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Originally Posted by TeckTonic13
Ok
I was referring to things like what the pot is? Or whats a pot sized bet? I feel like I haven't been making bets or calls that have positive exception. For years things like c betting frequency? I like the idea of staying balanced and not getting exploited especially now of days. Where players are so good.
OK, tracking the pot is pretty straight forward. Just multiply the number of players by the size of the bet, and that is your total for the round. Add that to the previous round.
To calculate a pot sized bet, take the pot total from the previous round. For a pot size raise, take the pot from the previous round, add the 3 times the current bet amount, and that would be the amount you raise too if you wanted to raise pot sized (You add his bet and your call to the pot to get the amount of the pot, then you calculate the size of the total bet by adding that amount to the size of the call, that is why it is previous pot+3x the call amount)
For tracking frequencies, my open frequency, cbet frequency, 3b frequency, I just try to be aware of what I have been doing for a couple of orbits. I do know players who keep a notepad and a tally sheet, but I just try to ask myself 'How many times have I opened in the last two orbits'. Yes, small sample size and all that, but it helps me stay aware. I am not looking for an exact number, just trying to keep myself from skewing too far in one direction of the other.
Making +EV decisions is a bit more complex, and is basically the heart of poker. This involves putting your opponents on ranges. As mentioned before, it is too difficult to calculate equity against a range in your head. Download equilab, and then run all the common scenarios you run into (like mid-high pair versus 3B range preflop, TPTK versus flush draw, etc) and memorize them, then use them to calculate if a bet or call is + or - EV.
Balancing your ranges (this is one of the topics involved in GTO play) to become not exploitable is a whole different animal, is debateable as to whether or not it is the best approach at lower limits(most lower limit live players are unbalanced, and it is usually best to play a style that exploits them)