Btw, I've played some hands badly yesterday that I didn't post here, will post them today

What's that you say to Tgiggity about heaters? Especially funny coming from the guy who's complained the micros were rigged for the last 6 years.

so advanced you're still at micros after 6 years

As a heuristic, I think mirage is not wrong calling a 3b and 3 barrel in any position with an unimproved midpair on basically any texture is losing against the majority of players. Being oop makes it worse. However, against certain loose aggressive regs or fish it can the best option. Fish will blast off random crap, good regs have bluffs, good regs will bluff scare cards, etc

He's also not wrong that if a 3b range is sufficiently wide enough 4b/gii or 4b ram will show an instant profit. Whereas navigating the 3b pot will present difficult decisions (which may lead to better or worse profitability vs ramming pre).

That's not to say I agree with his analysis or conclusion, but the bottom line is poker is tricky af.

he did say calling the 3 bet was bad which is obv ******ed

Disgusting word to use. Shows what kind of a person you really are.

Bah.

77 call down is good if his read is correct. Against spewtard recs you just want to click call in almost every situation. Their lines are so unbalanced towards bluffs that you have no incentive to protection raise. Hand being "more difficult to play" is not a valid reason.

This. I used to overfold because I was afraid of facing bets with marginal hands, after I saw how ******ed those guys can be I like calling them down a lot. Even if they're wide pre, I think calling is better, because even though they realise more equity, I will keep all their garbage in their range.

Also these aggro fish like to bluff but very often are nitty with their valuebets.

yup, my favorite are the guys who can't get themselves to bet tptk 3 streets but they blast off w/air all 3 streets like 75% of the time lol

Yeah, it's so easy for them to overbluff by 90% by playing like that. Vs those guys gotta be careful when they check back though, because they will often be very imbalanced with lots of bluffcatchers while most of the things they should give up are bet ott.

To be fair, you fold bottom set to a single raise on rainbow boards, but call down 3 streets with 4-high.

Different villains, different spots. Can't play the same way vs everyone specially when micro/small stakes are like a jungle.

mirage has finally gone full ****** boys vamooo

"Finally" haha
Imo he went full ****** after 2 months that he started posting here, not 2 years lol.

But I like reading his posts, I laugh a lot when I read them and vo2max's posts are always A+. Also mirage contributes a lot with strat, there isn't a better way to understand those nitreg games than to see them expose their thought process. I think I learned a lot of exploits by reading his thought process and thinking about how should I play vs him. And a lot of people at 50z-200z think exactly like him.

Roll is at $4.1k, ran like aids on all stakes this weekend haha
Will play 50z again and think about playing 100z again on friday.
Also I'll take one day off to study PIO in 3bp IP vs UTG/MP, will look at equilibrium just to have an idea but will focus really hard on locking that spot and to see how PIO responds vs all different types of pre-flop calling ranges/tendencies postflop.
Even though that's a somewhat rare spot, I think I'm bleeding an insane amount of bbs in those pots vs most players, specially nits

Some hands

H1: induce! haha vaaaaaamo

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 146.06 BB
SB: 139.46 BB
Hero (BB): 119.54 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 176.28 BB
CO: 226.24 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

fold, fold, CO calls 1 BB, fold, SB raises to 4 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, CO calls 11 BB, SB calls 8 BB

Flop: (36 BB, 3 players) 9 A 6
SB checks, Hero bets 8.9 BB, CO calls 8.9 BB, fold

Turn: (53.8 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (53.8 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 13.3 BB, CO raises to 42 BB, Hero raises to 98.64 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 133.8 BB


H2: can't see what I can beat here

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 117.26 BB
SB: 355.72 BB
BB: 122.76 BB
Hero (UTG): 113.56 BB
MP: 107.22 BB
CO: 96.04 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 7 7

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, MP calls 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (6.14 BB, 2 players) 7 A A
Hero bets 1.52 BB, MP calls 1.52 BB

Turn: (9.18 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero bets 6.54 BB, MP calls 6.54 BB

River: (22.26 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, MP bets 11.14 BB, fold

MP wins 21.14 BB


H3: vs passive fish, not sure if this is good or not, but can't see him go nuts IP with some semibluffs

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 118.76 BB
Hero (SB): 125.74 BB
BB: 93.5 BB
UTG: 253.18 BB
MP: 109.52 BB
CO: 130.36 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BB calls 2 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 2 players) 5 7 J
Hero checks, BB checks

Turn: (6 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 3.76 BB, BB raises to 13 BB, fold

BB wins 12.84 BB


H4: vs reg, insane to see 5-bet bluffs at 50z this deep lol, maybe he was tilted or do you guys think he planned that play? He snap jammed btw

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 147.98 BB
SB: 128.74 BB
BB: 102 BB
UTG: 131.14 BB
MP: 100 BB
Hero (CO): 149.42 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q

fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, SB raises to 8.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 23 BB, SB raises to 128.74 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 105.74 BB

Flop: (258.48 BB, 2 players) 2 6 7

Turn: (258.48 BB, 2 players) 7

River: (258.48 BB, 2 players) 4
Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (258.48 BB, 2 players) 4 8 9

