I think the deck hit me in the face today or something. I mean insane! I wish I knew how to post my PT screen(DODGY help me!).
Hands-1208 VPIP-16.8 Won-853 BB/100-35.31 PFR-14.4 TotalAF-4.94
I dont want to get ahead of myself, but I feel it coming together, yet there is so much room to grow. I feel I am playing my A game yet my game isnt near as tight as it can be. Like I said I will be rereading Sklanskys masterpiece Theory of Poker as I want to get a real handle on EV and Implied Odds and much much more. What a sick day though. I credit it to the three bet and my hyper aggression. Also I caught some nice cards. Here is the light 3 bet paying off.
Ok so not so light but a nice aggro play from the BB. Villian is 20/15/1.75 and actually seemed pretty solid. I saw him on multiple tables with deep stacks. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1281778
Literally next hand, http://www.pokerhand.org/?1281781 honestly I got fortunate in this spot but I doubt I et this action without my 3bet the hand before. So sick!
Here is a hand I am unhappy about. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1281784 is there any reason why I dont value bet the river? I had a note on Wild and after I read it I had him square on AQ only problem is I didnt know what Bana could have in this spot as he was an 80/5/1 donk. I think i have to bet this river and extract value and if Banana hit the 5 that is just my fate. As it turned out the 5 was my out and I didnt even know it.
One more tough spot. Villian is 45/14/1.2 http://www.pokerhand.org/?1281788 I feels so weak dumping to his min raise but his range has me crushed. Is a better line to check call and see what the turn action is?
This is just to show that every hand didnt go my way.http://www.pokerhand.org/?1281793 I did make the right call here though. I am learning to trust my instincts more and I just didnt see him touching this flop and felt I was best plus I had the backup gutter if I wasnt.
One last thing. This is a an awesome quote from Bobby Baldwin out of Sklanskys TOP.
"If you are an excellent player, people are going to draw out on you a lot more than you are going to draw out on them because there simply going to have the worst hand against you a lot more times than you have the worst hand against them." Now in Sklanskys words, "As Baldwin implies, expert players do not rely on luck. They are at war with luck.They use their skillz to minimize luck as much as possible."
That is something to chew on and think about when you get badbeat.
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4 comments:
I like way you played every hand. I wish there was more to say!
Yeah, I think it's time to re-read Theory of Poker for me, too. It was written from a limit poker POV, but if memory serves, a lot can be extrapolated to big bet poker.
Hand 1: I'll mix up calling and 3-betting preflop, but I think I'm coming around to 3-betting a lot more. If he's got a king, would you expect him to raise the flop?
Hand 2: Yikes on Beanzer!
Hand 3: Yeah, I agree with you on this, you should bet the river. I would have been much more wary of the middle flop card pairing, but the bottom one pairing is often a hidden out for an overpair.
Hand 4: I make a lot of c-bets when an ace flops (even a scary board like this one) because it's hard for villain to call without an ace, and because I want to get paid when I have an ace...i.e., play it the same way whether I miss or hit with the ace on the board. This may not be correct, but I don't mind your bet at all. I could see going for a check/call, but I don't think you're getting paid a ton if you hit your gutshot.
I like a value bet with the KK on the river......but it's easy to say that after the showdown. That said I think these are all well played hands.
Good job.
Great stuff with the Sklansky quote.
I don't see what's so bad about checking the KK on the river. Maybe I'm results oriented but when two guys call you down that far and you just have one pair...if it's heads up you bet that in a heart beat but multiway is a lot trickier.
Pete
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