The Well: ikestoys

[ikestoys]

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why are you raising 45o utg+1

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well, it was a situational play. there was one villain who had a vpip above 20, so I was running very, very loose. I was running 33/29, but in the last 35 hands I was prob playing about 45/40.

[ikestoys]

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How old are you? Where do you live? What do you do?

Just some general background really.

Thanks.

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I just turned 21. I go to the University of Michigan and was raised just east of Ann Arbor. I am a biomedical engineering major hoping to get into med school to become a surgeon. I don't really hope to be a pro player for life, I just want to use it as a bridge to live more comfortably as a student.

For extracurricular stuff, I just got done shooting one of the worst rounds of golf I've ever played. I play soccer, in fact I worked out with the varsity squad this winter. I've got an inside track to walk on this fall. I've won a national championship on the collegiate club level.

Meh, I was always really athletic, I lettered in three sports (track,football,soccer) in high school, was first team all-state. I love playing pretty much any sport.

I have a gf and we've been together entirely too long, but I haven't been able to get rid of her yet [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]. She goes to Princeton but I can visit a lot more b/c of poker. Other than that, I dunno, I'm pretty normal suburban kid.

Oh, and I streaked across the field across from my apt yesterday, that was pretty cool

[demon102]

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if my memory serves me right you had a great run a month or two ago at higher stakes and stayed there.

Could you share your thoughts on shot taking?

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So the funny thing is that whenever I moved up I played looser and more aggressive. I played a nitty 19/15 at 100NL. I've played 30/25 so far this month at 5/10. My stats just kept getting looser as I moved up. I think I got looser because I managed to not play with money, but I played with chips.

Also, the villains I was playing against didn't know what the [censored] i was doing while i was running them over. Eventually they adjusted, and that led to a temporary downswing.

As for actual shot taking... just man up when you are playing well (not BBV style chasing losses), play one or two tables and put a tenth of your bankroll on the line. If it goes well, keep playing a couple of tables at most until you are comfortable. Don't play with money, play with BBs.

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This is interesting, you said that u didnt think of it as money but as chips or BBs. I have a problem of thinking of it as money and have wished I could think of it as chips like I do in tourneys so it doesnt effect me emotionally as money does. How are u able to change the way u think of the money you were playing with?

[ikestoys]

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1.Any aha moments?

2.How often do you donkbet the flop when HU, and in what situations (board textures, villains etc.)?

3.What factors do you consider when deciding how much to cbet?

4. How often to you check behind on the flop after being the pfr?

5. How often do you 2nd barrell and when?

Thankyou.

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1.) Nothing conscious really, I just started changing how I play.
2.) Almost never HU. If i hit a set or something multiway I might lead out. Here's the thing tho, as loose as I can play, you won't find me calling raises OOP very often. So I don't have to do donk betting
3.) If I'm cbetting, I bet 3/4 the pot almost everytime so I don't give away the strength of my hand
4.) Not very often but I do. I play a lot tighter if flop is multiway. If villain is c/r happy and I am semistrong I'll check. If I have the deck crushed I'll check behind sometimes. I bet draws all the time.
5.) I double barrel in three situations. First, when a player c/c when I know he plays his big hands with a c/r. Second, when a scare card like a K or A comes on the turn. Third, when I know the villain is a floater. I use my HUD a lot for determining if the situation is good to double barrel.

[Not.Fade.Away]

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The biggest, most general thing I was doing differently is that I was trying to exploit individual players weaknesses instead of just doing what I always did in a certain situation. I would raise nits with ATC, cbet 100% if the villain was a fish who folded if they miss flop. Its really hard to verbalize. I just come up with a plan to beat the table (or one player if he is really bad). If that means I gotta play 19/15 so be it. If that means I gotta play 40/35 (wheeeeeeeeee!), I'll do that too.

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Have you over time developed the ability to adapt to table composition accurately with little info, or do you have lots of hands with most of the players in your game (either due to a smaller player pool or datamining)?

[ikestoys]

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The biggest, most general thing I was doing differently is that I was trying to exploit individual players weaknesses instead of just doing what I always did in a certain situation. I would raise nits with ATC, cbet 100% if the villain was a fish who folded if they miss flop. Its really hard to verbalize. I just come up with a plan to beat the table (or one player if he is really bad). If that means I gotta play 19/15 so be it. If that means I gotta play 40/35 (wheeeeeeeeee!), I'll do that too.

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Have you over time developed the ability to adapt to table composition accurately with little info, or do you have lots of hands with most of the players in your game (either due to a smaller player pool or datamining)?

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Well once you get up to 5/10 you'll prob know about half of the players there very well. After about 50 hands of playing against someone I normally get a general idea of what they are all about. After about 500 i've picked up on some of your tendencies. The most players I've made the most off of aren't transient donks, they are the guys i've played 5k hands against.

[Unknown Soldier]

any plans on making a video?

[demon102]

You said that u didnt think of it as money but as chips or BBs. I have a problem of thinking of it as money and wish I could think of it as chips like I do in tourneys so it doesnt effect me emotionally as money does. How are u able to change the way u think of the money you were playing with? I have a hard time doing that.

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How many tables per stake and how do you think it effects your reads?

[ikestoys]

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any plans on making a video?

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not really, I do have the software and I guess I could drop down to 1/2 for an hour. I haven't really seen any interest in it. If you guys wanted it, I guess I could make one.