Turn #2: (258.48 BB, 2 players) T

River #2: (258.48 BB, 2 players) K




H5: vs unknown, tight is right imo in these spots, specially mw and people love slowplaying that board, also there was one guy to act after him, so I think he has all 2p+ combos and even if he had some semibluffs like backdoor diamonds, I don't think he has that many of those that float the flop, also even those have sick equity vs me and I'm dead vs his value. Good fold?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 194.28 BB
SB: 93 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 109.08 BB
MP: 231.94 BB
CO: 126.44 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A Q

Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 1.82 BB, BB calls 1.32 BB

Flop: (6.96 BB, 3 players) 2 J A
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 1.72 BB, SB calls 1.72 BB, fold

Turn: (10.4 BB, 2 players) 9
SB checks, Hero bets 7.42 BB, SB raises to 24 BB, fold

SB wins 23.98 BB


H6: snap call OTR haha, loooove calling people down, now I see why people snapped me off all day! So good!

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 97.8 BB
SB: 145.68 BB
Hero (BB): 115.44 BB
UTG: 78.66 BB
MP: 441.4 BB
CO: 64.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A Q

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 3 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, BTN calls 8 BB

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) J J Q
Hero bets 5.56 BB, BTN raises to 29.12 BB, Hero calls 23.56 BB

Turn: (80.74 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: (80.74 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero checks, BTN bets 57.68 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 57.68 BB



H7: that's the type of spot I wanna study, I think that if villain is overfolding flop + turn, then I just shouldn't bluff, meh. It's a std bluff vs people with well-thought balanced ranges, but I feel like people don't float A high enough OTF and don't defend pairs enough OTT, also with all AK combos in his pf range I think he will defend a lot in this texture.

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 106.98 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 100 BB
UTG: 107.5 BB
Hero (MP): 123.72 BB
CO: 139.12 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T Q

UTG raises to 2.8 BB, Hero raises to 9 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, UTG calls 6.2 BB

Flop: (19.5 BB, 2 players) K 2 9
UTG checks, Hero bets 4.82 BB, UTG calls 4.82 BB

Turn: (29.14 BB, 2 players) A
UTG checks, Hero bets 20.76 BB, UTG calls 20.76 BB

River: (70.66 BB, 2 players) T
UTG checks, Hero bets 89.14 BB and is all-in, UTG calls 72.92 BB and is all-in



H8: Didn't have that much info on this guy but that he 3-bet 4/10 times and folded to a 4-bet 4/4, so went for it. So good to get lucky!

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 153.04 BB
SB: 32.74 BB
BB: 168.28 BB
UTG: 100.1 BB
Hero (MP): 108.52 BB
CO: 116.58 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 6 A

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, CO raises to 8.46 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 24 BB, CO calls 15.54 BB

Flop: (49.5 BB, 2 players) 7 A 6
Hero bets 12.22 BB, CO raises to 92.58 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 72.3 BB and is all-in

Turn: (218.54 BB, 2 players) 6

River: (218.54 BB, 2 players) 9
Players agreed to run it twice.

Turn #2: (218.54 BB, 2 players) 9

River #2: (218.54 BB, 2 players) 7



H9: vs station bad reg, I think my sizing is bad, I should jam or min-raise here. I have 0 bluffs in that spot, it's hard to think of our rivered JJ in there and bluff, even I am not creative enough to bluff here haha. Maybe finland on speed, who knows. But can't blame myself for not having bluffs here, his line is so obvious that he has Kx/underpairs/KK and just wants to let me blast off with my bluffs that my ranges all become ****ed up here

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 114.84 BB
SB: 162.12 BB
BB: 210 BB
UTG: 108.16 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 68.34 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

fold, Hero raises to 2.32 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB raises to 12 BB, Hero calls 9.68 BB

Flop: (24.5 BB, 2 players) 7 K 8
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (24.5 BB, 2 players) 6
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (24.5 BB, 2 players) J
BB bets 15.36 BB, Hero raises to 55.86 BB, fold

Hero wins 52.46 BB

Yes you have exploited your way from 200z to 50z. You really got me good there. lul.

LOL you clearly are hurt by that

He's right though.

This is a prime example of where your mindset and game are right now, you over complicate things with FPS and terms and completely ignore the fundamentals.. this is an insanely easy case of shoveling money into the pot by betting big three streets for value, it's like.. how we make money in this game... not your gay 1/8p cbet either, why you would check there vs this guy is beyond me.

I range check OOP in most textures, population overstabs and it's easier to develop a plan with my range. Vs a passive player obv checking this hand is a mistake, but I haven't thought of a lot of good strats vs a 30/11 with a high fold to cbet(55%).

The thing is that SB vs BB even those guys could end up floating me light and owning me if I cbet too much, so I prefer taking a more balanced approach otf and save my exploits for later streets, which I will play better than him and I think that he will be more predictable.

Mr. Rapidesh123, what you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this thread is now dumber for having read it

savage couple of posts. GL rapidesh

Nothing wrong with that flop check as long as he plans to x/r.

You sound so sure of this.