I hate the way this game played out. I fold a few big pots early on as he plays back at me and finally make a stand with a low pair when I figure he's some overaggro bluffing machine. Any advice would be appreciated.
What part of hand 7 do you dislike? I agree about leading the turn with the 4s (hand 6) but I'm not sure how to play in situations like this. Do you just assume villain is bluffing a ton and tighten way up pf?
can you explain your rationale for folding pocket fives in hand 2 without even seeing a flop
i mean thats just super odd to me but then again i play diff than you, even oop i'd play almost any pocket pair in a hu situation
but overall it just seemed like it was a bad run, i mean the guy either held the deck or just sensed a lot of weakness from your play and just aggro'ed you out of your shoes
hand 6 where you tried to make a hero call was pretty bad only because you need to take into account just how short stacked you would be afterwards
i mean i know you're frustrated but there's better spots than those to lose like half of your already dwindling stack
what i'd say, which should be taken w/ a grain of salt since i'm not as great as some of the other players on this board who will likely offer you a lot better advice:
control your bets better, the k 5 hand where you cb'ed, that was a huge amount/in relation to your stack to get info. hu you really need to master your bet amounts to get max value and info, some of the hands particularly the hero call hand you really should have thought over how he played it, and hand 1 with no reads i definitely don't cb that much cause i have no idea about villain's range or playing style here
otherwise yeah i don't know what else to say, the other guy did seem kind of insane but what can you do
Hand 7 sucks because you're 10bb deep and minraise and cbet with junk, and then don't follow through with another barrel when you've got half your chips in the pot.
Just fold it preflop, and if you can't bring yourself to do that, shove it.
the key to beating husng's is manipulating the size of the pot
there are a few spots where you are spewing chips unnecessarily:
a) raising to 75 pre is fine, but you dont need to cbet 120 into a 150 pot...90-100 works
b) on checked flops you dont need to lead 60 into 60 on the turn...minleads work on plenty of boards, so does 45
its all about manipulating the size of the pots so that you are forcing villain to play raised pots oop.
yeah he should just fold preflop but as played he has to c-bet that flop, and continuing with the hand after is really bad imo whatcalls flop there then folds turn or river?? nothing really
Hand 1: Don't c-bet. This board hit a standard calling range so hard and it is very coordinated with multiple draws. Your fold equity here is very slim and you should just aim to check it down and let it go if he bets.
Hand 2: Call preflop.
Hand 3: I both c-bet and check behind here with K high. This early I usually just c-bet but this flop has 2 draws on it as well so I think it's close.
Hand 6: I tend to just c/f weak pairs early. If flop was more connected I'd definitely fold. This flop isn't that bad though so c/c is alright I guess.
Leading turn here is definitely bad as it doesn't do you any good here. I tend to c/f early here being bit of a nit.
Hand 9: Learn SAGE (read in the sticky for links). You should fold 54o here always.
Hand 10: I would probably prefer taking a flop here. 98s I'd shove though.
Hand 11: Not a fan of the shove. Not only do I personally think shoving J7s is a bit thin at 10xbb but you have also shoved the last 2 hands against him. Furthermore the aggro villain usually aren't the most tightest and he'd probably call fairly light if he gets enough of your shoving.
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You ran bad. Villain took the - float, check, pot - line a ton and had you just hit a few flops you would have won a few big pots most likely.
It can be very frustrating to play against players like this when we just can't really seem to hit any flops. I'd probably tighten up my pfr range slightly given how much he called both pre and postflop.
Hand 6: I don't like the way you play this hand. Your stack is getting pretty low and you are OOP. I understand calling the small flop bet. But why bet the turn? Are you trying to bluff or bet for value on the turn? If you are bluffing, he probably won't lay down a better hand. If you are betting for value I don't see what he can call you with. Check the turn and call or fold depending on the size of the bet. Once you are called on the turn, definitely don't call half of your stack off to a large river bet.
Hand 7: I wouldn't min raise. You have a mediocre hand, a very short stack, and the blinds are low. I probably limp with J6 here. I don't like the flop c-bet either. When I'm this short stacked early, I start playing pretty straight forward. Besides, he hasn't folded to c-bets thus far in the match.
