**Official** uNL Microbrew Thread - October

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But when you play like a nit, you have to fold like a nit .... that is fundamental!

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Should I maybe loosen up a bit PF? I realize this is a recipe for disaster if my post-flop play isn't solid, but I really hate passive play which is why I cbet 90% of the time and fire a 2nd barrel when I have TP or better on a turn that isn't too scary. Perhaps I should check behind more often (obv this is dependent upon the situation)?

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Thing, here's what I'd suggest you do right now. Focus on big pots exclusively. Don't try to fix every problem in the world all at once, go at them one at a time. So it makes sense to fix the biggest ones first, and those are always the mistakes you make on the turn & river in big pots.

Here's what I do after ever session. Sort all the games I played in PT by net won & lost. I do an EV analysis on every hand where I either won or lose > 50 BBs.

This reveals many interesting things to me. For one thing, it exposes fundamental errors I make postflop. Things like miscounting my pot odds, etc. Basic strategy. But the surprising thing is this is a fraction of the interesting things I find. I have found more leaks in my game by doing the "big pot" analysis than I ever knew I had. And I don't mean things related only to big pots, I mean leaks all over. Things like tilt control. Hand reading errors. Estimating equity given a read. Figuring out the correct play bases on my equity. Everything that can be a mistake is a mistake in big pots, too.