Hi GuysMy name is Damian, I play as a SlashZakk on Pokerstars, mostly micro and low stakes (turbo format). Husng is my favorite poker format I have been playing them for year and a half. My goal has always been to become a good winning player at the high stakes. Okay I wanted to be the best I wanted to crush high stakes:) and the worst I wanted to do this as soon as possible and unfortunately I did not succeed. No wonder I lost money. Why? Due to the lack of patience and humility, and by the desire to quickly jumping to the high stakes through the shots while my bankroll and skills did not allow me to do this. So you know how it usually ended. I cleaned out my PS account to zero by taking shots to mid-stakes in husngs or a high MTTs. Such huge downswings on tilt I had total of 3 and each one of them had hurt terribly. I think I have had much better tilt control since january. When I started to realize the different things and I started to be less result oriented.. I just say to myself Things happend, that's poker, bad beats is a part of this game and They can not affect you.July was a very happy month, because I was able to achieve a stakes of $ 100 and I saw that I do really well on this stakes (turbo format). But at the end of the month came session when I lost 5 to 2 with one player on the turbo $ 100, no big deal 3 buyins in the back. but tilt came which caused me to take them back as soon as possible.So I started playing 60$ hyper turbos and it cost me 1/3 my PS account. I hate myself for this.The next day the same - Tilt which caused me to return at high stakes asap.And that was my 4 downswing it occurred 2 days after signing up for Fast Track.. I would therefore like to ask for help with my metagame and tilt control. Because this is my biggest leakThe second issue is strategy when I started reading the forum i saw I have a lot to learn, especially with frequency. In next posts I'll try to focus on the things that interest me about the strategy but first I want to read the material because I don't want to ask unnecessary questionsI'm lucky to be here and I'm very happy too
Good to have you, Damian. I know the amount of information is a bit overwhelming at first. Pace yourself in learning the information, just as you should be pacing your volume. It is unrealistic to fully absorb this amount of information in just one month. You can expect to learn a ton though, and be FAR better a player than you were before the month started.Realistic expectations.
I would like to ask a question about the size of my bets on the turn and river. But first I want to show you my standard style of play because I feel it may have a lot of leakset's start with normal / turbo speedagainst unknown 75bb deep I'm tend to minraise pre flo. This is standart for me. My openingrange from the button - 81.9% all pocket pair, all suited cards, Ax, Kx, Qx, Jx, T70+, 96o+, 86o+. 75o+, 63o+, 53o+, 42o+, 32o So basically I do not play this hands: T2o-T6o, 92o-95o, 82o-85o,72o-74o,52o,62o until I have tells that my opponent is tight passive if so I will start to open almost 100% of my hands. Damn, now while writing this post came to me by using pokerstrove that opening hands like 63o+, 53o+, 42o+, 32o I have worse equity than if I had opened hands T2o-T6o, 92o-95o, 82o-85o, 75o hands that i had not open almost at all. OPP bottom of my callingrange is Q6o+, J7o+, Kxs Axs, suited connectors, 87o, 107o+ sometimes even much wider all depends on who I play against and how he plays after the flopThe size of my bets on the flop, turn and river is mostly half the pot. in some cases is good size in others is not and in another i think I'm losing valueI throw some hands. Waiting for an evaluation. if it is totally beyond the optimal line please correct me . I am ready for criticism
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBHero2002 BBSparta45998 Effective Stacks: 25bb Blinds 20/40 Pre-Flop (60, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 80, Sparta45 calls 40 Flop (160, 2 players) Sparta45 checks, Hero bets 80, Sparta45 calls 80 Turn (320, 2 players) Sparta45 checks, Hero bets 160, Sparta45 calls 160 River (640, 2 players) Sparta45 checks, Hero bets 320, Sparta45 calls 320 Final Pot: 1280 Hero shows two pair, Queens and Sixes Sparta45 shows Hero wins 1280 ( won +640 ) Sparta45 lost -640
5 hand of the match I have not any decent read. He made one 3b pre, one 5x pre, We didn't see any showdown. So in this hand I think i overplayed the hand. On the turn I should c/c If he would bet small on river the same c/c or c/f to big bet. What do you think? No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBHero1510 SBEmeraldFlint1490 Effective Stacks: 75bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is BB EmeraldFlint calls 10, Hero raises to 80, EmeraldFlint calls 60 Flop (160, 2 players) Hero bets 80, EmeraldFlint calls 80 Turn (320, 2 players) Hero bets 160, EmeraldFlint calls 160 River (640, 2 players) Hero bets 340, EmeraldFlint calls 340 Final Pot: 1320 Hero shows a pair of Tens EmeraldFlint shows Hero wins 1320 ( won +660 ) EmeraldFlint lost -660
