what your range on a player that will push any two cards pre-flop for 100bb? Would you call with any ace/king high hand? Had a new player show up at my usual 1/2 game that was pushing almost every hand.
Range changes depending on your position. Are you asking if it is folded to you in the BB?
was playing 2/5 the other night and one of the players raises to $15 and is re-raised to $60. He quickly folds when it is his turn to act (another player calls). Flop comes 10 high and the guy who folded had pocket 10s. He is about $1,200 deep and the guy who had raise to $60 had him covered.
I can't believed he would fold pre-flop given their stack sizes. I ask him how he could fold given his stack size and his response is he knew he was behind pre-flop. It boggles my mind sometimes. Other guy had QQ.
After grinding online tournaments for years, I read GTA Poker's OP to see what I would need to adjust to if I want to play live cash games (when not playing the tournaments at OLG Slots or Brantford) like xx23 & one other forumer used to do regularly at Fallsview. I'm decent with his keys #5 (tilt) and #8 (odds), but could use improvement in the other areas.
You can't be afraid to bluff and get caught or to make hero calls in the right spots or to showdown crap.
Since I'm used to multi-tabling tournaments with a buy-in of $70 or less, I'm finding it much harder to risk up to $500-$1K cash on one hand of a live cash game, e.g., facing overbet all-in bluffs. I have to keep reminding myself that I have a more than adequate poker bankroll, and that it's okay to make +EV risks of losing my entire stack, and that I can afford a couple more reloads for the maximum. I hear some cash game grinders of being down $2K+ in a session, but they seem to be winning overall. I haven't been bringing enough cash, so I will start having at least three max bullets.
You can't be up $300 or $500 in a session and go into lockdown mode.
Things I have to improve in live cash games include:
- Feeling the need to be up in every single session, and becoming too tight when my stack has grown to ~$1K.
- Hating to be down in a single session and the tendency to stay way too long, even though I'm now playing a "C" game and my table is no longer +EV for me. I mistakenly keep playing "until I get even" or "until I win one more big pot", but I'm more likely to lose money. I need to set a time deadline whether I'm up or down so I can return another day with a higher EV.
- Unlike online, it takes two hours of driving round-trip to the casino for me. I had sextupled my stack quickly and the donators had left, but instead of leaving early since I had a family event in the morning, I feel the need to have long session every time because of the two hours of driving.
- Being too lazy to ask to change tables or seats.
Resolutions: try to make EV-maximizing decisions in live cash games just like I did online, e.g., call overbet all-in, 3-bet light, 3-barrel all-in bluff, all-in overbet including the river, change table or stop playing based on EV. Set a time deadline so I won't play too long.
Blondefish, it's always a great idea to post strategy hands on this forum. I thought this what what you guys wanted more of on here? Some of us (myself anyways) might not get into the discussion, but that's because I'd rather not clutter the thread with drivel as we wait for more experienced players like yourself, Reef and Pkrfce to respond.
They're always interesting reads. Just like this one.
With your description if villain, I am not folding, ever... You are behind QQ, K10 and my fav 10,8. QQ is complete cooler, can you really put his 3 bet pre on either of the other 2?
Oh and why not create new thread instead of adding to GTA's?
With your description if villain, I am not folding, ever... You are behind QQ, K10 and my fav 10,8. QQ is complete cooler, can you really put his 3 bet pre on either of the other 2?
Oh and why not create new thread instead of adding to GTA's?
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Range changes depending on your position. Are you asking if it is folded to you in the BB?
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I can't believed he would fold pre-flop given their stack sizes. I ask him how he could fold given his stack size and his response is he knew he was behind pre-flop. It boggles my mind sometimes. Other guy had QQ.
A6 no good against 810 pre
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Since I'm used to multi-tabling tournaments with a buy-in of $70 or less, I'm finding it much harder to risk up to $500-$1K cash on one hand of a live cash game, e.g., facing overbet all-in bluffs. I have to keep reminding myself that I have a more than adequate poker bankroll, and that it's okay to make +EV risks of losing my entire stack, and that I can afford a couple more reloads for the maximum. I hear some cash game grinders of being down $2K+ in a session, but they seem to be winning overall. I haven't been bringing enough cash, so I will start having at least three max bullets.
Things I have to improve in live cash games include:
- Feeling the need to be up in every single session, and becoming too tight when my stack has grown to ~$1K.
- Hating to be down in a single session and the tendency to stay way too long, even though I'm now playing a "C" game and my table is no longer +EV for me. I mistakenly keep playing "until I get even" or "until I win one more big pot", but I'm more likely to lose money. I need to set a time deadline whether I'm up or down so I can return another day with a higher EV.
- Unlike online, it takes two hours of driving round-trip to the casino for me. I had sextupled my stack quickly and the donators had left, but instead of leaving early since I had a family event in the morning, I feel the need to have long session every time because of the two hours of driving.
- Being too lazy to ask to change tables or seats.
Resolutions: try to make EV-maximizing decisions in live cash games just like I did online, e.g., call overbet all-in, 3-bet light, 3-barrel all-in bluff, all-in overbet including the river, change table or stop playing based on EV. Set a time deadline so I won't play too long.
Putting it in writing makes some people more accountable to themselves, knowing others have read it as well.
Great post Blondefish, great goals to strive for.
They're always interesting reads. Just like this one.
Oh and why not create new thread instead of adding to GTA's?