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Think equity and improve your non-showdown stats |
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The Dean United Kingdom. Aug 31 2012 13:38. Posts 2 | | |
One of the biggest leaks (perhaps the biggest) in losing and break even poker players cash games is having a poor non-showdown win total. Most decent online grinders do well at showdown because they usually have a playable hand. However it is the non-showdown winnings that often cause the problem and this highlights what has become known as the “red line”. This is the line in PokerTracker and Holdem Manager software that shows us how much money we are winning without going to a showdown.
As you play tougher opponents then your showdown winnings will decrease simply because better players will pay you off less when you have big hands and they will usually have big hands themselves when they stack off. This is why many players struggle to make money when they play higher levels. This is because their non-showdown winnings are wiping away their showdown winnings and so profits are not amassing.
There is really one big fundamental problem with why players have poor non-showdown winnings and it is basically because of placing money into the pot and then folding……it is that simple. If you win the showdown then you are not affected and if you fold pre-flop then you are not affected. So the lesson is clear and it is that when you decide to play a hand then you either want a lot of players to give you implied odds or you want to isolate and play the hand aggressively.
If you play better hands pre-flop and select hands with better equity then your non-showdown winnings will escalate and you will become a winning player. In full ring games for example then you really do not want to be playing poor hands because you will simply place yourself into too many tough spots post flop. Situations where you either have to run through multi-street bluffs or weakly give up is not very strong poker.
There are other areas as well in which we can improve our game but we need to start thinking about playing post flop when we play pre-flop. Unless you are receiving very good implied odds then you ideally should be looking to either fold more hands instead of limping or isolating against a single player. This alone will do wonders for your non-showdown winnings because you will be folding more of your junk, playing tighter and more playable ranges and getting yourself into fewer tricky spots post flop.
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ty for the tips Mr. Nadal.
btw, any tips to improve my backhand slice? |
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