I want to ask about equity and how to play optimal line after the flop and turn when I have little flush draw or big one or when I hold OESD. How should look like my equity to make properly call the shove or to make a jam over the raise. for example, when I hold A5dd a make a 2x pre and flo comes 997dd and villain jam over over my cbet should I call?If opponent make this move with pair of sevens so in his isA7, K7, Q7,J7,T7,87, 76, 75,so I have 43% equity, so this shuold be an easy call I think that the important factor here is the stack sizes. Because villain will call more often when we are deep than when we will play with shallow stack sizes.but let say that villain(tight aggro opponent)makes 3b pre flo I call with A5dd flo comes 997dd he bet half the pot I call turn is 4o he bet another half the pot bet and I fold. Let say that he's 3betting range is only premium hands something like this 88+, AT+, KJs+, KQo maybe is too tight but versus this range on the flop we have 35% equity. If we change 3betting range for a loose. Something like this 22+, A2s+, A5o+, K8s+, Q10o+,Q9s+, J10+ we have 46% equity could I jam on the flo over Villain cbet?I think the awswer's yescause in this spot we have even better equity versus this case with pair of sevens.Ok so I will give some hands when I don't exactly know what to do
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$3.32+$0.18 Effective Stacks: 74bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is BB Schachtoo calls 10, Hero raises to 80, Schachtoo calls 60 Flop (160, 2 players) Hero bets 80, Schachtoo calls 80 Turn (320, 2 players) Hero bets 160, Schachtoo raises to 320, Hero calls 160 River (960, 2 players) Hero checks, Schachtoo goes all-in 1050, Hero folds Final Pot: 2010 Schachtoo wins 2010 ( won +480 ) Hero lost -480Villian was really loose. flats every hands, donk post flo in two hand and continued aggression on turn. i didn't see any show down. This is first time when he c/r turn. I put him on a two pair because I don't see OESD make such a move maybe I'm wrong. So I chose passive line and just call i wanted to see river and hit the flush If I won't hit I will c/f to any bet. Like I did i this case.I think that I should shove the turn when he c/r turn.
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$3.32+$0.18 Effective Stacks: 45bb Blinds 15/30 Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is BB mafomoca raises to 90, Hero calls 60 Flop (180, 2 players) Hero checks, mafomoca bets 120, Hero raises to 300, mafomoca calls 180 Turn (780, 2 players) Hero bets 585, mafomoca calls 585 River (1950, 2 players) Hero goes all-in 690, mafomoca goes all-in 360 Final Pot: 3000 Hero shows a flush, Queen high mafomoca shows a flush, Eight high Hero wins 3000 ( won +1335 ) mafomoca lost -1335 Villian was big loose calling station. In limping pot he called two barrels on J1039ss wit 76o. When I have flush draw and two over cards(big flush draw) My standard play is just get it in on the flo. But he didn't shove on flo so I bet 2/3 the pot on turn to keep pressure on him and just sticky in when he shoves. But know I think my bet was too big cause he could have a pure air or bottom pair and ton of draws so in this spot and I just miss value. If I bet something about 1/2 or 1/3 the pot and shove the river that could be the better way to play this hand What do you think?
I would like to ask a question about the size of my bets on the turn and river. But first I want to show you my standard style of play because I feel it may have a lot of leaks et's start with normal / turbo speedagainst unknown 75bb deep I'm tend to minraise pre flo. This is standart for me. My openingrange from the button - 81.9% all pocket pair, all suited cards, Ax, Kx, Qx, Jx, T70+, 96o+, 86o+. 75o+, 63o+, 53o+, 42o+, 32o So basically I do not play this hands: T2o-T6o, 92o-95o, 82o-85o,72o-74o,52o,62o until I have tells that my opponent is tight passive if so I will start to open almost 100% of my hands. Damn, now while writing this post came to me by using pokerstrove that opening hands like 63o+, 53o+, 42o+, 32o I have worse equity than if I had opened hands T2o-T6o, 92o-95o, 82o-85o, 75o hands that i had not open almost at all. OPP bottom of my callingrange is Q6o+, J7o+, Kxs Axs, suited connectors, 87o, 107o+ sometimes even much wider all depends on who I play against and how he plays after the flopThe size of my bets on the flop, turn and river is mostly half the pot. in some cases is good size in others is not and in another i think I'm losing valueI throw some hands. Waiting for an evaluation. if it is totally beyond the optimal line please correct me . I am ready for criticismT2o has more all in equity vs atc than 63o, but 63o is typically going to have better postflop playability (potential to complete draws, etc). I think your preflop opening range looks fine. Oop calling range looks fine, as long as you are referring to when your oppenent is minraising his button. If he is 3x'ing you are calling too wide. Will def be easier to look at hands to discuss sizings, but generally using different sizings based on board texture/ranges/how exploitive you want to be is going to be best. Readless my cbet sizings are typically the same on most boards, and I will increase/decrease sizings on turn and river when I'm barreling based mainly on board texture and population tendancies.
