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Rospone
Joined: 30.06.2023

Hi, I thought to write here what I learnt from playing few months on stars NL2 and NL5. I am writing some questions and my attempt at answering them. Any feedback is appreciated :f_biggrin:

1) I 2bet preflop and Villain (V) calls IP. We both have 100BB. The flop is something like 2s 7h 8h. V checks, I bet half pot or more and V raises. What is V range?

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In my experience V has almost always a set here. I would fold TPTK and overpairs. This is particularly true if V is a reg. The only exception is if V is aggressive or maniac. I think that people tend to play very passively any draw at small limits.

2) Do you go all in with AK preflop?

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I happily 3 and 4bet with AK but I fold to an all-in normally. I feel that 10 years ago preflop ranges were much wider. I would happily push AK and JJ+ and find a lot of random hands.

3) Is zoom play less profitable than regular tables?

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My guess is yes. At the very least it is hard to pick up info and stats. Nevertheless I see a lot of videos on zoom tables now. The question is if playing a lot more hands per hour compensate. I have not reached a conclusion on that. I now play 3-4 normal tables or 1 regular table and one zoom.

4) I feel I can play decently when I am the aggressor, but I struggle to play when cold calling (except with small poket pairs). Do you please have any advice or reference for that?

5) What is a good win rate for NL2, NL5 and NL10 that allows you to say that you confortably beat each of the limits?

6) I remember about 10 years ago TPTK was enough to push V all in profitably but now it is not the case anymore.

7) Would anybody be happy to have a look at my (relatively small) database and find any obvoius leak?

Thanks in advance and have a great day! _thumbsup:


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by Rospone
4) I feel I can play decently when I am the aggressor, but I struggle to play when cold calling (except with small poket pairs). Do you please have any advice or reference for that?

Pretty much every poker player ever has come to this conclusion.
Lots of modern on-line players play 3Bet-or-fold. Not recommended live though.

Online if you cold-call pre, you want to be stealing the initiative when possible. Look at your comment for #1 — your opponent just did that by raising your CBet. If you get the feeling that opponent is CBetting because they "should always CBet in this spot" you can take the initiative (and often the pot) by raising their CBet.

Be wary though — you may need to abandon the pot if they re-raise you. I generally only do this with a decent part of the board.

Cheers,
VS


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MrPaulsen
Joined: 20.11.2009

1. Not sure if it’s correct to assume V “always” has a set. Need to take stats into consideration.

2. Again, stats and history needed here before we can come to the conclusion whether it’s correct to go all-in pre.

3. I’ve never played zoom, but I imagine that it’s much much harder to pick up reads. I guess zoom is heavily GTO style.

4. Obviously it’s much easier to be the aggressor. No wrong in feeling that way.

5. Any win rate above 5 is generally considered OK.

6. Hard to conclude without any data/stats on V. People have gotten a lot better these days, so that’s probably why you feel like TPTK is no longer good enough.

7. Let’s see the numbers :)


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by MrPaulsen
3. I’ve never played zoom, but I imagine that it’s much much harder to pick up reads. I guess zoom is heavily GTO style.

This is perhaps true at NL 25 and up, but lower than that I don't think players know much about GTO
In my minimal experience, players fold to aggression perhaps more than they should.


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