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Originally Posted by oleQ
It's kinda ironic how some of the great players and awesome crushers don't use hud (you, isildur) while some micro-stakes grinder claims that it's impossible to crush without one. Lol
How many tables do you play and how do you keep up with action and notes? You gotta have a good memory!
Yeah it's definitely not essential that you use a hud, but i guess it can help - just don't become overreliant on it and base decisions just because of the hud stats. The hud is data from previous hands, and the these are all different to the one you find yourself in now.
9-12, and when you play with the same player pool day in day out it makes it easier to know other players playing styles etc. I think i have a good memory with certain things (poker included) but i have a bad memory in other aspects of life (outside poker).
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Originally Posted by phenomenal
This is very standard lower stakes. The logic usually goes that you want to discourage action OOP (sometimes even IP) so you raise bit bigger. What do you think about these std low stakes betsizes and what would be your general strategy to exploit them ?
I 2x open 100% the BTN HU and good reg 3bets alot (around 20% even more sometimes) and makes it 9x everytime. Cbets alot flop. 12bbs into 18bb OTF. Turn bets less than halfpot like 18bb to 42bb pot. I think all villain's betsizes are horrible. But I really don't know how to exploit them very well. I have tried 4bet bluffing to 22-25bb alot. Has not worked very well. He has shoved and flatted alot.
Ah yeah I remember I used to use that logic actually! But when you are called you are now playing oop in a larger than ideal pot size... I think you should quit making it 10bb preflop (8bb is nice figure i find) as a 3b (especially when you could see a flop oop, it can be ok when you are in position as chances are you will win the pot , but again it can make you prone to possible cold 4bets (a way of exploiting them)). It depends on what % their 3b is, if high i guess you could 4b to like 18-19bb more, and call less & fold more.
2xing the BU HU 100% is good! Well them making it 9x is kinda spewy, especially when you are only 2xing. I'd just fold more, call less, and 4bet more. Raise more flops if they are 3betting more as the higher their 3b% the less likely they will have a as strong hand on the flop, trap them pf by just flatting AA/KK and let them barrel, and if you do decide to 4b a hand like 99/AQ, snap their shoves, don't question it. If they make it 9bb 3b, there's no need to make it a 25bb 4b, just 17-20bb (at the max) will do the job fine. If they are calling your 4b oop when you've made it 25bb pf, they are pretty terrible, and you can take the pot down with 40% bet on flop and turn pretty high % of the time. But yeah, lower your 4b size definitely.