Q6 hand:flop and turn are really standard. you might even bet a little bigger on the turn, as I don't expect QX/JT to ever fold. river we are obv counterfeited vs KX hands now, so we are trying to get value strictly from QX. the fact we have a Q weights his range a little more to KX/JT (JT is always folding obv). I would bet pretty small ~ about 25% of pot to give QX good odds to call. AT:this is definitely a hand where you need to be betting bigger on all streets postflop. first off, you are out of position so by betting half pot you are giving him good odds to be able to call in position and reevaluate correctly. second, there are just so many possible hand combinations in his range that are not folding on this board if you bet bigger (we have a good hand and want to get stacks in). fwiw, i would not be cbetting this board w AK bc I think it hits a limp/calling range way too hard. I would cbet flop 130ish into 160 - barreling the 5 turn about 75-80% of pot as well. KJ:Calling turn with equity and playing fit or fold on rivers is perfectly fine. i respect villain's turn line readless a ton. this hand is really similar to the AT hand in all ways. I would cbet flop and barrel turn the same sizes as AT hand. just another really connected board that hits limp/calling ranges hard.
QJ hand:your line is ok. I would c/r a little bigger to 360-380ish, sets up turn stacks a little better to bet/call or just jam.
I want to ask about equity and how to play optimal line after the flop and turn when I have little flush draw or big one or when I hold OESD. How should look like my equity to make properly call the shove or to make a jam over the raise. for example, when I hold A5dd a make a 2x pre and flo comes 997dd and villain jam over over my cbet should I call? If opponent make this move with pair of sevens so in his isA7, K7, Q7,J7,T7,87, 76, 75,so I have 43% equity, so this shuold be an easy call I think that the important factor here is the stack sizes. Because villain will call more often when we are deep than when we will play with shallow stack sizes.but let say that villain(tight aggro opponent)makes 3b pre flo I call with A5dd flo comes 997dd he bet half the pot I call turn is 4o he bet another half the pot bet and I fold. Let say that he's 3betting range is only premium hands something like this 88+, AT+, KJs+, KQo maybe is too tight but versus this range on the flop we have 35% equity. If we change 3betting range for a loose. Something like this 22+, A2s+, A5o+, K8s+, Q10o+,Q9s+, J10+ we have 46% equity could I jam on the flo over Villain cbet?I think the awswer's yescause in this spot we have even better equity versus this case with pair of sevens.Ok so I will give some hands when I don't exactly know what to doWhen villain check/jams you it depends on the equity you need to call his jam (pot odds) and comparing that to your equity vs his overall estimated range. So if bb is 50, 2x pre so the pot is 200 preflop. You cbet 100 and villain jams 1100 more.You have to call 1000, so you would do: amount to call / amount to call + amount in potso 1000 / 1000 + 300 + 1100 --- or 1000/2400 = 41.67%If you think you are doing >41.67% vs his estimated range, then it is a call.I don't think it's a good idea to generalize how to play all draws. Post some more hands and I'll review that way.
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.44+$0.06 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBweisserhai7520 SBHero480 Effective Stacks: 24bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 40, weisserhai7 calls 20 Flop (80, 2 players) weisserhai7 checks, Hero bets 40, weisserhai7 raises to 80, Hero goes all-in 440, weisserhai7 folds Final Pot: 600 Hero wins 600 ( won +120 ) weisserhai7 lost -120 Is it a overplay? So for me villain could make this c/minr on the flo with flush draw, 3x, and a lot of air so I just jam. I didn't want to call bc with over card on turn I would have a really difficult situation to play especally when villain would continue aggression on turn
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.44+$0.06 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBdakman71460 SBHero540 Effective Stacks: 15bb Blinds 15/30 Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 60, dakman71 calls 30 Flop (120, 2 players) dakman71 bets 30, Hero raises to 120, dakman71 calls 90 Turn (360, 2 players) dakman71 checks, Hero goes all-in 360, dakman71 goes all-in 280 River (1000, 2 players, 2 all-in) Final Pot: 1000 dakman71 shows a pair of Threes Hero shows a pair of Kings Hero wins 1000 ( won +460 ) dakman71 lost -460
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBrui_arranhad1440 SBHero1560 Effective Stacks: 72bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 40, rui_arranhad calls 20 Flop (80, 2 players) rui_arranhad checks, Hero bets 40, rui_arranhad raises to 80, Hero raises to 200, rui_arranhad calls 120 Turn (480, 2 players) rui_arranhad checks, Hero bets 240, rui_arranhad folds Final Pot: 720 Hero wins 720 ( won +240 ) rui_arranhad lost -240villain defended really wide maybe because I 2x pre and didn't give up to often on the flop. But A on turn is a scare card so should i c/c turn and raise river?
