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Hey, nice blog! Will definitely follow. Good luck

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Glad to know it, guys! Thanks! ♦

Have to follow this one, I used to love FR. Played up to nl50 with varying results, mostly good thank goodness!

I have another advice I used a lot, AK raise from EP get 3bet from reggish late (CO/BU), just fold. I think the reasoning is obvious but maybe the game has changed since.
It tends to be a similar scenario to the KK hand you mentioned; 'expensive' I think the word is I'm looking for!

Tell that to a 6 max aggrotard! ♦

I'm in for the journey,

Mal.

I think you are correct about folding AK to a 3bet pre-flop after raising from the first 3 positions, Mal. I'm looking at these spots on my own sample and they're not looking too well. The best example I can give you is:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 104.48 BB (VPIP: 27.08, PFR: 20.83, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 48)
SB: 102.72 BB (VPIP: 17.65, PFR: 17.65, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 17)
BB: 152.04 BB (VPIP: 15.23, PFR: 10.60, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 152)
UTG: 128.04 BB (VPIP: 11.04, PFR: 7.26, 3Bet Preflop: 2.72, Hands: 1,254)
UTG+1: 75.24 BB (VPIP: 17.89, PFR: 4.88, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 125)
Hero (MP): 100 BB
MP+1: 101.84 BB (VPIP: 9.56, PFR: 9.20, 3Bet Preflop: 3.62, Hands: 569)
MP+2: 111.52 BB (VPIP: 50.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
CO: 153.8 BB (VPIP: 13.28, PFR: 11.02, 3Bet Preflop: 4.03, Hands: 359)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♣ K♦

fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, fold, MP+2 calls 3 BB, CO raises to 12 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 9 BB, MP+2 calls 9 BB

Flop: (37.4 BB, 3 players) T♠ A♠ 4♣
Hero checks, MP+2 checks, CO bets 25 BB, Hero raises to 88 BB and is all-in, fold, CO calls 63 BB

Turn: (213.4 BB, 2 players) K♥

River: (213.4 BB, 2 players) K♣

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I strongly incline to believe that you are right. You are usually confronting a range of QQ-AA, AK at the very least in this scenario. You will be out of position with ~40% equity without the advantage of being the lead aggressor. I will add this to the tips list right away, mentioning who it came from.

Good luck.
Will follow occasionally.

Wow, that's just nasty.

Yes, it was a hammer to the balls
As a winning player, you rarely expect to have 2% equity when shoving the flop.

I'm making great progress on my flop Cbetting percentage, it currently stands at 60.36% over the last 3K hands. I will mark the objective as complete after 10K more hands of keeping it that way.

Here's a good example related to my flop Cbetting advice on the first page:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 118.32 BB (VPIP: 2.04, PFR: 2.04, 3Bet Preflop: 5.26, Hands: 51)
SB: 85.2 BB (VPIP: 8.51, PFR: 2.13, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 47)
BB: 112.24 BB (VPIP: 13.62, PFR: 10.60, 3Bet Preflop: 3.20, Hands: 1,511)
UTG: 53.04 BB (VPIP: 15.13, PFR: 13.82, 3Bet Preflop: 1.67, Hands: 153)
UTG+1: 65.48 BB (VPIP: 21.93, PFR: 8.77, 3Bet Preflop: 4.44, Hands: 115)
MP: 100 BB (VPIP: 11.05, PFR: 5.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.47, Hands: 512)
MP+1: 100 BB (VPIP: 12.94, PFR: 9.20, 3Bet Preflop: 2.59, Hands: 1,056)
MP+2: 103.28 BB (VPIP: 36.59, PFR: 26.83, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 41)
Hero (CO): 109.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has A♦ J♣

fold, fold, fold, fold, MP+2 raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 10.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, MP+2 calls 7.4 BB

Flop: (22.2 BB, 2 players) 5♥ J♦ J♠
MP+2 checks, Hero checks

Turn: (22.2 BB, 2 players) T♥
MP+2 bets 10.6 BB, Hero raises to 30.4 BB, MP+2 raises to 92.88 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 62.48 BB

River: (207.96 BB, 2 players) 9♥

If I had Cbet the flop, I would have missed 93 big blinds of value in this hand.

