rising up stakes - untamed, just wanting to bluff ppl .. when playing population who’s overly tight- no need for any subtlety - that can come later. was fearless, with not great technical knowledge - got to 1k nl on party pretty fast. ppl have simple heuristics- if someone puts their stack in, they have it..
these days prob at least until 200nl u can be pretty insane?
got Upswing and consumed all the content
.. making thought process more streamlined - not more layered /complicated
some good, applicable heuristics and observations:
100NL - that hungry A9 jam SB vBB
open AA UTG, x/c T53r flop, x/r turn - heuristics: better to bluff-catch (i.e. x/c again) w Tx, while x/r w overpair for value
Uri's new strategy series (released Sep '24) - watch this to get fired up for playing 🔥🔥
especially the "Adjusting to Opponent Reactions" section is golden:
https://youtu.be/nUzgH-eQn5k?si=nbKfLoxNqaQxIkLW&t=601
written summary here:
this one sucked. it's a marginal, few bb's +EV call at best in GTO land, but in small stakes - does he ever have even close to enough bluffs?
Dealt to d0zeer [Ks Ts]
Moezart1993: folds
d0zeer: raises $0.75 to $1.25
ChangHoon Lee: folds
Ankhes: folds
canty1981: raises $4.25 to $5.50
Crazykitten94: folds
d0zeer: calls $4.25
*** FLOP *** [2s Qc As]
canty1981: bets $4.46
d0zeer: calls $4.46
*** TURN *** [2s Qc As] [3s]
canty1981: bets $10
d0zeer: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [2s Qc As 3s] [Qs]
canty1981: bets $33.90 and is all-in
[fine to slow play flop as long as we make up for it on later streets]
nuts/ nut blocker - you should seriously consider a geometric bet on the turn, no matter how large. If they fold, you probably wouldn’t have won much anyway. When the reward for winning the maximum is so large, that reward is worth pursuing at the expense of missing out on the occasional smaller bet from weaker hands.
The only time extreme, multi-street slow-playing really makes sense is when you block a lot of the hands likely to pay off large bets (e.g. top set blocking TP combos). In those cases, it makes sense to hunt for smaller game with less ambitious bets.
https://blog.gtowizard.com/maximizing-monsters-in-deep-stacked-scenarios/
GTO rarely uses a geometric strategy before the turn, as ranges are too close and equity too dynamic. Equities crystalize on later streets and ranges become more polar, incentivizing geometric bet sizes. When equities run much closer and can shift more easily on early streets, this is not the case.
pool hates folding, but don't want to 4bet light..
https://youtu.be/vwyBGRgLvXA?si=o9NIBQZzhuwbe7wu&t=401
another gem:
"As we go down the game tree, it becomes more and more difficult for opp to understand what our strategy is"
