nlhu sng 18 hands

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I think its too early to raise 92s lvl 1.
Maby my mistake but I play hand 5 for showdown value, problably easily expoitable though...
hand 14 i think hes shoving TT+,AJ+ seems somewhat passive so he likely a good hand. I fold too.
hand 15, he seems a little to passive to get it all in with 99. I just dont think hes 3-beting light. musta had aq or aj. People can get 2 good hands in a row.

[omgwtfnoway]

some good advice here guys, thanks
the 92s raise vs 96o fold is an interesting point. i'll often raise the first hand on the button with a very wide range to build an aggressive image and see what my oppt's reaction will be. i folded the 96o hand because i think it's particularly weak and if i remember correctly i had raised the two previous times i had the button.

[riverspecialist]

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some good advice here guys, thanks
the 92s raise vs 96o fold is an interesting point. i'll often raise the first hand on the button with a very wide range to build an aggressive image and see what my oppt's reaction will be. i folded the 96o hand because i think it's particularly weak and if i remember correctly i had raised the two previous times i had the button.

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When i started out i did this too. A few things you do remind me of how i played just a week ago, namely playing a little tight early on when pf play doesnt matter as much as post flop. What im getting at is that an aggressive image doesnt seem 100% congruent with this. Now i play more loose aggressive and for some reason ive gotten in the habit of trying to limp and fold at least once on the button in the first 3-4 hands just so my opponent can see that i do fold and is more likely to see my constant raising later as just a run of cards.

Im just learning this HU stuff too.

its too nice outside, i have more stuff too say later. Dont worry penguin i see you! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[omgwtfnoway]

if you're opponent sees your constant raising as just a run of cards aren't they more likely to 3bet and or c/r to put you to a tough decision?

[riverspecialist]

my out door adventure ended early. all that fresh air and sunlight....its like poison!

i've been playing on a few different sites and i finally found one i like better than stars. Until now, most of my experience has been on stars. When min betting in unraised lv1 pots i felt like i got played with too often. people would (correctly) draw to anything which i dont like. My style has me usually dragging a lot more than my share of pots (and usually chips). At first when i made min bets people kept showing down wierd hands where they had "overs...to some of the board" and/or back door draws. I dont blame them. Against me, good players might call with just scare card draws and fold equity. I think by betting the pot i am able to get more than my share of the up-for-grabs pots. By the time people start standing up to me the stakes have risen and their light raises and turnbets end up leaving the right ratio of money in the pot and in their stacks so that i can make light 3betpushes or turn check-pushes that typically blow them out of the pot. Probably thinking "hes so lucky, he actually has it this time." Occasionally i do, occasionally i dont and they fold or i get there. Either way i got better results with this.

The more i think about this, the more my thoughts go back to my 3rd rule, when in doubt bet more. In general bigger bets build bigger pots, cut down odds better, force bluffs better and get better info. I think smallball play is more useful for tournaments where survival has value. Perhaps thats why Dans advice appears in a NL book about tournament play and Daves is in a NL book about cash games. I think Daves TPFAP explains why dans rule is right and NLHTAP explains why their rule is right.

Why did i mention that i dont play stars anymore? Maybe im just all around wrong or maybe its irrelevant. Because on the site i play now everyone is so weaktight or gamblecrazy. My style is working even better now AND just to experiment i started halfpot betting just to see what would happen and people folded. Even if i do this 5+ hands in a row!

So in the end, i guess my play is based more on style. But at such a low level maybe we all should just be looking to set up for future bets when the stakes go up rather than worry about and immediate 3 cents of EV.

[riverspecialist]

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if you're opponent sees your constant raising as just a run of cards aren't they more likely to 3bet and or c/r to put you to a tough decision?

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Yes and No. What do you mean by "more likely"? I am not sure what your asking because if i spell out the question as i understand it, it sort of answers itself. Are they "more likely" to test me if they think i am on a run of cards than if they just thought i was a maniac who trys to win every pot? However, the alternative is to not try to win every pot and im not ready to condone that. Which brings me to my next point.
Yes, they are likely to test me eventually...my post above addresses this.