Hey guys (and girls!)
I am new to this forum, so i would like to introduce myself first.
I am Michael, 24 years old and i live in the netherlands.
I am currently in college, becoming an Accountant.
I have been playing poker on and off.. total for like a year or 2 maybe.
About 7 months ago i had a few $100 bankrolls, all those 100s got broke. Mostly on tilting in cashgames and tournaments. (got that under control now)
So i had to start being serious about poker and read 2 books, 1 tournament book and poker math that matters.
Both were great books.
Heads Up was always the game i liked the most so thats also were i will focus on from now on. Slowplay makes me tilt and i dont like it.. like when i 'FINALLY' get a good hand at full ring cash.. and lose.. not my thing. When i do cashgames i always do 6max.. but still i preffer heads up way above all others.
So.. recently i put $50 in my bankroll for heads up sng. First i did Turbo's.. went decent.. like almost play even..
Now i am currently doing Super Turbos on Full tilt. I like the software much more then pokerstars.
I am in a losing streak at super turbos at the moment. But i figured; the spot where the most cash flows out of the bankroll is also the spot where it comes in the fastest.
So i just recorded a 10 minute session of Super turbos on Full tilt.
I am doing the 2.50s, i did the 0.50 / 1.00 s before but i like the 2.50s at the moment.
In the video there will be spots like.. a spot i don't know what to do.. call/raise/fold.. u will see me moving with my cursor to call/fold or typing something in the chatbox, as a highlight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu7AQAEYy4g
Hope there's someone with time to review this!
Thanks in advance.. and this is an awesome forum i am gonna be a part of!
Hi Michael,
Nice vid. There are a few things I would have done differently from my experience at the micros. I also have a few questions if you don't mind
Raising every hand 25-18BB deep is a good strat at the micros but some hands like the J4os hand @ 1:06 can be limped. Limping is certainly better than folding long term. With this hand I'm interested as to what plan you had with once your pf raise was called? Getting called on the flop, I would have either shut down on the turn or made a much bigger bet on the turn. Why call villain's reraise on the turn, you have zero equity? That kind of aggression is a red flag unless you have plenty of info on villian. If the board pairs like it did, villain is usually nutted when showing this much aggression and even if not nutted and was bluffing with K high or Q high, you're out kicked. Also in the hand before with the same flop. I would have reraised on the flop to see his reaction. Can't just assume he has an A in this spot because he bets, he rarely has an A here.
@3:00 I would have made it 150 rather than pushing. If villain had a medium strenght hand (910s ,J10os etc) he may call the extra 90 but will ALMOST certainly fold to a jam at this depth.
@4:32 I'm raising any broadway A (suited or unsuited) T50 pre as opponent won't recognise this as strenght and call. Also, I'd be check raising on the turn when the 4 came. You have A high flush and straight draws. Also villain's small bet (20 into 120) at this level is a ''scared/unsure bet''. He would have raised a king( we assume) pf, the K on the river confirms he doesn't have one. He doesn't have A5 or any A as again we can safely assume he would raise pf with any A. So in this spot he has 92,72,102, 103, 93, 83 etc all limp/fold hand pf or he has air. In this case he has a messy two pair but would probably not have seen that river had you cr the turn.
The very next hand (55) is a push for me at the depth, same with 22 . We don't want too many flips to decide outcomes but these don't play well post flop so push them.
@8.20 I would have preferred a check raise on the turn. His 20 into 80 is a perfect ''scared/unsure bet'' and an ideal cr spot.
I hope some of the above is helpful and hopefully somebody more skillful and insightful will do a better job for you than I did.
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
hi took a quick look and jotted some notes for you
first hand bad spot to donk. really strong flop for the SB. we have some showdown and back door draws, much better to check. We want to donk boards that our weak for the SB and one where we dont expect a high cbet %. ***edit, just saw that we min3bt K8o. Much better to flat, min 3bt achieves nothing. K8 is very rarely a 3bt at these depths. Cbetting is likely to be close also, we dont rep much Ax and it is a decent board for villain*** edit
A3o. again no need to donk out and turn our showdown into a bluff. really like the flat pre though
3x sizing with 64o. its debatable as to whether opening this wide is good, and it may be better limped. 3x sizing is pretty bad though. stick to minraises, we can run into problems 3xing it doesnt accomplish much more than a minr but has more downsides.
like the small barrel with J4o on AA7. again debatable as to wether you want to open that wide, but after cbetting we can expect lots of floats in villains range. the small sizing folds out Kx / Qx and loses us the minimum v his value. wp.
however once he x/raises we are calling 80 win a pot of 440 and so need 18% equity. and there arent enough jacks in the deck to make this a profitable call. just give up and move on.
raising 89o. we should be looking to lower our minr% as stacks get shallow. also we have reads here. villain is defending a lot from the BB. 89 is just a limp here.
K7s @ 9bb. either shove or limp. minr is the worst option. villain gets to flat pretty wide and positional advantage is greatly reduce short stacked. cbetting the flop is close too. might be better to check our showdown.
limp A3o @ 13bb. clear shove. we can limp trap with extreme reads that villain iso's wide. we dont have those reads. shove, take the fold equity and you can and will get called by worse hands at these depths. liming also allows hands that might call a shove such as K8o to check.
QJ prefer to x/r turn. be interested to hear what sort of range you put him on on the turn. villains will x/back lots of Ax, Kx and Tx on these flops and we can get value v them on turn and when we overbet shove we can get hero folds from hands that we could have gotten value from on turn.
ATs, we limp deep stacked. we want to have reads to do this. in some reg v reg games or games v villains that have a high iso freq we can limp. but readless we want to be raising this hand pre. certainly if we are raising wide with junk, we need to be raising value. even recreationals will start to 3bt shove over wide minraises.
55 min iso is not good at all. villain is correct to flat 100% and get to play in position. we will always see overcards and villains can play very accurately against us. jamming or raising 3x will be better. prefer jamming personally. as played not a great board to cbet. prefer x/calling one street looking to hit a set or straight draw. when the board pairs it is a terrible spot to donk small.
generally it is bad to bluff when the board pairs. generally it is bad to turn showdown into a bluff. here you arent folding anything with the smal sizing and arent getting value either.
min donks can be inducing which is great for value, bad for bluffs and terrible for thin value
97o @ 13bb. again just limp. no need to minr at this depth with middling hands. bad baord to cbet, two draws, the Q and T hits defending ranges and gutshots / K high will continue. delayed cbet may prove to be better in these spots. when the board pairs, again just give up.
we get called by K high which tells us a little about the player pool. they dont like folding! slow down on the minr and cbet barrels on bad boards.
22 v limp. again dont give villain the chance to flat with 2 over and position. we will have to check so many flops and fold so many runouts. just jam. v limp shove its actually close to being a fold. havent run the numbers, but use icimizer or coffeecalcs to see if the call is good here.
AKs limping without reads. much prefer to raise here, esp if we are raising 94o. suited Ax are better limps than offsuit, so thats summat. but readles, build the pot, induce 3bts by minraising.
J4o open fold @ 15bb.too strong to open fold. Limp instead
82o, like the call on the flop, we can call the minbet on the turn.
minr / call 67s @ 12bb. not good. if you are going to call the allin its FAR better to shove. we dont beat bluffs such as K2s, J8s etc. consider liming or shoving. if you do minr, fold to the jam.
you have an aggressive gameplan which is often good. but try to put villains on ranges and think about why you are betting. you turned showdown into a bluff a few times and bluffed in some bad spots in others.
try to incorporate allin sizings and limps into your repetoir.
good luck.
Thanks for the advices !!
Really helped me! Thanks very much!