wow

I think this is 100% fine
His 3-bet size is very small, we have position and good pot:stack ratio postflop

It`s very different when you open 3bb and someone makes it 11bb - you literaly have about 40% more postflop play here. This is almost the mathematical equivalent of being 170bb deep and making it 3x and someone making it 11x

Also the way he played his hand on the flop turn and river suggests we can crush him postflop with a large variety of hands as long as we have position

If the river was Q through 2 that was not a spade we stack him almost 100% of the time , this is just a very unlucky river


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I think if you turn your hand (dat QJo calling 3bet ip hand) into a preflop blocker game, it`s something most players are very adept with these days, you basically lower your edge because you can now be solved very easily via HUD, furthermore I`m sure hes gonna have decent shoving ranges pre given the preflop positions. By flatting you put him in a spot where he clearly had no idea what to do and you gained a massive edge (since his plan was to clearly close his eyes and clock check call any on every street)

bluffing in spots where the opp cannot be strong is extremely effective (provided you rep some hands) since most ppl are too bad tto realize their opp cannot be strong.
(+ its so hard to realize you are being exploited there)

.. whether or not your opp can have AQ in his 3betting range on a Q high board is a really, really big deal
-> you can float Qxx when you call his 3bet since he cant have AQ, KQ there

Fact

even if u have no reads your opponent's will have certain tendencies based on stack sizes and the limits you play

party small stakes regs

bet when they DONT have it, than checks to you when they hit.

this is happening all the time

on flop play

• Ppl only think the turn is the hardest street to play in poker because people play the flop so poorly.
• Balanced betting ranges make dbl/triple barreling very easy.
• Picking the right types of bluffs and using the right ratio of bluffs makes the following street very easy.

If u pick the right types of hands to bluff the flop with, lots of the times ull get almost spoon fed what turns you should bluff (lil SD value but good amount of Equity).

Than on the riv u usually wanna bluff with hands that have rly good removal effect,..

On the flop we dont have our bluffs nicely handed to us, its much more diff to know what to do

weird lines / adjustments due to history

..yet now since you and your opp are both playing so weirdly trying to exploit one another, as soon as one of you goes back to your default game you'll crush the other player.

mixing it up on th flop (simplified)

- on very dry boards, u wanna raise much less

- on very wet boards, there are usually so many turn cards that put nut type hands into your range that you want to raise now for protection and know you can be strong on most turn cards anyways.

- when the board is in between, then u shoyuld slowplay some biog hands and raise some so your range is protected on the turn.

need to play at least 200NL so I dont have to mess with the decimals when typing in betsize anymore

wanna go for the glory?

A player who loves the intellectual challenge of the game and wants to play as high as possible will need a different approach (than just grind and learn techniques required to beat the games now).

-> much more emphasis on theory, hiring good coach etc.



Every serious player needs ppl he can discuss hands with. You cant have a back and forth conversation on the forums or watching a vid