****Official End of Year Fixing Our Leaks Thread****

[epdaws]

I've seen leak threads before, and because I was evaluating my 2006 numbers, I thought it might be interesting to attack our leaks as a group.

Here's how it works: I'll start by posting a leak. You respond with specifics on how to fix the leak, and then you post a leak of your own.

Mods, if this is overdone, lock it up, but I don't recall seeing one of these of late.

Leak: When I play 5+ tables I don't read hands nearly as well and I default to autopilot assumptions too often.

[ImsaKidd]

VVVVV good idea epdaws. There was a MSNL thread like this a bit ago.

Leak: When I play 5+ tables I don't read hands nearly as well and I default to autopilot assumptions too often.

Solution: Reduce # tables, work your way slowly up. Get a good HUD setup to replace reads (sketchy).




Leak: Playing too many raised pots OOP, especially from the blinds.

[Sh@i'tan]

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Leak: Playing too many raised pots OOP, especially from the blinds.

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Fold more from the blinds. I'm personally a nit in the blinds b/c this use to be a huge huge leak of mine.'

Leak: acting too [censored] quickly. I HATE the minute after i make a play i immediately go holy [censored] this is pure spew.

edit: cuz i can't read.

[epdaws]

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Leak: Playing too many raised pots OOP, especially from the blinds.

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Fix: Re-raise more from the blinds, then fold more when the table adjusts to you. Select your position at the table carefully based on the aggression of your opponents.

Leak: I love to bluff and abuse known 2p2ers, which becomes a leak when they figure out that I try to pull all kinds of crap.

[orange]

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Leak: I love to bluff and abuse known 2p2ers, which becomes a leak when they figure out that I try to pull all kinds of crap.

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Fix: Continue to play tricky/good, but not spewy. Also try to avoid 2p2ers in general as having a nit at your table sucks up the action.

Leak: I have trouble playing when its folded to me in the SB and as of late, I have been spewing like mad, double barreling/etc.

[wslee00]

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Leak: I have trouble playing when its folded to me in the SB and as of late, I have been spewing like mad, double barreling/etc.

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Tighten up your raising requirements. Don't always c-bet if you feel villain may have hit and you haven't.

[epdaws]

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Leak: I have trouble playing when its folded to me in the SB and as of late, I have been spewing like mad, double barreling/etc.

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Orange,

I'm not going to offer a fix here, as I hope others will. I'm struggling with same. I feel like I have a license to quadriple barrel when it folds to me in the SB.

[valtaherra]

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Leak: I have trouble playing when its folded to me in the SB and as of late, I have been spewing like mad, double barreling/etc.

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Solution: Get a better feel for the opponent to your left.

I always start a session against an unknown to my left by limping into him a few times with ATC to see how he reacts.

Check if he's multi-tabling or not. Single tablers tend to be much more fierce blind defenders.

Keep pots smaller. Try stealing a few times with 3.5xBB raise instead of a 5 or 6xBB raise. Then make a 1/2 pot cbet. Ive found some villains will be disinterested in blind defense for the sake of blind defense when the pot is
6 bb's.

Check PAHud's blind defense stats.

[ImsaKidd]

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Leak: I have trouble playing when its folded to me in the SB and as of late, I have been spewing like mad, double barreling/etc.

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I think this deserves it's own thread. Both when folded to or limped to your SB. I feel like i'm so transparent from the SB.

[ronaldann]

LOL you can't say "as of late" and have that avatar. I crack myself up :-)