Bang on. I believe this is summed up with the phrase “the plural of anecdote is not data”.
If this guy touched Wil or Babs, would the universe collapse in on itself?
We should keep a strong gate; the practical issue is how much rope we give before turning people away. Wingnuts think they can travel freely between the empirical world and this Choose Your Own Adventure™ Tinfoil KKK Edition app on their phones. Let’s make it perfectly clear they can’t do both: either make a home in Realityville and enjoy the benefits of modern society or return to the set of Deliverance and suck shit. Expect to be dunked on mercilessly straddling that line in the paint because there is real basketball being played here in XYZ space where all of the rules and world physics apply. Humans have a strong evolutionary pressure to fit in and it can be exploited by forcing them to choose.
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This whole thread reads like 2+2 fanfiction tbh
Hi everyone,
Discipline is the key to poker. The main areas for the novice to focus on are not overplaying AK, timing tells and making sure your fancy plays are consistent with your metagame. I tell my students all the time: Discipline is like carrying figs for a baby over a mountain. Here is a hand of which I am not particularly proud, but maybe you can learn from my mistakes.
Poker Stars - No Limit Hold’em Cash Game - $2/$4 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $441.60
BB: $994.00
UTG: $435.70
MP: $412.00
CO: $713.50
Hero (BTN): $400.00
Well, I’m not doing very well at this table after about half an hour of play. I’ve gotten stacked more times than I can count after my draws keep missing. And to top off this debacle, I accidentally rebought full after getting stacked on the previous hand. One of the reasons I really should leave is that I am not the best player at the table.
MP is an excellent player who I’ve been trying to avoid. Any time someone is laggier than you are, it’s a good idea to leave the table. MP is running at 72/10/2 and is giving me fits. I’m mainly staying around for the other 4 players who are typical nits running at 22/18/4. So, at the time I though it a good idea to stick around a few more orbits and see if I can outplay the nits postflop. But, I end up in a big hand with the good player.
Preflop: Hero is dealt A
A
(6 Players)
UTG folds , MP raises to $8.00, CO folds , Hero raises to $16.00, 2 folds , MP raises to $24.00, Hero calls $8.00.
OK, a little explanation is due here because this is unconventional and tricky. The first raise looks like a minraise, but it’s not! A minraise would actually be to $12. By doubling his raise amount I hopefully deceive him into thinking I just minraised for isolation and I eke out some extra value.
After he 4-bets me, I have to put on the brakes. NLHE is a postflop game. What if the flop comes all hearts? That would be bad for me. So let’s see a flop before committing any more chips.
Flop: ($54) A
8 8
(2 Players)
MP bets $10.00, Hero raises to $200.00, MP calls $190.00.
That’s a decent flop for our hand. The novice player almost always calls or raises smaller here. This is likely a leak. When he bets out, I put him on QTo. So, I want to put out a bluff-sized raise inducing him to push. He just calls, so I don’t think he has QTo any more. Good players throw me off my game and that effects my hand reading skills.
Turn: ($454) 3 (2 Players)
MP checks, Hero bets $80, MP calls $80.
I throw out a blocker on the turn looking to get a free showdown. When a good player check calls the turn in a huge pot, this is a classic trap spot. I Mask with an Under Turn Bet. He calls. We need to be very aware of our image and our metagame here to make a good river decision.
River: ($614) 5 (2 players)
MP bets $20.00, Hero raises to $45.00, MP raises to $108.00 (all-in), Hero folds.
Well, that’s the worst card in the deck for us. It turned our 2nd nuts into the 3rd nuts. MP makes a deceptive bet on the river. Is he just trying to get to showdown or is he trying to induce action? I raise to find out. I think this is a standard raise for info spot.
He pushes and now my hand is likely mush on the end. Most amateurs say, I got AA, I got a full house. But, on that board, given that action, given our reads, given MP is an advanced player, given our metagame, given we’ve played our hand face up…a disciplined player will fold on the end.
