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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by threads13 (Micro/Small Stakes)

Great Video! This came at the right time for me. I have been playing a lot of live, and as a result, I am getting much better at table/seat selection. Courage/smarts to get up and move has actually made the game more fun.

This week I came back to .25nl online, and I can't believe how much I have improved. I have noticed that I can own tables -- until some 3better sits to my left. arrrgh! I have been doubling-tripling up, and then these guys will chew away at my gains Or it just becomes a trading game back-n-forth.

My question is should I immediately get up and go to another table when I get an aggressive player in the 2 seats to my left?

Also, in the video, you said it was better to have the aggressive player (if unavoidable) two seats away (left) vs directly to my left. I have had this theory that if the aggressive player is to my direct left, I can still exploit him, by watching the rest of the table's reaction to his play. Basically turning a bad seat into a kind of positional play. How much of a difference does it really make if a lag is one seat vs 2 seats to my left? (already understanding that we want them to the right)

At the moment, I like videos that help me take advantage of my seat/table selection knowledge. I am getting better, but the fish's money still isn't coming to me as it should -- which is neutralizing my seat selection advantage.

Thanks for the great video.

very good work as always.

when i am playing long sessions, i often end up playing tables, that get worse and worse.

do you have routines to check the tables youre already playing at?

Great Video! This came at the right time for me. I have been playing a lot of live, and as a result, I am getting much better at table/seat selection. Courage/smarts to get up and move has actually made the game more fun.

Thank you.

This week I came back to .25nl online, and I can't believe how much I have improved. I have noticed that I can own tables -- until some 3better sits to my left. arrrgh! I have been doubling-tripling up, and then these guys will chew away at my gains Or it just becomes a trading game back-n-forth.

My question is should I immediately get up and go to another table when I get an aggressive player in the 2 seats to my left?

As with most things in poker, it's a judgment call. If there is a really loose player who I have position on then I will tend to still stay at tables like that. If my main way of beating the table was stealing blinds from nitty players then I will definitely leave. If the mark is not that weak of a spot then I might leave the table depending on the particular player and how he plays me.

Also, in the video, you said it was better to have the aggressive player (if unavoidable) two seats away (left) vs directly to my left. I have had this theory that if the aggressive player is to my direct left, I can still exploit him, by watching the rest of the table's reaction to his play. Basically turning a bad seat into a kind of positional play. How much of a difference does it really make if a lag is one seat vs 2 seats to my left? (already understanding that we want them to the right)

It's possible that it's good to have a compete maniac to your left as you can limp in, let him raise, and the react from there. What I was speaking about though is having a good aggressive thinking TAG on your immediate left. In that case it is better to have him not in the immediate seat to your left. I don't think there's much merit to seeing how the table reacts to a player like that as he is still a TAG and won't be playing many hands in general, but the spots he will play in will tend to be when you want to play in a lot of pots as well (when you're both in LP). You'd prefer he sit directly across from you at the table. You don't mind him sitting to your right, but you prefer that seat be filled by a weak player. I do think it makes a considerable difference having this guy be 2 seats to your left instead of one because having him on the button when you're in the cutoff will greatly negatively affect your win-rate in the second most profitable position(CO). This will significantly decrease your win-rate.

At the moment, I like videos that help me take advantage of my seat/table selection knowledge. I am getting better, but the fish's money still isn't coming to me as it should -- which is neutralizing my seat selection advantage.

Thanks for the great video.

Glad you enjoyed it. Let me know if there's any other topics you'd like to see in future videos.

very good work as always.

when i am playing long sessions, i often end up playing tables, that get worse and worse.

do you have routines to check the tables youre already playing at?

Thank you.

I do. About every 15 minutes I'll take a look at each table and make sure that it is good. If they aren't I go ahead and sit out the next blind and then leave the table. After that I'll then go about finding some new good tables to replace the tables I have recently left.

On that note it's also very important to make sure you don't play sessions that are too long. You should be taking a break after an hour or 90 minutes as a max. This will help you stay on your A-game. Just take a break to take a break. Do some push-ups, sit-ups, jump rope, or just take a breather. Anything to get your mind off of poker for 5-10 minutes. After a break the first thing I do when sitting back in is check every table to make sure they are good and then I only sit back in on my good tables. Then I'll go ahead and re-scan with Table Scanner and join some new tables.

This is a good video. I prefer 6 or more tables of FR but the overlap might have been distracting for some.

What you are suggesting is spot on, I feel a big part of my edge is table selecting.

Although I lean slightly to just getting on tables with 3 or more soft spots rather than position on a specific mark.

If I move up to higher limits with fewer soft spots I will probably have to play less tables and be more selective positionally as the games get tougher.

I totally agree with your statement at the begining of the video that you are amazed that if you look through the stars lobby you can find whole tables of good players with no fish.

That just blows my mind, but just goes to prove that playing a solid winning game is just a small part of the overall winrate equation.

When a table turns bad I leave on the next blind. It's that simple.

I don't want to play good players.

Thanks. I liked those answers.

For me, I am going back through videos again to reinforce principles I probably didn't absorb the first time.

Currently, I am trying to understand how to take advantage of my position, AFTER I have seat/table selection down. I hate seeing guys literally throwing money away (fishy "marks"), and I am not the one who is getting his fair share (or more than my share).

Thanks again.

I have a question regarding marking players I want to play with on pokerstars. Is there a way that when I add a player to a buddy list in table scanner, HEM also marks them in Stars client so I wouldn`t need to look up player`s name I was targeting to play every time?

I have a question regarding marking players I want to play with on pokerstars. Is there a way that when I add a player to a buddy list in table scanner, HEM also marks them in Stars client so I wouldn`t need to look up player`s name I was targeting to play every time?

Not that I'm aware of.

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That 32/17 is playing 15 tables, weird.

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hey my hud does not start until several hands into me playing at the table. How do get stats prior to sitting down.

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Are you saying that when a seat becomes available and it is not the seat u want u wont take it.

hey my hud does not start until several hands into me playing at the table. How do get stats prior to sitting down.

You just have to set up pre-fetch.

http://faq.holdemmanager.com/questions/101/Full+Tilt+%26+Poker+Stars+Prefetch+Walkthrough+

Are you saying that when a seat becomes available and it is not the seat u want u wont take it.

Exactly.

You just have to set up pre-fetch.

http://faq.holdemmanager.com/questions/101/Full+Tilt+%26+Poker+Stars+Prefetch+Walkthrough+

Hi,

as far as i understand this in Prefetch-Mode you dont get any "fresh" stats shown in your HUD while using pre-fetch.

Isnt that a big disadvantage?? I mean unknowns will have no stats at all as far as i understand this.