ICheatSoWhat
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What suggestions do you have to un-tilt yourself after a bad session?
Sept. 28, 2015 | 6:27 p.m.
Thanks for the advice. Yeah, I'm starting to distance myself from the results of the hand and ask myself at least 2 important questions:
1) Why am I deciding to take this action?
2) Is this action going to be a part of an overall profitable strategy given other players' tendencies?
Doing this before even seeing what cards hit or what the opponent's actual cards are helps the tilting and encourages me that I'm playing +EV.
Sept. 28, 2015 | 6:20 p.m.
Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I've taken a few steps back and decided to play a few hands/spots a bit nittier to get a bit lower variance. For example, I'm choosing to probably forego a few slightly +EV spots against some bad players in exchange for being a bit more patient and getting it in against them in a very +EV spot (e.g., not 3 bet squeezing with 99 with 4 handed pre-flop and choosing instead to just flat to set mine, choosing not to vbet thinly on rivers, etc.)
Sept. 28, 2015 | 6:19 p.m.
can you elaborate more about your image?
Sept. 28, 2015 | 5:21 a.m.
I am suffering from a downswing and it's really messing with me. Your typical KK cracked by AK or AA cracked by some other joke hand.
Lately though my downswing is a bit more subtle. It's where you estimate someone's range to be A-D (with later letters to be stronger hands) and you hold C. You still consider v-betting to be an overall profitable play but when they call it's fucking D every time. It's messing with my hand reading abilities and I know I've made a lot of money playing poker (about 10k lifetime) so I can't be a complete retard.
Or I'll have someone's range capped quite accurately. Bet the turn with flush draw, river bonks. I bet the river big knowing his capped range can't call here and he insta-calls the river with a backdoor two pair 79o, in a pot with KQ729cc board. Fuck all.
Or I'll make a play knowing some x% of time it's gonna be unsuccessful (e.g., 4 bet bluff, or 5 bet shove with 88 against light 4 bettor and running against AA).
I don't know what the fuck to do. I've been watching videos and I know I've become a better player after watching them. But still I just cannot break this fucking cycle.
Sept. 28, 2015 | 5:18 a.m.
I want to figure out a likely range for this individual and also what the worst hand you would have to call here would be.
I also thought since river is a blank and he overbets that amount after three checks, he can't possibly expect me to have a strong hand that would be able to call there. I thought a value bet would be about normal pot size, 2/3 pot sized bet
Sept. 27, 2015 | 10:20 p.m.
calling
Sept. 27, 2015 | 10:19 p.m.
2nd hand of the session, c/o raises, me in sb 3 bets with QQ c/o calls pot is 10.50
flop comes AKTrr
check, check
turn 8s, check check
river 9h, check and villain overbets to $45. pot is $55. what do?
I thought about calling in this situation as I thought that I had the Queens blocker to the QJ, villain would be more likely to 4 bet with KK or AA or AK, and I had blockers to the AQ. Plus I think one pair hands nor sets would overbet this river.
Also my perceived range is weak and I have no history with him to show I am a donk.
Sept. 27, 2015 | 9:48 p.m.
Sauce wrote a good article discussing about the effect that blockers has in calculating GTO. Idk where it is but do you think that would still be applicable to the scenarios you discussed in this video?
Some constructive criticism. I would really like maybe some ppt slides discussing maybe the overarching concepts or theories behind why you overbet with maybe reference to specific spots.
also some math would be helpful.
Oct. 9, 2015 | 3:16 a.m.