Originally posted on micro board only to be told it belongs here...

Ive lurked and lurked and always have been timid about posting anything but have come to realize that in order to improve i need peers and my wife is sick of hearing me babble so here it goes. Played a lot of home games. Lived in Reno for years and played 1-2. Always found the edge, if any in those games was getting good value. Online ive tidied up a a few things but the leaks are many still. I enjoy the puzzle greatly and am working hard on trying to define (reduce) ranges street by street. But its kind of like golf. Work on your putting too much and your irons go to crap and vice versa. So i guess i will lay out a hand or two once a week and go from there.

Major weaknesses. Bet sizing, reducing ranges quickly on the clock, monsters under the bed syndrome.

Strengths - Not results oriented. Don't tilt (been on stars for 2 years). Can hold my own live at the lower levels (Manila poker rooms)

I Can't get my HUD to work on Stars Zoom. I have gone back and forth with them on this forever. Play on a Mac. So im really running blind but thats ok, i run semi-blind live except for the regulars who i have a decent enough mental catalog of.

I do work hard and like i said, truly enjoy the puzzle. ADHD maybe? dunno...

So lets start with this simple one from yesterday. No read on villain. Lately ive seen more and more guys shoving pre as a 3-bet strategy with 50+ BB's. I think, unless i have witnessed (by sticking around post fold on Zoom) otherwise, i am putting them always on KK AA because what are they getting called by other than those hands? I have AK off in the SB.....


PokerStars Hand #158799968430 begins at 2016/09/19 2:55 pm
Seat 1 (mag111115) is the dealer
mdspwt posts the small blind 0.10
ALEJANDRA 24 posts the big blind 0.25
LEONCHION folds
I'm_a_Donk66 folds
mydjaxet folds
mag111115 folds
mdspwt raises to 0.55
ALEJANDRA 24 raises to 36.12
mdspwt folds
35.57 returned to ALEJANDRA 24
Action has ended
ALEJANDRA 24 wins 1.10

Bet sizing too small at 2.2x for the SB open i believe (i use 2.2x for my BTN open).

basic stuff i know but thoughts on the fold, without a read. Honestly i don't know if im even calling with AK suited here. The soul bearing starts now...

If i posted this in the wrong place i am sorry...

You'll be surprised the sorts of hands people show up with here. For me it's a clear call for a few reasons. Firstly, I think it's a stronger line from villain is 3bet and then shove to a 4bet and even in this spot Blind vs Blind we shouldn't be folding AK. So when he shoves it's usually a hand that isn't too happy seeing a flop, like a medium pocket pair or AK/AQ. We also have blockers for AA and KK which makes those hands even less likely. Its hard to say too much though without any stats but vs an unknown were just way too high up in our range to fold. I would call as wide as JJ, AK and then maybe even TT and AQs vs the right opponent. It's just such a fishy line and we expect fish to show up with hands we wouldnt expect to see

Also, 2.2x open is fine. I'd say anything from 2-3 is good, depending on how wide your stealing. One of the leaks at the micros is people not defending their BB enough so making it small and opening wide can be really profitable. I used to open my BU range for 2x from the sb and it worked pretty nicely. Still, I'd say that if your not super confident battling it out OOP with weak hands then open a slighter tighter range and make it like 2.5xish.