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I don't expect them to have a big hand anyway, so what I want is for them to limp/call OOP and then get owned postflop
FWIW raise a little more pre and hopefully someone raises u with worse
ul next race please )
More likely going to see hands that have you in bad shape the majority when you just jam
But, yeah, I wouldn't open shove after 2 limpers.
They've only committed 1xBB so far, they aint gonna stick in another 27xBB without a very strong hand.
I know we miss the flop a lot Donk, but they miss the flop just as often too, and we almost certainly have the best hand V a l/c range and have position on both limpers.
AK is firmly in my raise/get it in range, even if one of the limpers rejams (I saw people doing the old limp/raise from early position with things other than Aces or Kings).
Out of interest, what hands would be in the jam range?
everything else is either call or raise/fold
Our raise/get it in range would be interesting. I think it changes between the person who did put us in (and others yet to act obviously) and both limpers, and we can probably split ranges for open limp and limper as well.
Against the former I like AQ+ TT+ against a thinking aggressive player, with 99 maybe in there. That might be a too tight calling range actually, would like to hear comments.
Now against the limpers, well I saw one fellow in this comp limp/3bet a few times, but that was earlier on. He had QQ and AKo the times he showed. Against the first one I might be as tight as QQ+ AK+. Against the second limper I probably revert back to the earlier range. Stack sizes really matter here as well.
By raising you need to play the streets and evaluate but thats just poker
Kinda prefer GII range - this was 9 handed though with antes
V open limp QQ+AK
V over limp JJ’s+AQ+
Cold 4 bet JJ+AK+ v thinking aggro
KK/AA versus old man who never played a hand
Deffo agree that you need very specific conditions to jam AA/KK against open limp UTG
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Dunno how I've managed to keep forgetting to put this in my diary but we got tickets around Christmas time to see Derren Brown's latest live show in Oxford so me and Emma will be going to see him tomorrow night
On a poker topic, night off the cash for me I think, I'll be playing the ME and Mini and see if there's any other MTTs that take my fancy.
Seems very standard to me raise get in, just win flip next time think u played it fine
Sounds like could have gone either way but good run still, better luck next time cheers for the report
Played the £2.20 rebuy £400 GTD - It got 92 runners, and I was doing great the whole way, was down to 18 and I was chip leader (stacks are shallow in this though), 12 get paid, £120 FTW, I lose 2 flips within 3 mins and end up finishing in 14th. Hate them kinda finishes, rather go out first than runbad near the bubble and bust. On the upside, I went outside for a smoke on the break, and I'd forgot it was the add-on break too lol, so saved £2.20 there
Played the ME and mini, doubled up fairly early in the ME, not all in one go, just a collection of picking off small pots. Then managed to bust just before 9pm, was feeling pretty sigh and wasn't doing great in the Mini anyway so ended up doing a questionable (lol) 3bet ship with 96s BB v a BTN open, called by 7s and lost.
So that's £20.90 down on MTTs.
Loaded up 6 cash tables and ran pretty sick, just constant sets, smashing flops, getting paid, loads of premium pairs. The only time I can recall losing with a premium pair was when someone flopped a set V my AA. I did also lay a pretty sick cooler on someone, how disgusting is this river for the villian....
Bankroll: £1,741.30
Poker Points: 5273 (£94.91)
Also think oppo is passive and there are so many hands he will just flat call with (trip 9s, flushes, 2prs) that he would be willing to call a much bigger bet with. Obv got super lucky here by taking him to coolerville.
Something someone said to me ages ago is 'stop thinking people all make perfect decisions'. I agree it's a real push for anyone good to raise me here with worse, but
1) that doesn't mean they're good and won't raise with worse.
2) I want the max value when they just call (I wasn't expecting a raise)
We don't need to worry about being balanced in these and so many live players convince themselves it must be a bluff and call or even stack off.
I'll never forget a hand where i completed in the sb with ace rag suited and backdoored a flush after it had been checked round on flop and turn
I led out into the £5 or £6 pot for £60 and got shoved on by UTG who had checked every street with... AA
I miss that game
@Rancid -Nah, no blocks, I'll reply to your PM in a sec.
He's asked for no spoilers to be given as it will ruin parts of the show so I'll adhere to that, but I can say that it was a fantastic show. At one point he did want a poker player up on stage so asked any poker players to put their hands up, there was only about 10 of us but sadly I didn't get picked.
