July 11, 2010
PR1NNY NOTES
- GENERAL STRATEGY BEFORE YOU IDENTIFY OPPONENT
- position = power
- OOP = out of power
- have a purpose in each of your bets
- OOP rr 99+ AJo+
- don't fold top pair
- bluff alot IP
- value bet alot
- don't take it personal
- DIFFERENT PLAYER TYPES
- Shortstacks (50bb or less), hit and runners
- Loose-passives (40/10 or looser VPIP or tighter PFR)
- Weak-Tights (33/18 or tigher, WTSD<25)
- TAGs (35/26 - 40/35)
- LAGs (41/36-49/40)
- Maniacs (50/40+)
- NB: POST FLOP PLAY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT PREFLOP PLAY
- Numbers help but psychology is King
- Have a general idea of how players play if you have some stats on them, THEN switch to todays session
- TABLE SELECTION
- Game Rejection...
- Don't get into a war of egos
- Look for the best games
- Ask yourself, why should I play
- Check if they are multitabling
- PLAYING VS SHORTIES
- under 50bbs, their goal is double up and run
- slow play huge hands
- bluff badly
- willing to gamble preflop
- limp with trash
- stab with marginal hands
- pot with ok hands
- slowplay with big hands
- cbet basically all hands vs them but dont cbet weaker made hands
- balance and image dont come into play
- if they dont c/r on the flop it is usually a strange hand
- on turn, if you have a good hand, set up river size to make potsize bet so they can shove their bluffs
- they are the most common players and they are so bad
- dont let it bother you when they hit and run, they are very profitable
- thin aggressive plays are useless, just avoid them vs shorties
- image considerations are not a factor vs these
- pick your spots and bide your time
- dont get involved with coinflips because it doesnt matter vs them they dont think clearly about poker
- c/mr = usually connected with the board and doesnt want fold equity
- range is usually wider as a C/shove
- c/bet smaller vs them in general
- tp = get it in plz
- short stacks make plays that look like they want fold equity = they want you to fold! disappoint them!
- dont be affraid to felt Ace high when you have outs and they appear they want to maximize fold equity
- you dont need to fast play vs them with flopped monsters
- straight forward functional strategy vs them is best
- jam preflop with ATo+ 55+ when they limp and they have 15bb
- if you just busted them and they rebuy, expect a very wide shoving range from them
- PLAYING VS LOOSE-PASSIVES
- 40/10 or looser vpip and tighter pfr HIGH VPIP and LOW PFR
- Huge disparity between vpip and pfr
- High WTD >33
- value bet relentlessly vs them
- value bet thin
- dont run multistreet bluffs vs them
- they never value bet thin
- a key is to know when to bet to induce vs them
- tp = nuts when they are calling down
- beware when they show aggression
- only barrel turns which give you alot of equity, aka v good semi-bluff hands
- take notes alot alot alot!
- LPs donk with very wide range, so value raise your good toppairs
- fire until he tells you you are beat
- pound on these guys until you get a reason not to
- loose passives = aggression = nuts
- take a line that increases the chance he can call with the nothing part of his range. ie slowplay when u have nuts vs their aggression
- vs loose passive dont bet bad board textures for your hand because they peel light anyway so dont make bad bluffs
- loose passives betting OOP are usually trying to induce action, so dont give them any unless you have a great hand/huge equity
- when they valuebet incorrectly and they pick bad raise sizes, you can use that against them to draw cheaply
- PLAYING VS WEAKTIGHT PLAYERS
- 33/18 HU
- more about how they play postflop more than preflop
- WTSD very low
- Set traps
- Bluff more
- Tilt them
- looking for any excuse to fold
- re-raise alot preflop, they play faceup postflop
- include sc's because you have high fe
- play every hand with the initiative
- be aware of when they are ready to take a stand
- two ways to win 1.show bluffs tilt them 2. chip away
- wil not run many bluffs will not float
care more about the number of bets more than the size of the bets - generally dont fire the river unless you improve
- look out for their snapping point
- once they win a big pot, attack attack attack because they go back into their shell
- bet/folding rivers is fun
- don't rule out people always going crazy, so remember don't insta muck toppair until you've seen otherwise
- bluffs work
- betsizing is critical to manipulate these guys into getting them to do what you want them to do
- planning the hand ahead of time is very important
- PLAYING VS TAGS
- fits of relentless aggression
- typically sitting waiting on multiple tables with fullstacks
- 35/28-40/35 HU stats generally
- smart and competent postflop
- cbetting alot is their strat, bet 100% on obv double barrel cards
- very defined ranges
- will often run hopeless bluffs
- very concerned with balance to a fault
- best strategy is an exploitative strategy so long as you are actively making adjustments
- once you know how he thinks and how he will react, go the opposite way
- figure out your own problem hands then use them against your TAG villains
- hands that check back are hands that are not air but cant face a c/r
- use good scare cards to valuebet bigger and get them to herotown themselves
- think in terms of ranges
- when your hand is defined as very weak, think about what is he trying to achieve? If he had a value hand would he bet like he want to make a bet which enc ourages a fold?
- PLAYING VS LAGS AND MANIACS
- LAGS 41/36 pre 49/40 MANIACS anything beyond that
- 3betting more cbetting more with no consideration to board texture Bad Lags/Maniacs
- Maniacs mixed bag of bet bet bet
- requires a very good aware stable state of mind to perform well
- take them to value town, do not slow down
- do not look for big folds
- good to c/r turns ai vs these with tp+ HU especially in 3bet pot = nuts
- maximize the likelyhood he will put it in with a weak hand with aggressive manuver
- encourage them to use their aggression against themselves
- set traps
- on rivers and wanting to induce, bet an amount that gives them the illusion of FE, especially when you can rep a blocking bet
- preflop compounds postflop mistakes
- often playing lags is like a game of chicken
- big bets are often terrible bluffs
- LIVE ADJUSTMENTS
- look if your playing HU to see how many tbales he is playing
- look at their other tables to see if they are in another hand to see if they have any decisions
- dont open 100% of buttons for no reason, HAVE A REASON FOR EVEYTHING YOU DO
KAAAAP
2 Comments:
mgamble posted on July 18, 2010 at 21:39 PM
Hey Acombfosho,
I'm pretty new to DC. Just got a 6 month membership. Was looking for threads on Thailand and ran into this blog. Just spent a bit of time reading through.
This might be a bit random, so I hope u don't mind. I'm a 23yo N.Irish guy thinking about moving out to Thailand for a while to see a bit of asia, work on my poker game and generally have a cracking time. I have been beating 6max 50NL for a fair whack for around a year now. Spent my roll on a vegas trip hence no moving up. Will start taking 100nl shots pretty soon.
I just wanted to ask if it was possible/advisable to move to Thailand on a 50NL grinders earnings alone(~$1.5k to $2k per month?)
You seem to know a few poker houses over there. Any rooms opening up around September/October time that would be good for a 23yo 50nl grinder who likes to drink? :)
Appreciated
Acombfosho posted on July 21, 2010 at 15:30 PM
Sent you a PM
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