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Old 07-24-2007, 06:23 PM
threeducks threeducks is offline
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Default Re: Do you win at 6/12 at the Bay 101?

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Captain R, I appreciate you advice here. Thanks. SSH has a very specific application against certain players in certain situations. But, it must be mastered and used appropriately.


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True of all powerful knowledge. That's actually why I don't recommend people read middle-limit books+, until they have the experience, because if you don't understand the full context of what/when/why an author is telling you something, it's easy to misapply it and end up playing really quite badly. There's a fine line between good play and retarded play at LHE. After all, you only have 3 options.

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But, before I can fully use SSHE strategies I need to be a consistent winner using ABC poker.

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ITHE is more ABC than SSHE, but they're both pretty basic books.

And before TT jumps down my throat claiming I said something I didn't, I'll make it clear -- Yes, I think SSHE is a great book for postflop play. Jesus-f'ing-Christ.

I do actually think the section on different types of preflop hands is also pretty valuable, and the best treatment of them I've seen in print anyway. Stuff where they talk about the different types of hands (Big pairs, big broadway cards, suited big broadway cards, small pairs, suited connectors, etc.) is really valuable for a new player, because it forms the basics of how/when you want to play those hands.

So it's a great book all around.

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My take on SSHE when I first read it was that the post flop play section was the best that I have read for low limit games. I still believe that. The section on Evaluation the Flop is excellent. I have few qualms with the book. I am not good enough to criticize it in any way.

Y'day I reviewed the section on Betting for Value on the River. The I remembered a hand that I had just played at 6/12 that I checked the river but I should have bet. That was a mistake straight out of SSHE pages 194-196.

Paraphrased - read the book for details.

1) if you are going to call a bet then you should bet if first to act.

2) against loose players bet your hand for value.

3) against tight player you can not bet for value so you need to check marginal hands.

I know that this is B&M and this belongs in the Small Stakes area but I would like to make a point about the book.

The button is a loose player who plays a bunch of hands. He was just called a donkey when he was UTG and cracked KK with J3s. He might have tightened up because of this.

I am BB with Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. One limper MP, OTB limps, SB completes, I check.

Flop: J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 sb)

SB checks, I check, MP checks, OTB checks.

Turn: Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 bb)

SB checks, I bet, MP folds, OTB calls, SB folds.

River: 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 bb)
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