constructing ranges (repost)

let’s say you’re playing 6m and some guy has 16% 3bet but your note says he showed up with AJo and KQo in SR pots. Then you can infer his 3betting range contains a whole lot of air and SC’s and very few broadway hands, because his value range is only 5.5% of hands(TT+,AJs+,KQs,AQo+) meaning there are 10.5% random other hands in his range.You should construct 3bet calling range to be all suited and offsuit broadways and also 4bet him frequently.

how long are your typical sessions?

My typical sessions are probably around ~3 hours, although this is obviously dependant on factors like game quality, my seat, how fatigued I am, how good I think I’m playing, how good I think everyone else is playing etc. Regardless of the length of my sessions, I always take breaks every 30-45 minutes where I sit out on all tables and go outside for a bit, or just lie down a while, go to the kitchen and have an apple, do some push-ups, whatever. The breaks range from 45 seconds to 5 minutes, the key here is that you rest your brain and allow yourself to re-engage when you return. I also sometimes recite mantras during my breaks, my favorite one is a quote from Phil Galfond: “Everytime the action is on you, it’s an opportunity for you to make the perfect decision”.

using stats

let’s say you’re playing 6m and some guy has 16% 3bet but your note says he showed up with AJo and KQo in SR pots. Then you can infer his 3betting range contains a whole lot of air and SC’s and very few broadway hands, because his value range is only 5.5% of hands(TT+,AJs+,KQs,AQo+) meaning there are 10.5% random other hands in his range. You should construct 3bet calling range to be all suited and offsuit broadways and also 4bet him frequently.

adjustment

The number one strategy I always utilise during my sessions is definitely adjustments. I think that’s my big strength in Poker and what I do better than most. I think a lot of people wait too long until they have adjust because they don’t really understand Bayesian probability. Basically, no matter what simple size you have, you can still make adjustments according to what you see, as long as any time you acquire new information, you keep adjusting. For example, I played a hand a few months ago where I had 76s HU, villain raised on the BTN, I flatted in the BB. The flop came down Q86 I c/c’d, turn was a T I checked, he checked behind, river was a 2 and I c/c’d, he had AT. At first I didn’t think much of it, but then I realized the extent of the adjustments I can make from it. I can infer his turn betting range is extremely polarized, as his value range is Qx+, therefore if he’s betting it at a high frequency he’ll be bluffing a lot, and if he’s betting it at a low frequency he will be value betting a lot. Therefore, I can make the adjustment to never raise his turn bet(because raising against a polarized range is mostly pointless; all better calls, all worse folds) and instead, raise his bet/check/bet line a lot, as it will include mostly weak 2nd pair hands he checked behind on the turn. Furthermore, if he’s betting turns polarized at a low frequency, I can c/c flops wider and expect to get to SD more often. This is just one example of the amount of information you can get from one hand.