Read the beginners faq... 22/11 refers to pt3/hem numbers. 22 is vp$ip.. meaning he voluntarily puts money into the pot preflop 22% of his hands.. 11 refers to the % of the time he raises preflop.. and a gap that large is way too big, because you are flatting way too much.

I was playing 25NL till I took a huge chunk out of my BR to buy a new LCD and now am back @ 5NL. At 5NL I see sooo many ppl stacking off or being stations with OP's, TP and 2pairs not to mention chasing any and all draws they flop. How would this change your opinon of setmining or 3bet bluffing small pp's?

ty op, just read all your comments and especially enjoyed your post on 4betting. Keep it up!

it does depend on the level you play. i guess at 5nl there are more monkeys who stack off easily, but certainly at nl25 there seems to be a hell of a lot of nitty regs. and as u move up, you will find it increasingly more difficult to get paid when u flop a set.

of course you need to take reads on people, if im at a table where a huge fish opens from early position, then im going to set mine over 3betting because a) hes unlikely to fold to my 3bet, and b) hes likely to stack off pretty lightly post flop. however, against regs, you are just so unlikely to get paid

thanks jack you answered my questions quite nicely in your latest posts

can you give out your full tilt sn so i can truly know your the man by looking you up on tableratings? If not, its certainly understandable

Hey thanks for the response. Gonna bug ya with another Q now, lol.
If your looking through your db to see if setmining is profitable for you: A)What should your sample size be to get a good indication? B)What kinda winrate should ya be looking for with 7's-2's? ( I know this will be a very variable-dependent number but generally speaking)

lol i am hardly 'the man'. for a mid-stakes player my tr isnt v.impressive at all

but my sn on ftp is jackwilcox1

filtered for 22-77 my winrate is 25ptbb/100 - obviously because i am giving up if i dont flop a set usually.

my vpip with these hand is only 87% which would indicate im folding them some of the time - like i said playing them out the blinds, or in position when theres someone behind you is going to squeeze, can make it impossible to show a profit so therefore is best to 3bet yourself or fold.

obviously i dont 3bet every time with them purely because of gameflow (if ive been 3betting a lot lately then it wont get much respect) of if the original opener is a maniac who will 4bet me all the time

jack would be gratefull if you would reveal what hand you had the other day when i 5bet shoved AK into your 4bet COvBTN after timing down alittle and you said

'might have got a call if you didn't slowroll'

and whats your reasoning behind this

I gotta make it to nl 200 jack and I think you can show me the way. Just a few more question for ya on refining my game

Earlier in the thread you said you like to 3 bet the broadway offsuit(you said you flat the suited variety) cards from the button because of card removal effects. Do you do this all the time or are you looking for specific things like villian is atleast 18/15 and you only do it a certain percentage of the time against these players. Are you only doing it if their raise is from utg+1 or will u do on their utg raise also. Fish tend to limp a ton and rarely raise preflop so do you not do it to them as their raising range is pretty strong and their pretty much never folding to a 3 bet.

I also would like to know about your blind play excluding bvb. What hands to you play here against single raises and will you only call with small pairs when theres 2 villians in the hand. I guess your always 3 bet stacking off with jj+. Any other things you think are important regarding the blinds like squeezing or 3 betting some different kind of hands would be appreciated

when you 3bet, you already know whether you are shoving over a 4bet or not, so the only reason people request time is to make themselves seem weak. i have never once seen someone request time before shoving and then have them NOT show either AA/KK or AK

nothing happens all the time. if i have 3bet some guy 4 times in a row then im not going to 3bet him light the next time round, im going to wait for a good hand because i think he will be impatient with me and want to shove lighter.

as regards type of player... im just looking for someone who folds to a lot of 3bets and preferably for them to be in late position when they raise (more of a chance they are stealing).

i am super nitty out the blinds tbh, i will flat some hands to button opens such as AT etc. 3betting again is just a situation specific thing, im only going to do it if i havent 3bet in a while. but generally you dont want to play big pots out of position, so you dont want to be playing too many hands from the blinds at all.

and also, i dont think people should start monkey 3betting just because they have a certain hands. i know i said 3betting small pairs is good because it means you break even pre flop instead of having to set mine, but if you start 3betting every pocket pair, and a bunch of broadway cards, and some connectors, your 3bet% will be like 20% which would just be crazy!

all right i got ya, I guess only thing left is some c bet and post flop questions im sure ill come up with after the 3 bets

they are a little more complex tbh, so i would only be able to give specific hand suggestions really

What is your SN on stars? Sorry if you've already answered this question...I haven't read the entire thread even though I intend to since I'm sure there are some gold nuggets in it.

just jackwilcox on stars

Jack, any uptades on microtour 2009

Ya, been quiet lately

Since incorperating Wilcox's suggestions on preflop play and the fact that im running well, ive made 9ptbbs/100 over 6000 hands playn nl25 and a little nl 50.

Im in a zone. Poker EV says i should have made 5 pt bb/100 but ill take the 9. I think im pickn my spots nicely to 3 bet. Also the 3 bet and micro 3 barrel bluff with the broadway cards has worked a couple times nicely.

Since I felt i was playn so nicely at nl 25 today and up 55 i decided to bump up the action with 16 buy ins at nl 50. Thats when i proceeded to crush and take down bout 125 in 261 hands 4 tabln. I cant wait to get to 15 buy ins for 100.

I think my pre flop is now stong enough to ball with the big dogs at nl 4 hizzle, holllllllaaaaaaaaaaaa

sounds like you're running hot, i wouldn't jump up too quickly

updates are:

1) i have been putting in a lot of hours sleeping lately so havent had that much time for pokars
2) the time i have had for poker, ive been mainly putting into playing the 2/4 games on full tilt
3) im trying to work out how to upload a video of me playing 25nl.

people said earlier they wanted a video, if they do, and if i can get it uploaded, then i will.

well maths doesnt change, raising to steal blinds/ 3betting light etc is going to be +EV at whatever limit

well today i ran like the lord jesus himself and made 117$ in 726 hands(4tabln, 1.9hrs) mostly at nl 25 and with 87 hands at nl 50.

I find its hard to keep playn when i just jump on the computer and crush. I see those nice stats on my pt and just dont want to ruin them. I did get 25 beans in with 4 percent equity on turn and drill it though.

Heres a gold nugget of wisdom Ill drop for you guys for free. Yesteday as i was lookn over my position stats I noticed that my utg(6max) vpip percentage was more than my hijack(utg+1 6max). As i looked at it, it was nothing new, I'd noticed this before. However, I realized that if im not conscious of this is, it will probly always happen. I'd also be willing to bet (not really) that most other people probably do this as well. My overall game plan is to open pretty tight in the first 2 spots and really loose in the last 2. When i'm utg in the heat of the moment i sometimes think ooh 67s i need to balance utg i raise. Or maybe, oh im utg, theyl give this raise respect. I dont really get that feeling as much in the next spot to the left. Why is this important you ask?


so i guess my assumption is that if im accidentally opening lighter utg than utg+1are you guys also

I've played 10nl with mr wilcox, solid player.


didn't respond to me in the chat box though, too hollywood

really?? sorry man.