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TBB United States. Mar 27 2010 00:43. Posts 781 | | |
Hey LP...a friend of mine plays a decent bit of online poker, and isn't too great. He has potential to be a decent player, but kind of still has a gambler's mentality about the game, similar to what many of us had when we first started playing (i.e. poor bankroll management, going up stakes to recoup losses...). I'm going to start teaching him poker from the ground up, and I need your help on where I should start, and how to influence his mentality about the game. He's basically your average fish - when I watch him play his cards seem pretty face up. He's somewhat passive preflop, and doesn't want to scare people out of a hand when he's got a monster. I'm definitely going to have him read the bankroll management guide here, and maybe a couple more articles, if there are any you would specifically recommend. I'm obviously going to have him learn ABC poker, and to treat EVERY situation as standard until explicitly shown otherwise, in addition to proper preflop ranges to be playing, etc. He at least somewhat knows preflop ranges, though. I'll probably end up making a few Camtasia videos of my sessions for him, but I would like to see if there are any specific videos any of you could think of that would help a beginner. If you have any other opinions on how to start up with teaching someone, let me know.
I appreciate the help, LP.
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Jas0n United States. Mar 27 2010 03:26. Posts 1866 | | |
give him $40, start him up at NL2, and tell him to raise JJ+ and AQ+. cbet full pot if he hits, 2/3 pot if he misses. limp/call to setmine with 22-TT. basically very simple ABC poker. |
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id go the opposite direction and advice to cbet fullpot when he doesnt hit and smaller when he does. They fold so very much more vs fullpots. |
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Etherone Canada. Mar 27 2010 09:29. Posts 753 | | |
| | On March 27 2010 07:16 auffenpuffer wrote:
id go the opposite direction and advice to cbet fullpot when he doesnt hit and smaller when he does. They fold so very much more vs fullpots.
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i agree with this, also if u are going to go the 2/3 pot route, u should make it 1/2 pot, because they fold the same amount times to both.
edit: actually i dont agree with this, because to have his pot sized bluffs be profitable they need to work more than half the time, and a complete fish will not be able to identify the boards he should or should not be cbetting when he misses. so go the 1/2 pot or 3/4s route, and i personally prefer the 1/2 pot because it needs to work only 33% of the time as opposed to 43% |
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