So, like the mafia, poker has sucked me back in again. I bought in for $200 a month ago and rode some swings up to almost $500, and then back down to about $350, trying different styles of play the whole time — re-learning the game.
After my latest crash, I have re-nitted myself. I just [...]
I’ve taken a break from poker for a few days, but I think my eggs are trying to tell me something.
Holy crap, why didn’t I figure this out before? Check raising on a scary board is a good way to get a fold. Check-raising on a boring board is a good way to get action.
Holy crap!
Those crying calls sure do add up don’t they? In NL, it makes a lot less sense to make a crying call than in limit. I can see that now.
Same for bluff catchers. At 50NL no one is going to run a complicated multi-street bluff. No one. Ever. Ever Ever.
Assuming that the pre-flop raiser from position will c-bet the flop: A safe bet.
Assuming the c-better will fire a second barrel on the turn: Wishful thinking.
They are not playing back at me.
If it looks as if they are playing back at me, refer to rule number 1.
If he raises the turn, he has it.
Dont stackoff 100bb with top pair top kick.
Don’t fear variance.
The confused player calls; therefore, confuse them when you have a good hand.
If you’re not sure, fold.
At this [...]
I stacked off twice tonight — once with Top Pair Top Kick and then again with Top Two Pair. Both times were against a set.
I really should have known better. There’s no reason I would have been getting action on those hands if I wasn’t up against something better. But for some reason I forgot [...]
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I donkbet a river today when I backed into the nuts. I got a long think and a fold out of it.
But then later on in the session I flopped two pair and I got ‘em all in against the same guy and his Top Pair/Good Kicker. So, there is some value in the donkbet. [...]
That little voice that says, “That ace on the turn is trouble,” or “He wouldn’t have called that raise without a set,” knows what it’s talking about.