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBrui_arranhad1655 SBHero1345 Effective Stacks: 34bb Blinds 20/40 Pre-Flop (60, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 80, rui_arranhad calls 40 Flop (160, 2 players) rui_arranhad checks, Hero bets 80, rui_arranhad calls 80 Turn (320, 2 players) rui_arranhad checks, Hero checks River (320, 2 players) rui_arranhad checks, Hero checks Final Pot: 320 rui_arranhad shows a pair of Nines Hero shows rui_arranhad wins 320 ( won +160 ) Hero lost -160So the same villain as hand before. I wonder if I could bet river something about 1/2 or 3/4 to represent T. Villain rage look really weak when he check turn and river as well
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBmendes jonny1690 SBHero1310 Effective Stacks: 66bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 40, mendes jonny raises to 140, Hero calls 100 Flop (280, 2 players) mendes jonny bets 60, Hero calls 60 Turn (400, 2 players) mendes jonny bets 40, Hero raises to 220, mendes jonny folds Final Pot: 660 Hero wins 660 ( won +240 ) mendes jonny lost -240I had that this small bet from villain is a weakness. He make such a bets with third pair couple hands before. So I make a move
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBmendes jonny940 BBHero2060 Effective Stacks: 24bb Blinds 20/40 Pre-Flop (60, 2 players) Hero is BB mendes jonny calls 20, Hero checks Flop (80, 2 players) Hero checks, mendes jonny bets 40, Hero calls 40 Turn (160, 2 players) Hero checks, mendes jonny bets 40, Hero calls 40 River (240, 2 players) Hero checks, mendes jonny bets 80, Hero calls 80 Final Pot: 400 mendes jonny shows two pair, Tens and Sevens Hero shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens Hero wins 400 ( won +200 ) mendes jonny lost -200When I have a decent read on villain that small bet is weakness could I make bet on river? I think It's too thin bc on this board villain could make small blocker bet with 8, or with two pair like he did. I don't think we would call with worse than 8
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBHero1210 SBMelson381790 Effective Stacks: 40bb Blinds 15/30 Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is BB Melson38 calls 15, Hero raises to 120, Melson38 calls 90 Flop (240, 2 players) Hero bets 120, Melson38 calls 120 Turn (480, 2 players) Hero bets 240, Melson38 calls 240 River (960, 2 players) Hero bets 480, Melson38 folds Final Pot: 1440 Hero wins 1440 ( won +480 ) Melson38 lost -480In this hand I want to talk about hand reading bc I think this is a key skill in such a spot like this. I think that I still to often just make snap half pot bet on every street without thinking what villain have (autopilot). OK so limp is just weakness so when I raise I can easily represent a high cards. Villain can call flop with weak Q or 9x, flush draw or straight draw. or If he is passive and don;t bet his aces it can be weak AceTurn is a blank so I can continue my aggression. My bet for 1/2 don't chase away draws, 9 should fold, Q may call. River is a third club so flush draw hit I bet half pot (half of my stack) I think this betthrow away Q and air (now straight draw). But maybe was overplay and I should shot down on river or make small bet and fold to shove
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBHero1085 SBMelson381915 Effective Stacks: 22bb Blinds 25/50 Pre-Flop (75, 2 players) Hero is BB Melson38 calls 25, Hero checks Flop (100, 2 players) Hero checks, Melson38 bets 100, Hero raises to 250, Melson38 calls 150 Turn (600, 2 players) Hero bets 300, Melson38 goes all-in 1615, Hero goes all-in 485 River (3000, 2 players, 2 all-in) Final Pot: 3000 Hero shows a flush, Ace high Melson38 shows a flush, Ace high - King higher Melson38 wins 3000 ( won +1085 ) Hero lost -1085Should I make small turn bet and fold to raise
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBJofik 771667 BBHero1333 Effective Stacks: 17bb Blinds 40/80 Pre-Flop (120, 2 players) Hero is BB Jofik 77 raises to 160, Hero calls 80 Flop (320, 2 players) Hero checks, Jofik 77 bets 177, Hero raises to 400, Jofik 77 calls 223 Turn (1120, 2 players) Hero checks, Jofik 77 checks River (1120, 2 players) Hero bets 560, Jofik 77 folds Final Pot: 1680 Hero wins 1680 ( won +560 ) Jofik 77 lost -560Villain was spewy I think bet on river is a weak play I should shove on turn.
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBCGLC1015 BBHero1985 Effective Stacks: 34bb Blinds 15/30 Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is BB CGLC calls 15, Hero raises to 90, CGLC calls 60 Flop (180, 2 players) Hero checks, CGLC bets 120, Hero raises to 270, CGLC calls 150 Turn (720, 2 players) Hero checks, CGLC checks River (720, 2 players) Hero bets 360, CGLC calls 360 Final Pot: 1440 CGLC shows two pair, Eights and Fours Hero shows two pair, Eights and Deuces CGLC wins 1440 ( won +720 ) Hero lost -720In this and next hand I want to talk about creative play v passive villainAgain in here I shove my poor reading hands skill bc eight hit really badly villain range. In hand like this I think he is weak and I will push him out. I talked to villain throw the match he was really friendly (nice to play in such an atmosphere)and I asked him If he would call a shove. He said I would not call.
