
I have been having terrible luck at the tables the last 3 days. my normal w$sd% is around 55%, the last 3 days it's at 45%. still playing exactly the same, just not getting paid when i hit and getting coolered repeatedly when they do feel like playing. 
I'll just grind through it i guess.
I'll just grind through it i guess.
01-23-2011
, 04:48 AM
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It's a hand where you should have 3-bet preflop, but in general, I think that very, very few hands are interesting. Most of the hands that are interesting are the ones where we know the players and cards involved and can try to figure out why they did what they did. For example - the Durrrr QT vs. Greenstein's AA and Eastgate's 52 hand was very interesting. Some of the hands Isilidur played vs. Ike were interesting.
The general problem with "interesting hands" is that they are super-marginal situations which are best navigated with specific reads. Time spent worried whether we made a thin call or thin fold is a very inefficient use of our time. In this case you didn't have a specific read, so we are left guessing whether:
A) Villain is value betting a worse hand (2p, set, etc)
B) Villain is value betting a flush or AA.
We simply don't know. Also, whether you call or fold here will have very little consequence on whether you will be a long time winner or loser. Thus, when I ask my students to pick hands for discussion, I don't ask for "interesting hands", but to pick a bunch of hands that gave them trouble. I then look for themes within that set of hands and we discuss that.
For example, one of my recent students found himself OOP with draws in a bunch of spots. We discussed conditions for when to c/f, c/r, and c/c our draws. We also discussed preflop play (should we have called/folded,3B). So - none of the hands were particularly interesting, but the set of them was instructive.
He came away with some greater ideas which he can generally apply.
The general problem with "interesting hands" is that they are super-marginal situations which are best navigated with specific reads. Time spent worried whether we made a thin call or thin fold is a very inefficient use of our time. In this case you didn't have a specific read, so we are left guessing whether:
A) Villain is value betting a worse hand (2p, set, etc)
B) Villain is value betting a flush or AA.
We simply don't know. Also, whether you call or fold here will have very little consequence on whether you will be a long time winner or loser. Thus, when I ask my students to pick hands for discussion, I don't ask for "interesting hands", but to pick a bunch of hands that gave them trouble. I then look for themes within that set of hands and we discuss that.
For example, one of my recent students found himself OOP with draws in a bunch of spots. We discussed conditions for when to c/f, c/r, and c/c our draws. We also discussed preflop play (should we have called/folded,3B). So - none of the hands were particularly interesting, but the set of them was instructive.
He came away with some greater ideas which he can generally apply.
Why can't Rush FR micro be easy all the time...
Rush NL Holdem $0.50(BB) Replayer
SB ($51.60)
BB ($82.65)
UTG ($105)
UTG+1 ($61.10)
UTG+2 ($112)
MP1 ($61.35)
MP2 ($19.35)
Hero ($137)
BTN ($50.95) no read on villain
Dealt to Hero A
K
fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN calls $1.50, fold, fold
FLOP ($3.75) 6
4 J Hero checks, BTN bets $0.50, Hero calls $0.50
TURN ($4.75) 6
4 J A Hero checks, BTN bets $12.25, Hero calls $12.25
RIVER ($29.25) 6
4 J A K
Hero checks, BTN bets $36.70 (AI), Hero calls $36.70
Spoiler:
01-23-2011
, 02:08 PM
01-23-2011
, 02:25 PM
if u feel they are still playing back at u, keep drinking til u dont feel that way anymore, or dont care. but not so much to where u cant continue playing your a game
01-23-2011
, 10:53 PM
Jan 23rd Update:
It's been a brutal last 10K hands. First, my progress so far (within a few hundred hands of 100K hands for the month):
The last 10K hands have been littered with coolers, bad beats, suck-outs, and I'm sure plenty of bad play on my end. Still, I managed to claw my way back to within $20 of my peak. As with all downswings, this one seems to be over and I feel like I'm going to come out of it a stronger player.
What's the biggest thing I'm going to take away moving forward? Continue to find the fold button vs. fully stacked players who suddenly want to play huge pots.
It's been a brutal last 10K hands. First, my progress so far (within a few hundred hands of 100K hands for the month):
The last 10K hands have been littered with coolers, bad beats, suck-outs, and I'm sure plenty of bad play on my end. Still, I managed to claw my way back to within $20 of my peak. As with all downswings, this one seems to be over and I feel like I'm going to come out of it a stronger player.
What's the biggest thing I'm going to take away moving forward? Continue to find the fold button vs. fully stacked players who suddenly want to play huge pots.
01-23-2011
, 11:46 PM
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I'm kicking off Saturday by watching [Vital]Myth's Check Yourself (Part 1) to compare/contrast how he does HEM reviews to the way that I do. I'll post my overall thoughts on the video when I'm done.
Still looking for a good DB review video though, if anyone knows of one.
I've got a bunch of stats that I'm not sure what to look for
