|
|
#11
07-12-2007, 04:35 PM
|
|||
|
|||
Re: The Well: ama0330
1. Is there a big difference between 25 and 50NL? 50NL and 100NL? 50NL and 25NL seem about the same to me. Haven't tried 100NL yet.
2. Any aha moments where things just clicked? 3. How often do you stone cold bluff the river with a missed draw? 4. You kind of answered this above but do you do any sort of range / combo math analysis while playing? There was a span where I played 2 tables, focused on putting villains on ranges and trying to calculate on the fly combos and combos I was ahead of and just gave up. I think I've got a good intuition now and just go with it. 5. How do you play against a very aggro villain who keeps 3betting your raises? Usually I try to figure out if my hand is ahead of their range and shove or play back hard on the flop. 
|
|
#12
07-12-2007, 04:38 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: The Well: ama0330
[ QUOTE ]
Low suited connectors in position? Approx % of call/raise/fold? Do you ever just preflop call with AA in micro stakes? What do you do against the minbet with a draw? with TP? with a big hand but air? [/ QUOTE ] Depends on what I am trying to achieve. If I am trying to stir things up and get a really loose image going, I'll 3bet anything down to 56s. If my image is already really bluffy, then I'll just call and hit a flop, because 3betting would be -EV as my villains have probably tightened up, and are willing to play with me more. I would very very rarely fold suited connectors to an opening raise, almost never. I can say with absolute confidence that I have never, EVER smooth called AA in my poker career to date. I think once heads up in a tournament, but never at a cash table. Minbet with a weak draw I will call with odds because there is a good chance your villain will just overcall and you are screwed on a blank turn. Just play straight pot odds here, I see SO often the minbet-overcall on co-ordinated boards. With TP or a good draw I will raise, but sometimes with TP against a really bad villain I will call and then bomb a brick turn, just because you dont know how many outs he might have and being minbet re-raised sure would suck on a t[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] board with AT. Obviously with a big hand I will raise for value. I would rarely just call because if he folds to the raise he wasn't calling anyway and you are gipping yourself out of monies by not pot-building.
|
|
#13
07-12-2007, 04:46 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: The Well: ama0330
[ QUOTE ]
Thanks for doing this! I have a few questions. Let's assume no reads for any situation. 1) How do you play mid-range pairs (8's - Jacks) OOP pf to a raise? [/ QUOTE ] OK so here, you mean from the blinds, because I raise all PP's from all positions preflop. I generally just call these hands in the blinds and setmine. Once you miss your set you have no hand, so it becomes "can I bluff this guy". If you can, then go for it (float, cr the cbet, whatever) but if you cant, there is no shame in check folding. [ QUOTE ] 2) What about calling in position with a low pocket pair (i.e. villain raises 4xbb and you call with 66) and the flop pairs. For example: I hold 66 and call a 4xbb raise in position. Flop comes 10 10 4 and villain bets. [/ QUOTE ] Here I will often float, and sometimes just fold. If I float, I will see if my villain checks the turn. If he does, I might bomb it for 3/4 and see what he does. If I check it through, and he bets the river, I'll take a look at his PFR and his AF and decide whether he'll bet this river with a worse hand like AK and look him up. Dont be afraid to just fold here though, there is no shame in just letting 66 go on this flop if you feel uncomfortable about floating/playing multi-streets in the dark. [ QUOTE ] 3) How the hell do I play combo draws? Let's say middle pair with the 2nd nut flush draw. Or 4 to the straight with a pair. In position and OOP? Do you donk OOP? What to do if you get a call and the turn bricks? [/ QUOTE ] Any draw with 11 or more outs can be taken to the felt on the flop. This is basically FD + something else (but not a naked FD, only 9 outs there). Get the money in as FAST as possible. Donk OOP absolutely, raise IP, just get that sucker all in at once. OESFD's are just magic, I also love pair+fd. I see that flop and just want to open-push [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] If the turn bricks, I make a quick equity calc versus his range and go from there playing straight pot odds. But usually I'll have no money left by the turn [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
|
|
#14
07-12-2007, 04:47 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: The Well: ama0330
[ QUOTE ]
Yo .... Poker story so far ? And what are your thoughts on The Ama Theorem these days (sorry, couldn't help myself [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ) [/ QUOTE ] I'll post my story a little later, and the ama theorem is still valid to an extent but it has less merit than I thought it did when I wrote it [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
|
|
#16
07-12-2007, 04:57 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: The Well: ama0330
Thanks ama! Much appreciated! Especially the advice on combo draws. I think I've been playing them too passively. Thanks again.