So it did not take much to talk about calling on river If he would not call. I have to do itNo Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBCGLC1265 SBHero1735 Effective Stacks: 25bb Blinds 25/50 Pre-Flop (75, 2 players)Hero is SB Hero raises to 100, CGLC calls 50 Flop (200, 2 players) CGLC bets 50, Hero raises to 150, CGLC calls 100 Turn (500, 2 players) CGLC checks, Hero bets 300, CGLC calls 300 River (1100, 2 players) CGLC checks, Hero goes all-in 1185, CGLC foldsFinal Pot: 2285 Hero wins 2285 ( won +550 ) CGLC lost -550But what is important in this case It's my poor hand reading and autopilot mode in this hand.
Sorry for the avalanche of HH's, but the end of the month was a really busy for me and now I woke up at the last minute with these hands.
hey man. glad to see you posted a bunch of hands. will get back to them asap.hokie
question that refers to the hand above. skill of reading hands I think is not quite so bad when I'm focused on it. but generally when I play a session I think this part of my playing is on autopilot. I see weakness in the opponent's play and I make a move I do not know what he have and with which hand he will call me. How you handle it to read opponents hand properly
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$1.40+$0.10 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBHero2090 BBaxilleas33910 Effective Stacks: 46bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 40, axilleas33 calls 20 Flop (80, 2 players) axilleas33 checks, Hero checks Turn (80, 2 players) axilleas33 bets 40, Hero raises to 120, axilleas33 calls 80 River (320, 2 players) axilleas33 bets 240, Hero goes all-in 1930, axilleas33 goes all-in 510 Final Pot: 3000 Hero shows a straight, Nine to King axilleas33 shows a full house, Queens full of Tens axilleas33 wins 1820 ( won +910 ) Hero lost -910was it a good value bet? I had read that bet size 2/3 from villain after the riv is a strong hand but I think he would call with trips or two pair
What does it mean being a creative player. Does this mean that I can 3b light or 4bet light dry flops or c/r bluff rivers. when I play against aggressive player who does not give up easily pre or post flo. I start to play I really nitty just waiting for hand of course I try to change it
K3: jamming flop to protect equity at relatively short stacks on a vulnerable board looks good to me. KJ: just jam flop over his mindonk. raising to 120 and jamming are virtually the same thing at these stacks imo. 63: hand looks ok to me overall. i 3bet flop a little bigger since it's a connected board and i expect a bunch of his combos to continue...probably 3b to 260ish. turn is a scare card, but i still expect his 7X/combo draws to continue. your bet size looks ok to me.A7: If I'm betting as a bluff here vs non-thinking players, I'm overbetting. I don't trust non-thinking players to not hero call a 50-75% bet. When you are trying to bluff a fish/non-thinking player, consider how they would play their big hands. The mistake most poker players make when trying to put you on a hand is that they put themselves in your position and consider what they would do. A weak player with TX on this river would often overbet like 125% of the pot or so. If that's the size he would play his strong hands with, he's probably more likely to give that betsize credit. So if we actually have TX on the river, we should give a weak player good pot odds and bet more in the 75% range - since that is not how they play their strongest hands typically. 34s: fold pre vs almost anyone. 67s probably the worst suited connector i'm calling a 3bet with even vs a very wide 3bettor.J7: lead flop for value/to protect equity. turn and river look ok to me, i would fold river to a bigger bet readless. leading the river about 20% of the pot vs weak players should work ok too. J8s: barreling off on this board given how well you rep these high card boards (and how much his range should miss) is usually going to be pretty good. J7s: turn is fine. when he jams you only need to be good like 20% of the time. can't see folding at this point. J9: if you c/r this flop to such a committing size, you have to bet jamming all turns. i would just c/c flop and reevaluate turns. 22: if we are raising a limp with 22-66, it's either jam or fold and nothing in between. these hands play very poorly postflop when flatted. i would just check back pre - overbet jamming if i see limping range as very weak, and jamming any limp at 25-30bb stacks and lower.T5s: make a bigger, pot-sized raise on the flop. probably to 350ish. you can jam turns when flatted and checked to on turn. you don't mind playing for stacks on flop. don't be in the habit of just 3x'ing villains betsize when determing your check-raise/raise sizings - raising to 150 here is way less than a potsize bet giving villain great odds to flat/reevaluate.K9: considering just a full house beats us (AK not in his range), river jam looks really good to me. i dont see many players folding 89/QX here. definitely cbet the flop though unless villain is c/r you super-wide.
Thanks man. See You soon.
Hi guys :)Nice to be here againSo as always for me when I start fast track I experience a huge downswing in the same time:) so for me is a standard. beginning of the fast track=downswing for me:) but if I would not experienced downswing I would not tried so hard to improve my game.Around October I decided to not play hyperturbo at least until I rebuild my BR tha hit the bull's-eye. At turbo/normal speed I feel super comfortable and I have the longest experienced in this structure. So I'd like to improve mostly my skills in turbo/normal speed but also I'd like to start to improve skills in hyperturbo. And of course the most important things meta-game, discipline, and setting goals.
