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    Tournament Hand

    in General Strategy

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    Insecure much?I agree you aren't likely on my level, at least when it comes to deep analysis of hands. In the online world which you are neck-deep in, you make your living by making standard plays without giving them much thought and taking advantage of a pluthera of bad opponents. You rely on playing multiple tables at once and grinding out tiny mathematical advantages. This may be a very luritive activity, but it certainly doesn't lend itself to "studying the game at a high level". You simply don't have enough time nor do you likely pay much attention to anything but the most remarkable hands. If you displayed any actual thought-based analysis in this hand, as opposed to ego-based analysis, I might believe that you are "continuously trying to make yourslef better", but frankly, I think you are deluding yourself.
    POTY

    Tournament Hand

    in General Strategy

    Posted

    By c/c the flop, you have 0% of winning the hand on the flop. By c/c flop, you do nothing to prevent your opponent in position to continue and bet you off on the turn. By c/c the flop, you force yourself to pay more (6K, at least, it seems) to see the river and try to catch your draw, and you are more likely to have fewer outs than you think. By c/c the flop, you open yourself up to having to make a really hard decision on the turn, and perhaps making a crucial mistake. I really don’t see how any of this is debatable, but feel free to continue to try and do so.
    The reason I don't like a c/r is because I like bet/folding more. Bet/fold accomplishes pretty much everything a c/r does, we get called by worse hands, and we lose less when we are beat. We don't even need to bet that big. 2800-3200 is plenty. And I'd do this if I thought villain was passive and doesn't get out of line that much. If I had seen him be more aggro and spazzy, then I'd check with the plan to check/call to get him to bluff. Based on the reads OP provided, bet/fold sounds like the best option.

    Tournament Hand

    in General Strategy

    Posted

    Holy **** I will never understand why inexperienced players looking to 'learn' can be so dense when pretty much every player that has more experience/success than them disagrees with their logic.You say villain will slow down if we c/r. You say villain will always have us beat if he jams over our c/r. You say villain will double barrel more often if we c/c than if we c/r. You say that since we're deep in a tournament, villain is very unlikely to fire off big portions of his stack with marginal holdings. You're wrong. Donk, Trueace, and highwaystar have played a ton of online poker successfully pre black-friday and know from experience that none of this is true. I mainly play online cash games but I've played enough tournaments to know that they're right as well. It's fine to ask questions when your logic doesn't line up with someone elses, but it's a pretty big mistake to disagree with more experienced players when they tell you how they expect other players to react.

    Few Hands From My Session

    in No Limit Texas Hold'em Cash Games

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    Alright, I'm gonna go a different direction w hand one. I'm either opening or folding pre. In live cash villains are usually loose passive. We can open a large range, and be able to take down a lot of pots w cbets. As well with that, we balance ouir entire range to air and made hands when we open a lot and it keeps our villains guessing. If we don't open, i think this is just a fold pre flop. After that, I agree w everyone else saying that we need to raise more on the flop. As played, I think it might be a fold, but kinda tough. Hard for villain to have a set since we have blockers, it just looks sooooooooo strong.Hand two I think I check back to turn. Cash players, is that a bad thing to do? I think there are only a small range of hands that are calling a bet here and we are gonna but ourselves in some really silly spots if villain does c/r here. I also think we can get some value on the river.Hand three is silly, we are always behind here, but I think we are getting the right price....so meh, I dunno there
    Hand 1: If we weren't the first one to limp I think limping is fine as is folding. I don't like raising since in most cases we're going to be in a multiway pot. And unless we hit 2 pair+ or a big draw, it's going to be hard to win the pot. Range balancing is never an issue in a 1/2 game so I wouldn't worry about trying to work weaker hands into your raising range.Post flop depends on the reads we have on the SB and BB. Against guys that I know won't fold Kx here it's a snap raise once the BB makes it $15 (like everyone has said, make it around 45). But there's also a bunch of nitty players that I'd probably just flat against. Only person who would have enough information to determine that is the OP. Once we get 4bet by the SB I think it's a pretty easy fold. Nobody ever 4bet bluffs and even a maniac has to be a bit uneasy when he gets raised by 2 players. Hand 2: I wanted to bet since we have the best hand soooo often here, but because I don't think we're getting 2 more streets of value from anything, checking and evaluating river is better. If it checks to us we have a super easy bet, and if he bets we can decide. That's another spot where I can find myself calling some and folding some depending on the player. Against this guy I might be tempted to fold if he bets big but if he bets in the 40-70 range I probably don't find a fold.Facing the check/raise I fold pretty happily. Board is really dry and who expects anyone to fold JX or better here?Hand 3: I don't hate the squeeze but given how well our hand plays multiway I like flatting a lot more. Pot will be large enough that when we flop top pair or a draw we can just shovel money in very happily, whereas if we get called and we whiff, we're going to be in a bunch of bad spots. As for facing the jam it's a super easy call. He can show us 2 Kings or AK and we're still getting the right price with nearly 4:1 on our money.

    Good Flop Fold With Bottom 2?

    in No Limit Texas Hold'em Cash Games

    Posted

    The limp preflop is fine. Would really like to know why so many others think we should be raising after 2 limpers with everyone remaining in the pot being fish (since none of them are topped up) that are probably not folding.On the flop, again since the players aren't topped up, their range for getting their stacks in is going to be pretty wide. Doubt either of them don't get stacked with any Kx hand and the shorter stack may just punt something like 65 or 88 cuz he has a pair. So facing two jams I'd be pretty happy calling off.

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