Poker Stars, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
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SB: $12.46 (124.6 bb)
BB: $12.14 (121.4 bb)
UTG: $15.10 (151 bb)
MP: $14.56 (145.6 bb)
Hero (CO): $16.07 (160.7 bb)
BTN: $14.84 (148.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Qc Ac
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.30, 2 folds, BB calls $0.20

Flop: ($0.65) 6s 3c Kh (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.20, BB calls $0.20

Turn: ($1.05) 8c (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.50, BB calls $0.50

River: ($2.05) 5d (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Results: $2.05 pot ($0.09 rake)
Final Board: 6s 3c Kh 8c 5d
BB showed Qd Ks and won $1.96 ($0.96 net)
Hero mucked Qc Ac and lost (-$1 net)




Hello all,

I haven't played poker in a long time and this is one of my first hands back.

I really want to start STUDYING properly. I have never understood how to properly sit away from tables and study and I am looking for some pointers.

For example, I have chosen a very simple hand above. When 'studying' what should I do?

What has proven the most productive for everyone?

When going through hands, what should I be asking myself, what should I be doing etc???

Thanks in advance,

Join a study group.

Work through elements of the game piece by piece using methods that work well for you.

Find good studying resources. I’d recommend sky’s Matsuhashi’s book how to study poker if that’s a struggle, with the grinders manual. Then some good training videos.

This hand ask yourself questions like:

Is my open size ok?
What is villains range?
How does it interact with the board?
Who has range advantage?
Is my cbet size ok?
Why am I I cbetting, should I?
What’s my relative hand strength?

Repeat for turn.

Should I have triple barrelled?

Etc

Then put the hand up and ask questions about parts you’re unsure about, don’t post results and try and give any villain stats or reads you have.

Find a way (I use flopzilla) to go through the hand and check equities, ranges.

As for the hand it’s an obvious open. I think we can size down though. Give our pretty wide cut of range a better price.

I can go either way on this flop I think. I don’t mind checking back sometimes. But betting the bdnfd on a dry board can’t be bad. And is probably optimal. We should have range advantage. So I don’t mind a range bet but I’d still bet slightly bigger.

The turn is a great card for us. I’d polarise more with our extra equity now, bet bigger.

I don’t mind this hand as a triple. After the turn call I think it’s unlikely to win at sd and we block KQ. Bluff targets are hands like TT. If villain didn’t 3B hands like KQ then they’re never folding. Our turn bet is iffy though so not sure about bluffing.


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