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Originally Posted by nath
It would really help if you formatted these to make them more readable and to highlight the relevant information. It would also help a lot if you included all relevant information. You don't include pot size at any point and you don't include blind levels in hand 1.
Hand 1-- your river play, what bluffs does he realistically have that get to this point? Just go for some small value and hope worse Ax calls.
Hand 2-- I guess you call river because nothing about the hand makes sense, but I'd probably bet bigger on the flop and then maybe on the turn as well.
Hand 3-- I wouldn't bother with it after raiser bets into two people. Very different than a standard heads-up c-bet.
Hand 5-- how did you go from IP on villain on flop and turn to OOP on river?
Sorry if these hands are kinda poorly written- I typed this on my phone in the morning with semi limited info bc I don’t take super detailed notes.
H2- do we really want to bet bigger if we block hands that are calling? I assume sure yes from draw type hands but I don’t mind letting J-10 etc see free cards bc we can always check call on sketchy cards and try to induce bluffs /not bet to limit damage?
Side note- I ended up feeling really bummed after day 1 of tournament festival. I fired 2 bullets into a $400 and really blundered super standard spots. As shown in h2 and h3.
I ended up playing more tournaments on Saturday and busting. Then played Sunday a $600 bounty. I ended up busting early in first bullet after calling a nit 3 bet with AK and folding flop to no improvment and then later calling another semi nit 3bet early with AQcc and flop is Qxx where he cbets and jams blank small card turn with AA. Gg me. I wasn’t tilted so tried another bullet. Somehow ended up running oddly well in only a few hands on day 1 and acquire 10 starting stacks. Go into day 2 with 8bbs with 23 left and somehow win the tourny for 60buyins + 9 $100 bounties. When I was going into day 2 with 8bbs- I was like wow I have no chance to win due to past live mtt experiences. Only note I can say- 8bbs actually can win a tourny if stacks are shallow and you somehow run ok. On day 2, I didn’t run that hot but won a few crucial standard flips and somehow turn that into a 66-67 buyin bink. Was pretty sweet plus won my 2nd wsop circuit ring (no brag here. I ran well obviously to win a live mtt).
Run good example of bad play- I somehow got a guy to call J9o after I opened min with QQ on a 10-15bb stack. Somehow see a flop of 972 against cutoff (j9o) and one blind. He somehow find a way to raise my cbet and call my all in- it’s like ugh am
I doing that with Ak or aq? Ugh no hate here but live players can be so dopey- j9o is a trash hand to call with 10-25bb deep effective.
Another blunder- I open K9ss to min later in event close to bubble and button elects to flat call K-10hh which to me is a super easy 3bet/ fold spot. Flop is 10-8-3 with two spades. I check, he bets, I jam maybe 10-13 bbs (not sure on exact number). He calls with K-10 and loses on turn. It’s like ugh if you just 3bet with plan to fold to a 4!, you pick up blinds + my open but the guy plays like a wuss and just flat calls k-10hh in like the most standard 3! Fold spot.
As always- I think like 90-95% of live players are way way too passive with 3 betting especially at crucial times where you can easily devolve a hand strength when you 3bet and read the reaction of villian/ villians. Maybe I’m just a prick but I find the passive play of the live game so comical. I feel it’s better off going for it and taking thin 3 bet spots Vs just calling and letting folks realize their equity with trashier hands. Idk just feel folks play so damn straight forward that these 3! Fold spots are necessary. At final table of my $600 tourny, I ended up 3 bet folding 5-6 suited to a n aggro cutoff (I had no history with player but could tell he was a nj reg that was good). I know he’s opening a standard fairly wide range. I 3! Fold and even snow it bc idc (I know I’m better than probably 95% of the field). He doesn’t show but I feel my 3! Fold shows I have moxie to make a move. One of the problems I see in live game- folks play so straight forward that making these types of moves is so ev+. Why go to the streets against tough hands to read where you might have to call 1-2 streets to see if they continue when you can just 3! Pre and really break down their hand range bc folks are thinking at such a low elementary level where they play their hands super face up. Sorry if this wall of text doesn’t make sense- I win. A live tourny earlier today and did some celebrating. What
Last edited by Jkpoker10; 03-21-2023 at 02:10 AM.