Wave of Mutilation

This week has been a rollercoaster at the tables. I think it’s partly because I’m trying some new stuff, and partly because I’m playing poker :D. It’s all for the best though as learning is my #1 priority. Soaking up as much as I can from the Clown God that is my mentor.

Apologies again about the mess up with episode 2 guys. That was my bad, I didn’t think it was going to be an issue because it hadn’t been an issue. I’m replacing my PSU immediately. I do think however, that there’s a ton of good discussion and that even though the audio is a bit fast for the first 37 minutes, the content is what’s most important and there’s so much that you can take from that video. There’s so much that I’m taking from that video as well.

One of the things that Krantz has said a few times that’s sticking as what I would call active knowledge instead of passive knowledge, is that you want to “neutralize your opponents hand reading and create mistakes that you anticipate”. This is something I’ve always passively known, but maybe didn’t actively note. I think it’s really important not only for an overall game plan but to get better and beat better players. I’ll probably be sitting in some tough games this week just to monkey around with this stuff. This may make for some fun hands :)

I noticed as well that I’m a bit too “loose” with my bet sizing. The KQ hand in the video where I bet turn and shove river is a great example where I KNOW my bet is too big on the turn but I don’t take time to fix it. Krantz is right, can’t be lazy about that stuff. It’s too important. He also said “you wouldn’t give a guy a dollar would you?” and clearly the answer is no unless he was like, some homeless dude that wanted a chicken sandwich because, who can deny a homeless guy a chicken sandwich? This is also something I’m going to try and expunge from my game, laaaaaazinessss.

If you’re at the tables and you play in the same games I do, be prepared to be bloodied and bludgeoned with the button. Blame Krantz for that too :)

Alright, I’ve got an interesting hand that can’t wait I need feedbacks. History is, opp. is a loose kind of a guy that has peeled a lot of 3b’s, and checkraised a couple of times with a speech. I’m guessing that means they had the nuts but I could be wrong.

Anyway, in the hand, I think it’s completely standard up to the river, where I decide to polarize my range and jam instead of just vb’ing, I think his range is capped to showdown bound hands most of the time. He would c/r his good/value hands on the flop, and once I check back the turn probably value bet AQ and AJ type of stuff on the river, and he wasn’t tricky, just loose. It’d be hard to give him credit for trying to c/r me on the river w/2 pair or something. I tanked a bit as well to sell the idea that I was thinking about bluffing.

Cliffnotes = loose/aggro guy doesn’t like to fold a ton, but likes to play his good hands fast, I jam river w/a hand ahead of his bluffcatching range and hope he calls w/a hand he shouldn’t.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 No Limit Hold’em – 5 players – View hand 405482
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: $723.20
UTG: $239.10
CO: $405.60
Hero (BTN): $527.50
SB: $336.30

Pre Flop: ($6.00) Hero is BTN with 9 A
1 fold, CO raises to $14, Hero raises to $40, 2 folds, CO calls $26

Flop: ($86.00) A 5 6 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $40, CO calls $40

Turn: ($166.00) 2 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

River: ($166.00) J (2 players)
CO checks, Hero requests TIME, Hero bets $447.50….

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