If one of the J was a heart, would you cbet it?

I would still not bet the flop if a J was a heart. For my opponent to have a flush draw here, he would have to:
a. have suited hole cards;
b. his cards to be the same suit as the board.
These elements combined give him less than a 10% chance to have a flush draw here, so his probability of calling a Cbet doesn't increase by much.

Sick folding AK. Thank god I don't play FR! ♦

Good Luck NightShade! Looking forward to seeing you crush FR!

Thank you, BrokesoBroke! I am flattered and motivated by your confidence in my aptitude! ♠_grin:

I failed to extract some value today.

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 96.76 BB (VPIP: 11.93, PFR: 10.49, 3Bet Preflop: 3.90, Hands: 1,045)
SB: 135.24 BB (VPIP: 15.38, PFR: 7.69, 3Bet Preflop: 4.76, Hands: 52)
BB: 118.4 BB (VPIP: 9.18, PFR: 7.87, 3Bet Preflop: 2.08, Hands: 311)
UTG: 101.4 BB (VPIP: 13.74, PFR: 8.31, 3Bet Preflop: 2.74, Hands: 2,265)
Hero (UTG+1): 101.84 BB
MP: 61.12 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: _, Hands: 1)
MP+1: 167.44 BB (VPIP: 16.05, PFR: 10.65, 3Bet Preflop: 4.92, Hands: 1,193)
MP+2: 49.72 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 14.10, 3Bet Preflop: 2.47, Hands: 230)
CO: 221.44 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has K♥ K♠

fold, Hero raises to 3.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 3 BB, fold

Flop: (7.8 BB, 2 players) J♥ 5♠ 9♣
SB bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 7.32 BB, SB calls 6.32 BB

Turn: (22.44 BB, 2 players) T♦
SB checks, Hero bets 14.36 BB, SB calls 14.36 BB

River: (51.16 BB, 2 players) 2♠
SB checks, Hero bets 34.8 BB, SB calls 34.8 BB

I should have bet the turn and river bigger, like 80%-85%. It should be big enough to extract value, while small enough not to scare away top pair or AQ/QT/Q9 from an unknown (except for the river with the Q hands, but he wouldn't call the river with that anyway).

I present to you my grinding sidekick:

(I never play cash games on the tablet, I was just playing a generous freeroll for a beginner friend ♦)

My feathery friend is adorable! ♠_love:

He had suspiciously high AFq 74%, AF 3.5 over 54 hands. That's pretty damn aggressive for a 28/14 guy, even on this small sample size. I like my play here. ♠_grin:

PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 66.32 BB (VPIP: 17.75, PFR: 6.35, 3Bet Preflop: 1.39, Hands: 701)
SB: 61.24 BB (VPIP: 13.11, PFR: 6.56, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 61)
BB: 176.08 BB (VPIP: 28.00, PFR: 14.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 54)
Hero (UTG): 106.52 BB
UTG+1: 116.64 BB (VPIP: 15.79, PFR: 14.47, 3Bet Preflop: 11.11, Hands: 77)
MP: 92.8 BB (VPIP: 12.48, PFR: 9.93, 3Bet Preflop: 9.15, Hands: 748)
MP+1: 84.6 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
MP+2: 100 BB (VPIP: 13.75, PFR: 9.38, 3Bet Preflop: 3.39, Hands: 160)
CO: 100 BB (VPIP: 12.90, PFR: 10.42, 3Bet Preflop: 6.28, Hands: 571)

SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has Q♠ Q♣

Hero raises to 3.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 2.4 BB

Flop: (7.2 BB, 2 players) 2♥ T♥ 9♦
BB bets 4 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, BB calls 10 BB

Turn: (35.2 BB, 2 players) K♦
BB bets 14 BB, Hero calls 14 BB

River: (63.2 BB, 2 players) 9♣
BB bets 32 BB, Hero calls 32 BB

+1 for feathery friend. whats its name ?

Originally posted by NightShadePMC
I present to you my grinding sidekick:

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(I never play cash games on the tablet, I was just playing a generous freeroll for a beginner friend ♦)

My feathery friend is adorable! ♠_love:

are you really shamelessly trying to take credit for Mr. Feathery's poker accomplishments?