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Bet flop you lose value against worse hands and draws. As played I would call turn based on general population reads at this limit.

The next unusual resource I would recommend taking a look at is a long essay called Principles by Ray Dalio. In particular the first thirty or so pages has some practical ideas about identifying your strengths and weaknesses and the need for constant feedback and reflection in order to show a marked improvement.

I found a number of applications for poker in this short piece such as when he says that you have to be honest with yourself and be able to confront your own weaknesses because only through understanding and accepting them can you begin to improve. To me this refers to situations where too often you blame variance or bad luck for your recent results rather than putting yourself in an uncomfortable situation and taking the time to review all the mistakes you made during the session.

The sooner you confront your shortcomings and do something about it the faster you can start to improve. Anytime you feel uncomfortable or unsure of yourself at the tables make sure these are the spots you review after the session. Look for patterns or themes to the mistakes you make so you can correct the high level issues.

In order to improve you need to know your own game inside out so if at the moment you don’t feel your game is any good then accept this reality and do something about it.

The second book that I would recommend to anyone that currently plays poker and is looking to improve is The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. This book is a fantastic account of his experiences playing high level chess and then competing in the world championships as a martial artist.

While the story is entertaining in itself the real value comes from understanding his approach to learning a new skill.
The book is crammed full of insight and so I would recommend picking up a copy but here are a few ideas that could be useful. The best way of learning something is to try to understand the core principles that underlie every situation.

With regards to poker I take this to mean try to understand the theory of poker itself and spend the most time analysing the spots that arise the most often.
He talks of situations where he spent hours breaking down chess games on his own and with a coach to try to understand exactly what is happening at every stage of the game. In order to truly understand something you have to be able to see a problem from every angle?

Next time you review a spot ask yourself questions like:

Why did I choose to make this play?
Are there other ways that I could have accomplished the same thing?
What would villain’s best response be to this strategy?
Was there something I neglected to notice at the time of the hand?

If you bet that size which I think makes sense what would you then bet on river with about 1.5 pot behind

I would fold turn with this hand with the four straight on board. We have no good rivers and aren't good often enough on turn.

Just because he stabs the flop with a wide range does not mean he three barrels every bluff combo.
Your call is not terrible if you had more reads but I would also consider the fact that the q blocks some of his gunshots and blocking a heart as well I would definitely fold this combo on river

Not sure what you achieve with turn raise on this texture. Not sure you get enough folds as his double range is likely strong in this spot. I prefer calling and getting to play river in position.
Once you do raise think you have to fold to the shove unless you are very optimistic about his range.

Think this or maybe 88 would make be the bottom of my cold calling range.
on turn his range will be quite polarised and I would expect someone competent to bet most rivers after barrelling turn because of how strong his range looks.
Without any postflop reads think folding turn is good.

Don't hate a call given we don't block any bluffs and he can have a lot of missed draws on this run out especially bvb.

However at these limits and on this particular river I think a lot of villains give up too often so think making an exploitable fold it best.

I think it's difficult to criticise your line as it looks very strong and most villains will be value betting and potentially bluffing quite wide on this run out.
However none of your reads are more than assumptions and so it seems an expensive way to find out how he responds to this line. What hands are you playing this way for value ?

Thanks guys if I do decide to bet turn what rivers would you continue on assuming we miss or if you don't want to be specific what factors should i consider when deciding whether to bluff on rivers?

Your analysis after the fact seems spot on to me. I dislike bluff catching as think fish rarely gets to this spot with many hands they would consider bluffing with.
I like a small bet here on the river as he can still have some 2 pair hands we can get value from.

So I assume you would prefer using a hand like JT without diamonds as a 3 barrel instead in this spot

Pre I would normally just fold even against someone who 3bets a lot.
Flop I don't mind the check I think you are right that most people don't check fold these boards often as pfr so you should either check now or fire multiple barrels.

Once you do check flop though I like the way you played turn and river though think you could mix up your play and occasionally raise turn as well.

Flop seems close between bet and check though may lean towards betting because of how passive so we are unlikely to get raised.

On turn think betting again is good as he can call with ax of pair and draw type hands but I would fold to the raise.

Don't think he shoves with worse and a lot of his diamond draws have a pair of some sdv as well and this type of villain is much more likely to just call again.

In hindsight outdated is not the best description but I found the chapters in post flop play very basic and certainly in online mtt's currently will be quite ineffective. I also think a lot of the preflop stuff does not cover a lot of the adjustments you can make.

For example there is a lot of emphasis on Nash shoving ranges but there are a lot of edges to be had not following these precisely and raise folding or making other exploitative plays instead.

Agree that we should be 4betting pre here most of the time as most regs will 3bet wide enough for us to get value and they are more likely to call a 4bet this deep.

Postflop on this texture there is no need to pot this flop but as played I would fold to this massive raise and not think too much of it.

Agree that just completing or making it bigger pre is best what's the reasoning behind betting larger on the flop? I made it small as I think most hands that fold against a cbet are pretty weak and so will fold regardless of the size.