Yes, if your straddling caused others to straddle then that would be much much better.

I agree with you on position... as long as you are heads up vs the fish. The problem is when you get into a 3 handed pot and you're out of position to the fish and another player. Even if that other player isn't that good it's going to put you at a huge disadvantage.


Yes I think it's bad if the fish loses to players who are bad but not as bad as the fish. Just completely random numbers, but if you stand to make 3bbs/hand vs the fish and only 2bbs/hand vs the other player then it's obviously better if the fish keeps his money longer so you get more hands vs him. Time is a major factor and hands per hour is a huge limiting factor on hourly. It's not like you can play until you win all the money every night.

People are way too nitty about straddling on these forums imo. Just do it. If youre top 1-2 players at table its almost always in your favor, even if no one else doing it. In the spot OP referenced above its a no brainer imo.

I agree with every single point OP made above about straddling. Now back to the hand histories

Hah, i remember arguing the other side in the winrates thread (lol) not long ago. People like to believe that a straddle unconditionally makes a game better, which is not true. Another popular belief is "double the blinds double the win rate", which is also not true.

I believe I was arguing that straddling is bad in a bad game because it makes people play even tighter. Straddling when game is already good though, I can get behind that.

Some disadvantage i think yes, relatively speaking. Why do you think it's *huge*?

And yes, i agree with the point about picking the lowest hanging fruit. He was def losing at a faster rate than everyone else (maybe except for another guy, but he was shortstacking so losses were limited there )

Funny you mentioned time. At one point he had a bunch of racks ready and you could almost feel the "oh ****" going around the table. It might just be that it was late, but the game was quiet, and dealer was dealing faster than ever.

Crap!!

Played in a straddled/blind raise game and lost a lot in a short time.. went to take a break and will resume playing later tonight.

-3500
2 hrs

GL.

I think this argument has merit. It's hard to objectively say that your straddle is directly causing other people to straddle, but it's hard to argue on the other side as well.

If we're talking in terms of your vacuum ev UTG I'll strongly disagree straddling is in your best interest.

Straddling is good if the other players are scared money nits who become scared to enter pots. In this instance, straddling can allow you to play even more pots with the fish.

straddling this spot is fine. getting the mandatory straddle on is +ev in almost every lineup. Vegas 5/T+ pros (other than in the lol bellagio 5T) pretty much all get it now

Got it done!! Yay

+5515
10 hours

Total result

+ 10065
92.5 hours

Yeahhhh!!!!!

Nice werk catlady!

update?

Will post some more hands soon

Also thinking of doing a fitness goal/challenge, I was doing well at a certain point last year then traveling too much kind of ruined that. Not sure if my goal will be lifting a certain weight or body fat% yet but I'm itching to get back into a gym routine.

Impressive how you good you have been doing Snowball, no doubt about it.


Also regarding straddling discussion: its been a very good straddle discussion going on in DGAFs thread on the medium high forum. Id recommend you read it if you havent Snowball, lots of good posts there and valuable views on it.

I have made som arguments there as well why i believe straddling is +EV in alot of ways, last but not least because it often generates some very valuable sideeffects that people forget.

Ty!

Yeah i was actually following along that discussion as it was going on.

As always, I'm in for doing whatever is good for the game, especially if it's also good for my own bottom line.

It took you 92 hours to win only 10k?

I am disappoint.jpg

I would've been up way more if I didn't play on the nights where I would've lost!

Hand 1
5/T 800 eff with main villain

I open QQ early to 30. V calls OTB, bb calls. V is an old guy reg and a spot in the game. We have played before so he probably thinks I'm on the tight side. He's visibly frustrated at the game as he's been switching seats (always a good cue as to who's stuck a lot imo)

Flop (95): 589dd. I have Qd. BB checks, I check, he bets 70. Bb folds. I CR 225. He sighs and tosses the call out quickly.

Imo he wasn't acting and doesn't have air here, but I'm def good right now.

Turn (545): Ao. $&#@
I check and he ships 475


Hand 2
5/T. Some reg looking guy, unknown but must take the game seriously, stuck a little and adds on right away. Havent seen showdowns from him and seems to be "TAG" overall, opens to 30 utg.
I have AA utg1, I flat. Short stacker on tilt then folds, and 2 out of the 3 potential squeezers behind just calls....

Flop (120): 6KJhh. I have Ah. Pfr bets 75, I call, rest fold. Eff 2000ish.

Turn(270): 8o. He bets 220. I call.

River (710): 8o. He bets 550....


Hand 3

2/5
4 way limp to me, i check bb with 57o.
Flop (20) Ko5s7s. I lead 15. Mp limper next to act raises to 40. Rest fold. I call. 450 eff with him.

V is a younger guy, He's def a reg but we have no history. Based on him playing other hands prior, I would say he's not that good (so general leaks like limping too much, doesn't understand range and may overplays hands), but doesn't spew with bottom pair or otherwise lagtard stuff. I have good image and haven't showed any bluffs. Been check folding a lot before this hand.

Should I just raise gii otf here?

Turn (100): Ao. I check, he bets 55. Call or raise gii?

Interesting intervening event: a rec player on the table then mentions to his buddy how he folded the best hand.

If we just call here, what river do we call off, if any (that doesn't complete a FH for us) and what do we fold?

Hand 4
2/5
Loose rec player limps in mp, i go 30 in SB with AKo. Bb, an aggro rec reg player flat calls. MP calls. 1k eff with BB, and 500 eff with MP.

Flop (90): KQ5hh. No blockers. I bet 30, bb folds, MP calls.

Turn (150): Ko.

H1 I would C/c flop. As played jam instead of check
H2 fold river
H3 c/c three streets

Only read hand 1 but I am calling. Love the flop c/r btw

Sux that we have Qd but his flop c/r calling range has a lot of pair+gutshots, oesd, and fds. Yes he has NFD in his range but hes much wider than that, and the fact that hes tilted makes him more likely to shove turn when the scare card hits. He may also elect to slowplay the TP+NFD on turn recognizing that it's a scare card and his hand doesnt need much protection.

Hand 1 call.
Hand 2 call.
Hand 3 call.
Hand 4 bet more on flop. Bet turn.

Hand 2 : We need to be good 30.4% of the time. Give him 9 flopped set combos, and maybe 1-2 8hXh combo or less since we have the Ah. Then, try to approximate how much KJ/Bluffs/rare AK he can have and take this line with. If it's 5 or more combos to the ~10 better value combos, we are +EV calling. KJ is 9 combos, 2 or 3 suited. Our Ah blocks a lot of bluff combos and the rare AK. How many players on table/dealt in? V is prob aware of that so it should factor into our range we give him