Let's start fixing the leaksat 25bb deep my range for 4bet shove is A8+, KJ + and 44+(when opponet is loose 22+) Recently I've noticed that I do this 30bb deep. and on the other hand I make call to 4bet shove with this range. It is too loose in this stack deep.we can expand further this topic How should look like my 4bet or 4bet shove in deeper stack sizes. And what 3bet frequencies should have my opponent to do this. I know that this is a general question, and we should consider this issue in a particular situation, because instead of 4bet we can call it depends on the opponent post-flo play, our image, game flo.
Hand to illustrate this issue. This opponet was spewy so I think I would be shoving in this spot 22-66 and 3b with premium handsNo Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBHero1910 BBmenumorutu1090 Effective Stacks: 27bb Blinds 20/40 Pre-Flop (60, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 80, menumorutu raises to 210, Hero goes all-in 1910, menumorutu goes all-in 880 Flop (3000, 2 players, 2 all-in) Turn (3000, 2 players, 2 all-in) River (3000, 2 players, 2 all-in) Final Pot: 3000 Hero shows two pair, Tens and Fours menumorutu shows a straight, Ten to Ace menumorutu wins 2180 ( won +1090 ) Hero lost -1090
but if I would not experienced downswing I would not tried so hard to improve my game.optimism is such a profitable trait to have as a poker player :)really glad to have you back! hope you are out of the ds soon. so many players in this forum are hyper players now, i'm looking forward to working with a few of you turbo/regspeed guys.
Let's start fixing the leaksat 25bb deep my range for 4bet shove is A8+, KJ + and 44+(when opponet is loose 22+) Recently I've noticed that I do this 30bb deep. and on the other hand I make call to 4bet shove with this range. It is too loose in this stack deep.we can expand further this topic How should look like my 4bet or 4bet shove in deeper stack sizes. And what 3bet frequencies should have my opponent to do this. I know that this is a general question, and we should consider this issue in a particular situation, because instead of 4bet we can call it depends on the opponent post-flo play, our image, game flo.well >25/26 deep i wouldn't be openjamming 22/33. so those would def be hands i'd mr and jam over a 3b. probably KJ as well, as flatting becomes a more viable option the deeper we get (it's already pretty close either way 25 deep) - also less value in jamming with fold equity the deeper we get. AX i would keep the same since the card removal factor is still going to be pretty significant. so basically my range is only changing slightly, but i think that seems about right considering the slight difference in stack depth and the fact i dont think the avg villain plays incredibly different 25 and 30 bb's deep really (some obvious exceptions)...but i mean they def have a 3b bluffing range, still raise a lot of buttons and call wide oop, etc etc. cool?the rest of your 4b question is pretty board, but here are some examples:vs a 25-28ish% 3betting range (and a reasonable 4bet shove calling range) our 4b shove range up to 75bb deep should be:A8o+ A2s+ 22+A2s and A8o have virtually the same equity vs a typical 4b shove calling range. A2o A7o significantly worse - also when we add the additional 72 combinations of A2o-A7o our 4bet shoving range becomes -ev (and they are each -ev individually anyways). does that make sense?33% 3bet 75 deep we can jam all the AX.as eff stacks decrease hands like KQ/KJ become better hands to 4bet shove with so much fold equity.i think the best way to answer this is for you to work out some of the math on your own, will help you to develop a better intuitive undersatnding of what u should be doing here. check out my article "3bet shoving a wide c-r range as a semi-bluff" - in this article i use an ev calculation to answer what fold equity we need to jam a naked flush draw. if you think about it, the way i go about solving this can actually be applied to this 4bet shove situation as well. mess around with the math on it, and if u have any questions get back to me.