MP didn’t show but I’m sure he had quads or the straight flush on the end enough for a fold here to be +EV. I really should have called his $20 river bet to get to showdown but good players will fluster you into making mistakes. I should have left the table before this hand even happened and I consider that a lesson learned.
That’s all for now and we’ll see you at the tables.
joy
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holy shit thats amazing
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That is satire right?
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Are you talking about the poker or HNH?
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It goes all the way to the top
Roll Safe’s great grandfather: Can’t get the Spanish Flu if there’s no way to test for it.
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It sums many trump fans up well.
The ones his daddy bought or the ones he would really get.
See China is supper sneaky. They made a bio weapon less deadly then the flu ( in there minds) to unleash on the world in a plot to take down trump financed by bill gates, Dr. Fauci and the globalist.
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Hi Everyone:
Today I’d like to talk about a class of starting hands that most people just fold preflop. Most poker players know how to play big cards like Kings and Tens, they know how to play pocket pairs and how to play “any two suited cards”; but, only the serious pros know how to play Class 5 starting hands.
I tell my students all the time that if they can’t put you on a hand, they can’t beat you. So, I offer you a hand that I am particularly proud of.
Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold’em Cash Game - $2/$4 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker Hand History Converter)
SB: $272.90
BB: $1,174.25
Hero (UTG): $756.00
MP: $828.10
CO: $404.20
BTN: $802.40
Preflop: Hero is dealt J 3 (6 Players)
Hero raises to $8.00, MP raises to $28.00, 4 folds , Hero calls $20.
This hand is a Class 5 starting hand. It has the advantage of being able to make a big straight with the Jack, a small straight with the 3 and two different flushes.
I am in the best position at the table. Both blinds are forced to put money in preflop without knowing their cards and I have the immediate position on them and am first to act. I make a standard raise to isolate. MP goes crazy with a huge raise which is a sign of weakness so I call to outplay him postflop. At some point in the hand, I hope to put him to a decision for all my chips.
Flop: ($62) 5 K A (2 Players)
Hero bets $8.00, MP raises to $60.00, Hero calls $52.00.
OK, that’s a pretty good flop for my hand. I hit all my potential back door draws. Both straights are still live as is my spade flush draw. At this point I put out a feeler bet to see where I stand. He raises me huge again which is almost always a bluff. If he had a real hand, he would probably bet $20 to string me along.
I tell my students all the time: It’s important to understand that when people bet so transparently, you have to go with your reads and trust your postflop skills.
Turn: ($182) 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks, MP bets $150.00, Hero calls $150.
Based on his preflop and flop errors, I put him on 78 offsuit or 9T suited. Turn is an easy check to allow him to keep bluffing off his chips because I’m ahead 90% of the time. Remember: You can beat all levels of NLHE with aggressive check/calling.
River: ($482) 3 (2 Players)
Hero bets $20.00, MP raises to $360.00, Hero raises to $518.00 (all-in), MP calls $158.00.
Now, I know this river play is an advanced concept and will go over many heads in this forum. It’s probably more suited for the top 1% of poker players and guys like grimstarr and ImsaKidd will “get it” right away. But, I’ll offer it to the few who might understand.
The river play is a Level 4 blocker. I want him to think that I think that he thinks that I think I have a weak hand that just wants to get to showdown. He falls into my trap and makes a bluffy raise. When people’s raise amount have a “6” in it, they are almost always bluffing. So, I push the nuts, he calls, and shows…
AK of hearts and Hero takes down a nice pot. Now that we know both the hands, it’s obvious villain misplayed all streets and made a crying call on the end. I doubt he even considered putting me on a Class 5 starting hand, which turned out to be his downfall. Also, remember that the second most misplayed hand in poker is AK, so don’t fall into the same trap as this guy did.
I hope you all were helped a little and I shall see you at the tables.
joy
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Yeah! My history teacher told me otherwise in skool, and we all know they always are honest with us. See guys I mentioned dumb fuck Alabama, you can believe me! Jesus y’all are dumb. Going to be a long year for you.