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Old 11-09-2007, 08:46 PM
Apanage Apanage is offline
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Default Re: I canīt play truly shorthanded poker

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Yeah sample size is an issue here. You also have to play very well HU and table select really well to beat lower stakes HU.

Also, I have a lot of respect for your game so I mean no disrespect with what I'm about to say. It seems like you're going to need some rather large changes from your normal game to succeed very short-handed. The way you post pretty much make you sound like the posterboy for ABC TAG and you'll probably need to LAG it up quite a bit to make money 2-3 handed. Constantly stealing and defending with very marginal hands doesn't sound like something you're used to given your current style of play and this is can be quite difficult to learn. If you're a cardrunners member try taking a look at a few Scneids videos where he plays very short and see how far from your play his is.

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Youīre so right about my flaws.Iīm a sitting duck for a good LAGTAG.
But that is mostly a postflop story.
I do defend 60% of my hands against a standard TAG/LAGTAG button steeler.I do defend 85% against a SB stealer.
I steal 40+ from button and 30% from CO.
I do have very good BB/100 numbers from BB.
But even if I do all those things I mentioned above I mainly play in loose passive/aggressive games and that means that I donīt play enough hands in stealing situations even If I feel I play them correctly preflop.

But something changes when it is 3-handed and I canīt put the finger on it.It seems to me that the game doesnīt play the same as it would have been if it is folded to the button in a 5max-game.
For example do you only raise 40% of your hands from button 3-handed?
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