44: i woudn't have a non-all in 4betting range here. just jam your 22-AA, a lot of the AX i mentioned above depending on what u think his 3bet % is, KQ and KJ. be careful though, i dont think this is a stack depth that many players really 3bet/fold much at, so unless he's just really out of line i would be pretty hesitant jamming too many hands based on fold equity. just depends on what u think he's up to really.but ya jamming any of your pairs here is really standard. i wouldn't fold any pairs without really great reads that villains 3bet range is super strong (or i have 0 fold equity...i.e. i wouldnt jam 22/33 probably)
Thanks for the reply it really help me . and so on 25-30bb deep it's definitely better to make jam over the 3b than non-allin 4b. I've just throw it away this non-all in 4bet on this stacks deep from my arsenal:)
bet sizingc / r on turn should be bigger. I think If I would make 480 a pot bet he doesn't fold Kx 9x or even flush draw and then on the river we have 1320 pot and I have 860 behind so I can easily make a shove. $10/$20 No Limit Holdem • 2 Players Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBHero$1520.00 SBtomtom980$1480.00 Effective Stacks: 74bb Pre-Flop ($30.00, 2 players) Hero is BB tomtom980 raises to $60.00, Hero calls $40.00 Flop ($120.00, 2 players) Hero checks, tomtom980 bets $120.00, Hero calls $120.00 Turn ($360.00, 2 players) Hero checks, tomtom980 bets $120.00, Hero raises to $260.00, tomtom980 calls $140.00 River ($880.00, 2 players) Hero bets $660.00, tomtom980 calls $660.00 Final Pot: $2200.00 Hero shows three of a kind, Fours tomtom980 shows Hero wins $2200.00 ( won +$1100.00 ) tomtom980 lost -$1100.00
and here I want to ask a question about floating. Against a players who cbet quite often and bets turn with high frequency. What option is better c/r light or floating and take the pot down on turn. When it comes to floating we built bigger pot and we are committed to the pot much more. for me 3b light and flo c/r light are really super concepts and I've working on them. But floating turn is rare for me maybe this is the place where I exploited
A4o:I would tend to view a full pot cbet on 944hh as a relatively strong range, definitely a range that will hate folding to a small c/r.i would just make a v small flop c/r, so that you can have initiative on the turn and not risk having the turn go check/check. plus your flop c/r will be viewed as bluffy occasionally imo - way more bluffy looking than your turn c/r here, which is very face up to almost anyone with a brain imo.i'd just c/r flop to t255 or something.as played, looks fine.
and here I want to ask a question about floating. Against a players who cbet quite often and bets turn with high frequency. What option is better c/r light or floating and take the pot down on turn. When it comes to floating we built bigger pot and we are committed to the pot much more. for me 3b light and flo c/r light are really super concepts and I've working on them. But floating turn is rare for me maybe this is the place where I exploited floating would be a lot better against someone with a lower turn barreling frequency, and on boards where the board texture won't change drastically and we can rep believable hands well after turn goes chk/chk and we lead rivers.example)we flat J9hh oopvillain cbets a A Th 4 flop. we float.villain checks turn a bunch of the time. turn is a 8.river is pretty much anything, we lead 60% of the pot or so and rep AX/TX etc. this is a pretty good spot to float imo. when we are getting 2 barreled a lot, floating is wayyy less of an option bc we have to risk a bunch more with a turn c/r with little equity. also, allowing villains wide range to see turn by floating allows him to realize more equity as well.c/r the flop vs a wide cbettor that barrels turns a lot is going to be much better.follow up with more questions on this, could talk about this forever haha.feel free to ask a bunch of questions towards the end of this month.
OK. So let's say that we float a flo(or flo is just chk chk) and turn brings a flush draw for us. How should look like our optimal play in this spot. I think that when we have a flush draw on an ace, a king or a queen we should lead this turn no matter how agressive is our opponent. of course it depend bc if he make a raise that commit us on the river if we call a turn bet then leading is a nonsense if we have only naked flush draw and not enoght equity to call. I will paste a few hand to illustrate this issue
No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBpilsuhng2050 BBHero950 Effective Stacks: 48bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is BB pilsuhng raises to 40, Hero calls 20 Flop (80, 2 players) Hero checks, pilsuhng checks Turn (80, 2 players) Hero bets 40, pilsuhng calls 40 River (160, 2 players) Hero bets 160, pilsuhng folds Final Pot: 320 Hero wins 320 ( won +80 ) pilsuhng lost -80
In here with straight instread of flush draw(but I think with straight draw I should just c/c it's depend on opponet if he is a tight and he gives up easily then this play should be good and we take a lot river by betting in this spot.And how much should I bet on this rivet just 1/3 or 1/2 of the potNo Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBpilsuhng1610 SBHero1390 Effective Stacks: 28bb Blinds 25/50 Pre-Flop (75, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 100, pilsuhng raises to 250, Hero calls 150 Flop (500, 2 players) pilsuhng checks, Hero checks Turn (500, 2 players) pilsuhng checks, Hero bets 250, pilsuhng calls 250 River (1000, 2 players) pilsuhng checks, Hero goes all-in 890, pilsuhng folds Final Pot: 1890 Hero wins 1890 ( won +500 ) pilsuhng lost -500
Here we have similar situations. I call flo bc I draw backdoor flush and straight and opponent cbet a lot. We are pretty deep so I could lead and call a raise and reevaluate at the riverNo Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBpilsuhng1680 BBHero1320 Effective Stacks: 66bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is BB pilsuhng raises to 40, Hero calls 20 Flop (80, 2 players) Hero checks, pilsuhng bets 60, Hero calls 60 Turn (200, 2 players) Hero checks, pilsuhng bets 100, Hero calls 100 River (400, 2 players) Hero checks, pilsuhng bets 200, Hero folds Final Pot: 600 pilsuhng wins 600 ( won +200 ) Hero lost -200
QJ: looks good, i'd lead turns a little bigger since we are oop and we don't want to give villain such great odds to continue vs us ip. probably leading t55 here.Q8: stab the flop when checked to. it's a flop a thinking player will be c/f a lot in 3bet pots, and you rep a ton more value when you bet the flop as opposed to when you stab a dry turn when checked to.K5: tough spot overall. i'd play it the same and your thought process seems fine.
