Was offline because my monitor crushed itself. I mean I crushed it. Me. Myself. Tilted (not poker related)... So yep, lesson learned ♦ anyway I have few hands to share and maybe help you guys out a little, those of you who play/struggle at baby stakes:
Hand No. 1 :
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GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 105.6 BB
SB: 195.5 BB
BB: 220.3 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
UTG: 186.3 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 4)
MP: 179.1 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 2)
CO: 250.3 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 1)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♠ K♠
fold, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, Hero raises to 8.7 BB, fold, fold, CO calls 5.7 BB
Flop: (18.9 BB, 2 players) 5♣ 9♥ 8♦
CO checks, Hero bets 6.3 BB, CO calls 6.3 BB
Turn: (31.5 BB, 2 players) 5♥
CO checks, Hero checks
River: (31.5 BB, 2 players) T♠
CO bets 7.9 BB, Hero calls 7.9 BB
CO shows 5♦ A♦ (Three of a Kind, Fives)
(Pre 58%, Flop 25%, Turn 95%)
Hero shows 9♠ K♠ (Two Pair, Nines and Fives)
(Pre 42%, Flop 75%, Turn 5%)
CO wins 43.6 BB
Most important/interesting is preflop. I see many aspiring players cold call their button vs. cutoff open with these hands (K9s, ATs etc. basically all hands that people feel are good hands, but do not feel comfortable playing 3-bet and also do not want to fold them, because they are nice hands, or even worse, they see solver calls there sometimes so they do too).
Despite any excuse you might find, do not cold call. 3bet is way more higher EV, you will end up taking it down very frequently and if they dont fold, well you can still either hit or outplay your opponents postflop. Across all baby stakes, 3bet is just way higher EV, because you put yourself into better position, You are the one with betting lead, you play bigger pot in position so... Just do it and thank me later.
Do not worry about "being too wide" or your opponents ability to figure out what you are doing, simply because they are never gonna figure. Experiment a little, it is still good to 3bet here hands like J8s, 79s etc. not all the time, but you get the idea. What I am trying to say is that being too wide on your 3bet in these positions is never a mistakes (contrary to cold calling, I see "regs" flat hands like ATo, KTo which is straight up very bad, big mistake).
Just put yourself in a situation where you make it very annoying for villain (I mean when I am cutoff player and I am facing aggressive 3bets from button, I really do hate it. But when button just flats I actually dont mind).
Hand No. 2:
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GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BTN): 106.1 BB
SB: 99 BB
BB: 150.9 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
UTG: 136.6 BB
MP: 114.3 BB
CO: 121.2 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♣ A♠
fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 7.4 BB, fold, fold, MP calls 4.9 BB
Flop: (16.3 BB, 2 players) K♠ 5♣ Q♠
MP checks, Hero bets 5.4 BB, fold
Hero wins 15.5 BB
Now I put this hand in, because I know many of you follow your favorite mid to high stakes player who flats here in videos (or vs CO open) with reasoning "there is fish in blinds and we want to keep fish in"... Guys, forget this sh*t and just 3bet. Firstly because it is higher EV, secondly you will save yourself postflop headaches, and at these stakes "to keep fish in" does not work. If fish wants to play, he will cold call anyway.
So do not lose yourself all the EV by trying to make nl500 plays, not worth it, keep it simple
Hand No. 3:
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GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
BTN: 105 BB (VPIP: 75.00, PFR: 75.00, 3Bet Preflop: -, Hands: 4)
SB: 195.2 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 2)
BB: 99.1 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 1)
UTG: 100 BB
Hero (MP): 103.5 BB
CO: 103.8 BB (VPIP: 16.67, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 6)
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♥ K♦
fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BTN calls 2 BB, fold, fold
Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 5♣ 9♥ 2♠
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (5.5 BB, 2 players) 2♣
Hero bets 1.9 BB, BTN raises to 6 BB, Hero calls 4.1 BB
River: (17.5 BB, 2 players) T♥
Hero checks, BTN bets 15 BB, Hero calls 15 BB
BTN shows 7♠ 8♠ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 42%, Flop 41%, Turn 23%)
Hero shows A♥ K♦ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 58%, Flop 59%, Turn 77%)
Hero wins 43.7 BB
So here, to be really honest, I kinda like my opponents line (if I close my eyes on his preflop flat), only reason I called down is that he raised turn deuce. Literally any other turn I would fold, but 2? Really? So once he decided to go for creative bluff, he should pay attention to what is saying he has. And in this instance I just cannot find a hand, maybe A2... But with A2, would he really raise, considering that I look like nothing (fact that I actually have all good hands here is irrelevant as he does not know that)? Once you decide to get creative, you should have good idea about how your range looks like, what you want to accomplish. And once you introduce these creative bluffs, you should also protect them with some value hands and here, no value hands exist...
Problem I see here is that, all hands that are atleast pair want to bet flop, if he has hand like 77, he should bet to protect, as any turn card can kill his hand. So once flop is checked around, I am happy to valuebet AK high as he has no better hands than mine. Him showing up with 9-hi flopped gutshot is... well, something. Why flat preflop to then get decent board and what, check behind to go to showdown and lose vs my give ups? Absolute nonsense...
So yep, I hope these will help you a little in the near future, take care, see you at the tables
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Good luck at the tables!
going to bed today early and will play whole day tomorrow since its gonna be rush friday or how is that thing called.