Due to the 'no spoilers' thing I can't say too much but yet again Derren Brown doesn't fail to impress. I understand at a very general level how he does a lot of what he does, but some of the 'events' just left me speechless. Definitely worth going to see if you can still get a ticket!
Well I did say a very general level lol... but a lot of his stuff relies on the power of suggestion, and implanting ideas into people's heads. Like obv he's not a mind reader, he's just getting people to think what he wants them to. Obviously that only applies to some of his 'tricks', some of them I have no idea.
A lot of it is based on suggestion, do you find yourself being taken in by things on the way in to the event etc..
Did you notice signs, colours, music etc..
Brown is a freak !
People often say that poker books are outdated these days and while I do agree to an extent, they are still a great way of establishing some solid fundamentals in your game.
So here is my very small collection of poker books...
In order of when I got them...
Winner's Guide To Texas Hold 'Em - This was the first poker book I ever got and I got it from my brother for Xmas when I was about 17. This is one book I can definitely say has slightly outdated parts to it, and does largely reference Limit Hold 'Em, probably because it was published so long ago that it was the game of choice at the time. Still has some very useful information though.
The Theory of Poker - Very tough going in parts but I'd say it's a must-read for anyone that wants to take the game seriously. On my first read, there was just so much that I didn't take in and probably wasn't ready for at the time but a 2nd read through years later has made me appreciate it a lot more.
Winning Poker Tournaments... Vol 1 & 2 - Great books imo. They are essentially just a collection of HHs from 3 very successful online MTT grinders, explaining their thought processes throughout every hand. The 2 books combined deal with everything from the first hand of a tournament to playing HU ftw.
Every Hand Revealed - Not a strategy book as such, and probably isn't going to improve your game a huge amount but it's very interested to get an insight into Gus Hansen's mind. 10/10 for entertainment value.
Kill Everyone - The latest book to my collection, bought for me on my last birthday by Emma. Another really good book, again in parts it can be tough going and sometimes feels like there's a bit too much to take in when it comes to things like trying to work out basic ICM calcs in your head, but it's well worth putting in the work to take in the information.
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Next on my list to buy... Vol 3 of Winning Poker Tournaments: One Hand at a Time. Also The Mental Game of Poker 2 which will no doubt be worth it's weight in gold to anyone who has a penchant for playing their C game way too often.
read the 1st page of the post not the rest, just wondering how your progressing with the heads up sngs
as i used to play hypers and break even point was about 53% due to rake which is dueable but teadiace.
+ why have you gone for the 50bi rule
2 be honest its player dependant as 50bi rule would help if you where a lag but tite nit can push 20-25 buyins.
i personally stick to 25 buyins and if i lose 5 i step down but yeah hope you get there if your not all ready there.
Yeah Kill Everyone and Winning Poker Tournaments... are both great books.
I don't play HU SnGs anymore, I've chopped and changed the format I play ALOT since the 1st page of this diary, and have pretty much been through every game you can play.
For the last probably 7-8 months I've been playing mostly cash, with the odd few MTTs chucked in. I dunno if you're talking about a BI rule for Hypers or cash...
To be honest, I think with regards to BRM, it's mostly down to the individual to an extent, although if you wanna take the game seriously and stay in the game to consistently make money, then you need to be nitty with BRM. If you don't care about going bust, then within reason, really you can do whatever you want,
FWIW, I aint a tight nit but even tight nits still experience downswings where AA never holds etc. Just in April alone at 30NL I've had a few sessions +£200 and a few -£200 (give or take). If I only had 20 BIs (£600), then losing £200 in one session would feel pretty brutal. I could always step down at that point, but if I can beat 30NL to the same standard I can beat 20NL then obviously we don't wanna put ourselves in a situation where we have to move down.
Does also kinda depend on your mental abililty, some people will have £200, lose £50 in one night and can sit down the next night, completetly refreshed ready to play their A game again, whereas some will sit down the next night thinking 'I lost 25% of my BR last night, I HAVE to win tonight' and play badly. I'm somewhere in the middle of them 2 examples, and having a bigger BR means I find it easier to shrug off losses.
As I move up to 50NL and 100NL, I'm gonna need to be even nittier with my BRM, and when/if I am consistently grinding 100NL and withdrawing regularly, then I'd want at least 150 BIs for the level.