|
|
#18
07-12-2007, 05:02 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: The Well: ama0330
[ QUOTE ]
I'm glad to see you do this ama. I respect your opinion and contribution in uNL (one of the few). And I wish you luck at SSNL. I'll see you there shortly. [/ QUOTE ] thanks! [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [ QUOTE ] 1) what do you think of my advice to posted hands in uNL? [/ QUOTE ] To be honest I don't know, but that is a good thing because I only remember people who post terrible advice or are a-holes. So you're doing fine! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [ QUOTE ] 2) How many BB/100 did you have at 25/50 NL? over how many hands each? [/ QUOTE ] I will post some lifetime stats a little later, but over too many freaking hands I was 4ptbb/100 at both 25 and 50. Then I went back and re-tooled my game and I'm more than double that now. [ QUOTE ] 3) Will you consider doing a video of 50 NL and posting it in uNL? [/ QUOTE ] I may do this soon, I'm quitting my current job shortly. [ QUOTE ] 4) How often do you push big combo draws in 50 NL with little FE (basically do you like to gamb00l)? [/ QUOTE ] Any draw with 11 or more outs on the flop is going all the freaking way. [ QUOTE ] 5) What's the range and most obvious hand this villain has at 50 NL: effective stacks $50, no reads: Preflop:(0.75) Villain (UTG) calls 0.5, all fold to us in BB with AA raise to 2.50, Villain calls 2.00 Flop:(5.25): T62 rainbow Villain leads for 3, Hero raises to 9, Villain pushes all-in [/ QUOTE ] He either has a set, two pair, or a top pair kind of hand. I would expect him to show up with a set most of the time, but I see ATo here a lot too. FWIW I would probably get it in here, but this is one example of where I feel a bit ill about our situation! [ QUOTE ] 6) same flop except we're btn and villain calls. Flop: (5.25) T62 rainbow villain check, Hero bets 3, Villain pushes all-in. [/ QUOTE ] Here, I feel like villain is much weaker than he is in the first hand because IMO cr is a much weaker move from most villains than a lead. A lead is usually "wow I like that flop" and a cr is usually "im trying to outplay you". Of course this is 100% read dependant. [ QUOTE ] 7)Show us one of your latest hands at 50 NL that confused the hell out of us. Give us your thinking all along the way. It would be good if you had meaningful stats/notes on villain. [/ QUOTE ] How often do you think you'd be ahead here [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 5 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter) SB: $53.50 BB: $75.82 UTG: $175.96 CO: $50.00 Hero (BTN): $51.95 Preflop: Hero is dealt 5  5 (5 Players)UTG folds, <font color="red">CO raises to $2.00</font>, Hero calls $2.00, 2 folds Flop: ($4.75) 9 4 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 Players)<font color="red">CO bets $3.00</font>, Hero calls $3.00 Turn: ($10.75) 8 (2 Players)<font color="red">CO bets $7.00</font>, Hero calls $7.00 River: ($24.75) 9 (2 Players)<font color="red">CO bets $14.00</font>, Hero calls $14.00 Pot Size: $52.75 ($2 Rake) CO had T J (three of a kind, Nines) and LOST (-$26.00)Hero had 5 5 (a full house, Nines full of Fives) and WON (+$24.75)Perfect example of working the image, I had just been hounding on this guy the whole session, putting him under constant pressure. Everyone cracks eventually [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] This one is against Gelford, my basic thought process is "gelford is a fish" lol jk Party Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter) SB: $49.52 BB: $60.70 UTG: $50.00 MP: $65.35 CO: $43.28 Hero (BTN): $63.75 Preflop: Hero is dealt 5 4 (6 Players)3 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $2.00</font>, SB folds, <font color="red">BB raises to $8.00</font>, Hero calls $6.00 Flop: ($16.25) Q 7 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)<font color="red">BB bets $9.00</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises all-in to $55.75</font>, BB folds Pot Size: $81.00 [ QUOTE ] 8) What do you do IRL (work)? [/ QUOTE ] Im a graphic designer by trade. [ QUOTE ] 9) What are your other hobbies? [/ QUOTE ] Dont have that many but do love to play basketball! I'm getting into investment at the moment too, real estate, stock market etc etc
|
|
#20
07-12-2007, 05:06 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: The Well: ama0330
[ QUOTE ]
This one is against Gelford, my basic thought process is "gelford is a fish" lol jk [/ QUOTE ] No you're not, you actually thought I was a fish [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (Hell, perhaps you're right ??? )
|
 |
|
|
Linear Mode