question about flatting ranges in different spotsfirst spotvillain 4b we are 75bb deep. How should look like our flatting? Of course if we want to answer this question we must answer how it looks like our 3bet range. So that would be something like this A8o+, A2s+, K10+, any pair thats my value range and my 3b light range is bottom of my flatting range. If villain 3x pre I flat or 3b Q8 75s, 64s, 96o etc.I thing that I would 5b shove 99+ AJ+(This is when we are in the first few hands in the match, later I would 4b shove in this spot AQ+ >40bb deep) Another factor is a size of villain 4b. Let's say that villain is 3x pre I 3b to 180 and IF he 4bs something around 360-390 I thing that I would flat any pair(but we don't have enough pot odds for set mining), A2s to hit flush or a flush draw and get it in on flop. And KQs KJSs. If villain bet 420 I fold 22-55 and everything esle is the same.second spot what is our calling range to openshove20bb, 25bb deep vs. a 80% opennig range and first openshove in this stack sizes. vs.a 50-60%ish opennig range10-15bb deep when villain is opening a huge percentage.
I know I've already thanked for our cooperation in the thread "no fasttrack in december". But as always I throw some hands at the end of the month:)
Hand in connection to the question above.How should my calling range look like in this spot?I would fold if he bets something around 180 but when he bets 150 I think that I have good odds to call in this spot. Am I correct?No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$96.32+$3.68 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter BBgalleguito1365 SBHero1635 Effective Stacks: 46bb Blinds 15/30 Pre-Flop (45, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 60, galleguito raises to 150, Hero calls 90 Flop (300, 2 players) galleguito bets 210, Hero raises to 450, galleguito goes all-in 1215, Hero calls 765 Turn (2730, 2 players, 1 all-in) River (2730, 2 players, 1 all-in) Final Pot: 2730 galleguito shows two pair, Kings and Jacks Hero shows a full house, Jacks full of Fives Hero wins 2730 ( won +1365 ) galleguito lost -1365
question about flatting ranges in different spotsfirst spotvillain 4b we are 75bb deep. How should look like our flatting? Of course if we want to answer this question we must answer how it looks like our 3bet range. So that would be something like this A8o+, A2s+, K10+, any pair thats my value range and my 3b light range is bottom of my flatting range. If villain 3x pre I flat or 3b Q8 75s, 64s, 96o etc.i definitely would tighten your 3bet range 75bb deep. Eliminate a lot of the AX. I'd 3bet ATs+ KTs+ QJs 77+. That is 11% of hands, and when you add in the occasional 3bet bluffs and wider value 3bets you should be 14-18%ish overall. A lot of the AX hands you are 3betting just fair very poorly when called postflop. Better AX is 4betting you in a lot of cases, so you are doing very well on AXX boards - but on the vast majority of other board textures you aren't doing great. Villains flatting range realizes equity super well vs a hand like A2s or A8o for example. If by 3bet light range you mean a wider value range, then the bottom of your callling range seems like an ok way to approach it - as long as its more JTs QTo K9s type stuff (and not stuff like A2o).3bet bluffing range looks good. I thing that I would 5b shove 99+ AJ+(This is when we are in the first few hands in the match, later I would 4b shove in this spot AQ+ >40bb deep) Another factor is a size of villain 4b. Let's say that villain is 3x pre I 3b to 180 and IF he 4bs something around 360-390 I thing that I would flat any pair(but we don't have enough pot odds for set mining), A2s to hit flush or a flush draw and get it in on flop. And KQs KJSs. If villain bet 420 I fold 22-55 and everything esle is the same.Just 5bet shove any of your pocket pairs (or fold) - you are not at a stack depth wher eyou can flat/reevaluate with a hand like 66/77 for example. AJ+ looks ok readless.Flatting KQ and KJ in general is going to be ok.second spot what is our calling range to openshove20bb, 25bb deep vs. a 80% opennig range and first openshove in this stack sizes. vs.a 50-60%ish opennig range10-15bb deep when villain is opening a huge percentage. well, i don't really view an openshove as any different from an 80% minraiser and a 60% minraiser - as long as they are openshoving with the same frequency. would call an openshoving 20-25 deep with something like A9s+ 55+ 25 deep, a few more AX and 44 20 deepi assume you mean 10-15 deep when villain is openshoving a huge percentage? if it's really that wide you could use the NASH calling range. check out my article about calling openshoves 12bb deep too.also, i'd recommend reading jhub's thread from beginning to end. lots of range breakdowns by Mers in there. should help you a lot with questions like this.
J5:J5s is too wide even though it's a smaller 3bet size. i'd call with something like 98o+ 86s+ A2s-A8s, a8o A9o, K7s-KQs, Q8s-QJs...rest of middling stuff in there. 4bet shoving A9s+, any pair. postflop is fine