Fuck It, We'll Do It Live

havnet you been playing poker for a longgggg time?

Good job on realizing your mistakes and capitalizing on your ability too learn more.

Whilst its true you can just dismiss coolers from either side of the table if you're missing profitable situations simply because "your opponent isn't making a mistake" then you're losing value. Accept your set over set as they come, they still count toward your win-rate.

hand 1 i don't know if i agree that u should lead out flop but the turn; against a station beginner player checking after u already checkraised the flop is a huge mistake

passive beginners will do things like check behind with trip 9's (or in this case even a boat) almost habitually because they don't care about missing value, on the other hand they will also call with any hand that might make a straight on the next card

the fact that u checkraised big on the flop amplifies the above tendencies even more i think

on the river when he minraises yeah It's embarassing that he had sick nuts and u had sicker nuts and just called but I think your read that he will show up with absurd nuts there is sound

hand 2 nh

Considering this range {QQ-99,55,A9s,K9s,Q9s,J9s,T9s,92s+,87s,A9o,K9o,Q9o,J9o,T9o,92o+,87o} for villain on the river you are live 87% favorite why not chip it?

I include QQ,JJ,TT cause I saw many players live just call with these hands.

Btw, I would bet turn because the villain has 9x very to often.

I would bet on flop if you have a tight image and are known to lead out on a flop even if it misses you. After that, you can decide whether or not you want it to seem like you were just trying to buy the hand and have decided that what your villian holds may beat you, or just keep barreling. That more so depends on your opponent, how long y'all played together, etc. Then again, don't listen to me.

fyi the phrase is "piqued my curiosity"

its amazing how ppl with years of experience not only playing but also frequent contact with a forum like this where there is so much knowledge laying around, can ignore basic thought process logic for so long

now imagine ppl who dont have access to this

On October 13 2013 16:40 player999 wrote: its amazing how ppl with years of experience not only playing but also frequent contact with a forum like this where there is so much knowledge laying around, can ignore basic thought process logic for so long now imagine ppl who dont have access to this

This represents my competition. The people limp calling preflop raises with J3s from EP, 58o, 4bet shipping pocket 7's into a nit, etc. It's like you wonder how their logic could be so badly broken, and it's because they are helpless, having been completely deprived of learning material. I have an edge on them thats for sure, but not much. My only edge is hand range. I dont play junk, but I'm terrible at playing my "good" hands effectively.

It certainly doesnt help that I've stunted my own development as a player by refusing to put in volume since I play stakes I cant afford. I dont have the discipline to grind small stakes, and I dont have the bankroll to grind midstakes.

On October 13 2013 03:34 tehduper wrote: fyi the phrase is "piqued my curiosity"

thanks, I'm a stickler for these kinds of things.

On October 13 2013 22:26 NewbSaibot wrote:My only edge is hand range. I dont play junk, but I'm terrible at playing my "good" hands effectively

lol no you are way ahead of them in every single category

you also have humility (never before seen in a poker player) which means you probably can handle more adversity than many good players and vastly more than the weak players you're competing with. This is the main skill in live poker IMO; if you lose for a month straight, are you still playing enough better than the casual J3s guys to beat them + the rake? How are your spending habits? If you go on a conceivable upswing, could you see yourself getting a healthy roll and eventually getting rolled for fishy bigger games? Or do you just spend everything you win until you finally lose and bust out?

ur feeling small stakes is pointless may actually be an advantage. You also seem to put yourself in games with very weak players instead of going for the glory.

Fixing the biggest ingame bad habits is much easier and it sounds like you already fixed the worst one

i liked your chances to do well live until you said youre not putting in any volume

1. Make a pact with yourself to keep playing whenever you're winning until you break everyone in the game, you're completely exhausted and cant keep going any longer, or you lose a big pot. This will be hard to do but it will make sure you put in volume and play as much as possible while everyone else at the table is stuck & tilted and/or intimidated by you. (weak players will fold to your cbets much more often but at the same time pay off your huge river bets much more often as well, when you are the big winner in the game - I don't know why but that's what they do and it's awesome)
2. When you lose a buyin (or 2, make a rule) you can book a loss and take a break for the day. This builds good character and minimizes time playing while stuck against fish who booked a win and are playing to the best of their fishy ability
3. Make rules about how much of ur money you can spend if you win
4. Stop checking nuts against passive stations!
5. Take into account the massive rake you're up against and make some adjustments. Also remember that its a huge handicap game when you are doing poorly against ultraweak opponents so it doesn't tilt you as much