Nah u just running bad keep the faith <3
Yawn.
I mean srsly! I was the big aggressor on all streets. I thought he was drawing. Turns out that all he had was an A on a terrible board for him. He calls? What am I doing wrong?
Thatās a terrible call by Villain on flop and turn, idk what to tell you lol WP
The big flop bet is just never used here in theory, and I think itās a bad size in practice too. Villain had to think your line was just full of it I guess - or misread the suit of their cards.
I think the latter is far more likely, but you did make a pretty big mistake by betting so large on that flop. I like the barrel on the turn even less.
Okay, this is good. Please explain why. I need to know this because Iām clueless in this spot. I thought that it was to be aggressive to protect my hand against a draw but in that spot if thatās wrong then I have no idea.
Should I just assume that he had it and check/fold it? You know, walk away from 3 clubs? Play it slower to extract value from a multi-draw (read: suckout heavy) board against a bigger stack that will felt me?
He called 3.3k pre from out of position. I suppose that would likely take hands like 55 A5 out of his range, but perhaps with bigger stack he puts those back in. T9s probably is in his range. Obviously he keeps calling all those big streets they must be in his range. Then of course any club. And by his range, I don;t mean fishy him, I mean a normal conventional player him.
Will post an explanation next,
but having said the above, Iām probably shoving the turn after small betting the flop - which I think looks stronger - but Iād still be going broke here too. I think that applies to every hand youāve posted so far - I might have played them differently but would have ended up losing more in a bunch of spots.
If you are making mistakes, I donāt think theyāre really making a difference, and these arenāt the hands Iād be looking at to improve.
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Thereās several reasons you often want to use very small sizes on monotone flops:
Firstly, what size do you want to use here with AcKc? Your hand is basically invulnerable, and you really want you opponent to hit a straight or worse flush. That applies to basically all your double broadway clubs, so you have a lot of value hands that want to bet small.
Secondly, what do you do with As2s in your opponentsā position facing a 1bb bet? In theory itās a fold, and it is for most real opponents too. They just have so many hands that canāt continue against any bet on this board.
Thirdly, youāre just not going to get raised by hardly anything other than flushes, and bluff raised basically never. If youāre deeper you probably want to use 1/4 pot instead of 1bb, but Iām not sure it makes much difference. Opponents are very likely to make many more mistakes against a small size than against a large one.
Going large should fold out some middle or bottom pair hands, but you canāt bet large enough to fold out 2-pair+ or anything with decent equity. Therefore youād never want to use a large size with your top pair/over pair hands, and thatās where you have the advantage - your opponent will almost always be the one with more flushes, straights, two pairs, etc.
In this hand, Iād be betting 1-2bb looking for auto-folds and then either giving up or shoving the turn. The problem with betting so small is itās hard to read anything into the opponents timing, because they could be deciding if they can call with junk, or raise with a flush.
He limp called from UTG, there is only fishy him. Youāre mostly wasting your time trying to range opponents like this, but you can often get a very good read on if theyāre weak or strong by using small sizes.
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I have so much to learn. I look at the board and I look at the betting and I think of the likelihood that he has the stuff to beat me and I get told here that I should stop thinking that and just play to his range. Then I think of his range and Iām told not to bother ranging the opponent, just read if heās weak or strong.
And you guys want me to play in your league. i wouldnāt last 3 orbits with you guys. : P
Sorry, saying itās a waste of time to try and range fishy opponents was misleading. You always should be trying to do that - you just shouldnāt be surprised when they show up with hands theyāre not supposed to. Juding if theyāre weak or strong will help narrow things down a lot, and often is more important.
eg In this hand once theyāve called your pot sized bet, it doesnāt matter if they have a flush, a straight, a draw, 2 pair or top pair, theyāve told you theyāre not folding. If you bet small and they snap call, they are usually pretty capped.
I have a request for you - instead of posting hands where you lose, letās see where you have good hands and donāt get paid. I suspect if youāre making mistakes, itās far more likely to be in those spots.
Maybe tomorrow. Iām done playing for today. Didnāt think that today could run any worse than yesterday. Just so you know, Iām not posting all of my suckouts today, only a fraction. Most of them felting me.
I know that certain things Iām doing better. Iām wondering if maybe when trying out new things and new strategies takes oneās game down a notch until one hones the new skills needed for the strategy.
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@napkin_holder personally, I always lose a bunch at first when Iām trying to update my strategy. Weāre managing so many variables playing NLHE; trying to tweak something often temporarily throws off the balance.
For example, a couple months ago I tried to tighten up my preflop ranges and instantly became terrible at MTTs. Iād been winning so much with marginal hands, either bluffing or getting there, that Iād forgotten how to win when simply contesting far fewer pots. I ended up going kind of autopilot and playing fit/fold, leading me to just bleed toward the bubble in a lot of tournaments.
In the past couple weeks Iāve been playing the toughest Ring game players at super high stakes, and Iāve mostly overadjusted to their aggression, costing me a couple hundred million chips. There were 4 hands that totaled over 100M in losses where I would normally have taken a more passive line, but I was determined not to let these hyper-aggressive opponents push me around. Oops.