***HU SNG REGS THREAD***
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This is how highstakes regs plays against each other, badass leveling!
Edge is small but someone is always one step ahead!
nice story huh?
Edge is small but someone is always one step ahead!
nice story huh?
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I've never taught someone from scratch so take this with a grain of salt. Here's a few ideas I have though.
How about playing the AKQ game with him? Here's a simple version: There's a deck that only has 3 cards, an Ace a King and a Queen. A>K>Q. Each player is dealt one card and has to ante one chip. The "Big Blind" has to check, and the dealer/"small blind" (both ante'd same amount in this case tho) can either bet one chip, or check back and show down. If the SB bets, the BB can then either call or fold (can't raise).
As you play hopefully he'll figure out you should always bet A, always ch back K, sometimes bet Q and sometimes give up with it (and from BB, always call A, always fold Q, and sometimes call & sometimes fold with K).
This way you teach why you should value bet strong hands and bluff some % of the time with air, while playing medium strength hands passively / as bluffcatchers. And draws are good to play aggressively because they're going to be either very strong hands or air, both of which you want to play aggressively.
Also it's a good idea to show him one of the hyper packs that has charts for what to do with what hand.
And you should go through the common "moves" you can do and explain what kind of hands you want to do it with; e.g. "if you call a raise from the big blind then you should check the flop, then if they bet, either fold, call, or raise to about 2.5x their bet size." Or "with top pair on a dry board IP you should usually bet flop & turn, shove river, for value."
Someone already mentioned mers's free ebook but I'll recommend it too. As long as he looks up the phrases he doesn't know and asks you stuff he doesn't understand he should be able to get a lot out of it, I think. Or maybe it's too advanced, I don't know, but he should read it at some point.
Also you should get him to download equilab or some similar program and get him to learn what hands have what equities against what other hands (e.g. 2 overcards have ~65% equity vs 2 undercards, a pair has ~55% equity vs 2 overcards, etc.)
Hope something here helped!
How about playing the AKQ game with him? Here's a simple version: There's a deck that only has 3 cards, an Ace a King and a Queen. A>K>Q. Each player is dealt one card and has to ante one chip. The "Big Blind" has to check, and the dealer/"small blind" (both ante'd same amount in this case tho) can either bet one chip, or check back and show down. If the SB bets, the BB can then either call or fold (can't raise).
As you play hopefully he'll figure out you should always bet A, always ch back K, sometimes bet Q and sometimes give up with it (and from BB, always call A, always fold Q, and sometimes call & sometimes fold with K).
This way you teach why you should value bet strong hands and bluff some % of the time with air, while playing medium strength hands passively / as bluffcatchers. And draws are good to play aggressively because they're going to be either very strong hands or air, both of which you want to play aggressively.
Also it's a good idea to show him one of the hyper packs that has charts for what to do with what hand.
And you should go through the common "moves" you can do and explain what kind of hands you want to do it with; e.g. "if you call a raise from the big blind then you should check the flop, then if they bet, either fold, call, or raise to about 2.5x their bet size." Or "with top pair on a dry board IP you should usually bet flop & turn, shove river, for value."
Someone already mentioned mers's free ebook but I'll recommend it too. As long as he looks up the phrases he doesn't know and asks you stuff he doesn't understand he should be able to get a lot out of it, I think. Or maybe it's too advanced, I don't know, but he should read it at some point.
Also you should get him to download equilab or some similar program and get him to learn what hands have what equities against what other hands (e.g. 2 overcards have ~65% equity vs 2 undercards, a pair has ~55% equity vs 2 overcards, etc.)
Hope something here helped!
Thank you very much, sir! The three card game was very useful and helped a ton! Thank you again and best of luck!
I also got her to read a book called Professional No-Limit Hold'em: Volume I, it covers the basics in a very simple way and seems to be well written overall.
