I think that one of my biggest leaks is getting sucked into playing passively when playing a passive opponent. I tend to be aggressive in the beginning, but when i lose a handful of chips to a trap set by a passive villain, I find myself tightening up and eventually taking the passive route. By the time I notice what I'm doing, I find it hard to stop myself and the game ends up taking forever as both of us are now playing tight and passive. How can I break this stupid habit of mine?BTW I'm playing 5.25's on Cereus right now, hoping to move to FT when I feel ready.
Im not that succesful (yet) as i just started, but from my experience you have to get a feel for their calling tendencies, how often is he calling ur cbets? if he is folding alot just keep on cbeting until he fights back. is he limping PF? if he is attack his limps as it will make him uncomfortable.Losing against sets is not a common thing so you cant really take that as an example.Go to the tables and valuebetvaluebetvaluebet, and remember if he fight back reevaluate (and remember that he actually did) because if he is passive he wont fight back alot.
Thanks for the reply Urgen, I've taken your advice along with tips from primo's intermediate concepts video and cog's postflop play and I see a huge improvement in my overall results. A lot of the players on AP are very passive, well at the 5.25's at least. Might be because of the HUSNG structure at AP which starts w/ 5/10 blinds (150BB deep) for ten minutes before 10/20, etc.