The Well: Whale

[BalugaWhale]

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In that 2 months where you went from 25 NL to 400 NL, what were the the things that finally clicked in your head to get you there, in terms of fundamentals?

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1) learning pot control
2) learning when to 2nd barrel
3) reading villains and taking advantage of what I know they have (i.e. vs. a donk villain, if you have 44 and the flop is AA4, and you bet the flop and he calls, I usually just open push any turn cause they're not folding)
4) learning to have a range for a turn c/r
5) Not cbetting into multiple opponents (this helped my game/winrate a ton)
6)value betting the river
7) learning how to induce bluffs (this one is simple at low limits--i.e. c/c when an obvious flush draw busts on the river--and complicated at higher limits--using bet sizes to manipulate what your villain is thinking)

thats all I can think of right now, those are in no particular order

[whodatdare]

Thanks, BW, and could you expand a little on number 4 , please? What kind of range did you find to be effective for your game?

[CaucasianAsian29]

1.Where's the best place to get info on paying taxes for a poker player?

2.What is an approx percentage that poker players should be paying?

3.Did you see Borat?

[iraise50]

study for tax exam its +EV

[whodatdare]

You have a blonde woman inyour left hand, and a brunette in your right hand. Do you choose:

a) left hand
b) right hand
c) put your hands together

[Check_The_Nuts]

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KK UTG, open 4BB, CO calls, BTN calls, blinds fold.

Flop Axx rainbow.

Bet or check? How many callers behind before you definitely check?

Edit: 100BB stacks. Stakes matter?

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Sakes dont really matter, players matter.

I probably would check the flop. If a passive player in the CO bet, I'd just fold. If CO checks, and aggressive BTN bets, I probably call with the plan to check/evaluate turn.

Also, i suppose at higher stakes players are more likely to reraise pf with a strong A.

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Why not just bet out? What other hands besides KK do you check/call check turn with? I find this line turns my hand face up against aggro opponents :/ I still do it occasionally though, especially against passive guys....

[BalugaWhale]

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Thanks, BW, and could you expand a little on number 4 , please? What kind of range did you find to be effective for your game?


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Once upon a time, I would only c/r the turn all in with a set, straight or some other kind of monster (occassionally a really strong overpair depending on the board)
In fact, at low limits this is probably best, because your villains are extremely likely to call when you use stackadonk if they have anything good at all.
However, when you get to 200nl, the TAGs all recognize stackadonk (cause they used it to get to 200nl), so I started c/r the turn with Pair+FD, pair+SD, SFD, NFD, along with the other monster hands I used to. It adds balance to my game and puts other players in a difficult spot for their stack.

[BalugaWhale]

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1.Where's the best place to get info on paying taxes for a poker player?

2.What is an approx percentage that poker players should be paying?

3.Did you see Borat?


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1. not sure, haven't paid taxes on it yet, will shortly
2. no clue
3. Yes, amazing

[BalugaWhale]

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You have a blonde woman inyour left hand, and a brunette in your right hand. Do you choose:

a) left hand
b) right hand
c) put your hands together


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I think you know the answer to this one

[BalugaWhale]

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Why not just bet out? What other hands besides KK do you check/call check turn with? I find this line turns my hand face up against aggro opponents :/ I still do it occasionally though, especially against passive guys....


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Betting out is a pure bluff. If I am called, I have to give up. However, if I am on the button and a pfr and another player check to me, I often bet ATC depending on the board. So, lets say we check, CO checks, aggro button bets with QJs, we call, CO folds. Turn is a J, we check, he usually checks behind, then we can bet the river and gain some value. Just an example, I think betting out is okay sometimes too. This isn't a situation that really strongly affects the level of your play imo.