I’m trying to see if this hand example can teach me something about when to turn a hand with showdown value into a bluff in tournaments.
If this were a tournament hand, should I throw things like board texture and blockers out the window if I detect fear, uncertainty, and a capped range in my opponent even though I have showdown value and make a bet that’s never being called even if I am only targeting a few hands that beat me?
This may be a sort of weird and roundabout to approach the question, but my mind definitely works differently from most people.
One thing I’ve noticed about my play is that when I am running bad, I tend to tighten up and get gunshy about bluffs. I think that’s probably the right adjustment when stuck a lot in a session, because they stop believing you and become more optimistic about their draws, but it’s how I start playing when on a multi-session downswing. I’m still willing to value bet thin, but I just can’t pull the trigger on a bluff no matter how many reasons there are to try. I think it affects how my regs play against me a lot when they’ve never seen me spew after a bad beat in sometimes thousands of hours at the table together.
I think I’m just trying to work through things after a rough Vegas trip.
like mentioned 100s of times, based on the hands you post here your issue is playing too passive both preflop and postflop (regardless of where you are on the tight-loose scale). The reasons you should consider adding more bluffs to your game is supposedly so you could play your value hands faster and more aggressively. That would be somewhat on the right track of thinking.
No clue. I had a few hundred on there for donking on sports gambling and for awhile while I had money on there I don’t even think they offered poker. I’ve been fucking around with the Million qualifiers and random guarantee tournaments. The Low Stakes Omaha is always shorthanded so not sure how much traffic there is. Haven’t played any cash NL games.
Someone else may know but not as far as I know. I’ve played more hands in the last month than last 5 years probably so that’s how aware I am about anything current. I’ve only deposited on Bovada once a long time ago. Haven’t withdrawn either.
Supposedly there are people who offer some kind of rakeback, but it’s against TOS, sketchy and probably not worth it.
I think there’s a 1k first deposit bonus. Whenever you are picking a bonus, don’t do one that doesn’t have the poker icon. Think you can also get another $50 refer-a-friend bonus.
sorry if i were dismissive before, it just a topic that comes up periodically and i never get it.
unless you are aiming to play as gto as possible (which is something none of us can/know how and more importantly, no one should ever attempt at live low stakes), profiling is an important element of playing in a casino.
players change rapidly and you have to work in a vacuum. race, gender, age, clothes, tattoos, facial hair, headphones, backpack, chip shuffling technique, all of it should be used to different extents.
i get the natural averseness to racial profiling, but in this case it has no negative to the other person. if we’re wrong they literally make money out of our stupidity. it’s like the perfect type of racism.
(that doesn’t mean just typing ‘asian’ has much of an effect on reading a hand, but a physical description of villain is def useful at times)
If you get into a raising war with AA and get in all in pre versus 95o, you’re fucked. Literally busted two consecutive tourneys with that exact scenario.
You saw my QQ versus AA hand in the Poker Hands thread, right? I think that was your classic heads-up between two players who have both suffered repeated insane beats with big pairs. I played a bit earlier today and one player at the table called every one of my opens for 3-4x, called a pot sized c-bet, and got to showdown with middling offsuit connectors and 1-gappers. Strongest hand I saw from them was 78o, though they did bust with 9To versus K8o in a 3-bet pot versus the player to my right.
I think aggression is somewhat overrated. For example, I was listening to a podcast with Dara O’Kearney talking about his new ICM book, where he pointed out that at around a stack depth of 30bb, you’re supposed to flat with some very strong hands instead of 3 betting.
This is so specific lol. Your problems and theories don’t arise from the very, very specific situations late in tournaments in NL where certain hands might net an extra 1 or 2bb over a large sample size.
That kind of talk is largely junk for that exact reason. If you’re grinding 180 man SNGs or something, it’s valuable. To a live player, it absolutely is not.