Is is really that easy?
 

When I started to play the HU turbos I tried to outplay my opponents. 3 barrel with nothing, slowplaying, bet flop and check turn with toppair, checkraise bluff the turn.
I had only marginal results. Still 61% winrate from 11.5-34$ turbos but nothing to be proud of.

Then I encountered that I am suffering from a disease:

The fancy play syndrome or FPS for the scientists [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

But I found the cure:

Its a pill from the pharmaceutical company VB. VB stands for

Value Betting! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Since I take this pill before playing the first HU SNG my results are surprisingly good!

It is really that easy?

slimbob

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

for you it coulda been

leave those moves for occasional use, theres no bonus for outplaying your opponent.

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

Depends on the opponent.

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

against players at the lower limits you don't need to be too
tricky. Value betting at these limits will in fact be your bread and butter.

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

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against players at the lower limits you don't need to be too
tricky. Value betting at these limits will in fact be your bread and butter.

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Why didnt you told me that before? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I woulda shared my 1000$ win with you... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

I still pull tricky moves at those limits, but they typically aren't bluffs, they are instead weird value bets of which lower limit players get suspicious. For example today I bet the flop the pot with a pair but it wasn't that strong, so I checked the turn and he checked behind. Now he's shown a lot of weakness so I represent a bluff by betting the full pot on the river and he ends up calling me with A high. This happens a lot at the lower levels, because if a weaker player represents weakness he expects someone to act accordingly.

PS I'm pretty drunk so that might have been a ramble, I'll check it out tomorrow.

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

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I bet the flop the pot with a pair but it wasn't that strong, so I checked the turn and he checked behind. Now he's shown a lot of weakness so I represent a bluff by betting the full pot on the river and he ends up calling me with A high.

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Thats what I said: Value betting. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Up 240$ today! life is good.

slimbob

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

yes it's that easy lol

Re: Is is really that easy?
 

I find I have a higher win rate playing $100hu matches and up. I play a TON of $5-20 matches bc half the time I am on the phone or surfing the net. However, these lower limits require you to play straightforward poker. The morons dont know that a check raise means strength, so I never checkraise bluff. If I raise pf and an ace hits I always bet bc 90% they will fold. If an ace doesnt hit, I wont cont. bet bc they will call me down