Nice read Lord9BaLL as the points you have made are a big part of the game i am working on. I am constantly trying to ask myself these questions; And you have explain this very well imo. Good luck today at the tables.......................................

Thank you very much for the comments WillMcCoy and mattdb9er.

Good read. Your always stressing the importance of having a range assessed and a line in mind based on that range. From that point on its just a matter of doing your HW with equity calculations and such. Can't wait for the next article.

having a plan is def importante fo sho ,but on a flip situation i will see players pre-meditate a plan to bluff ,without taking into consideration that maybe that bet size or next street card isn't exactly the right bluff to be making,and also a lot of thinking players go by natural instinct on certain plays because of timing/bet tells that bring out the quick sniffer .plans are awesome in other words but there are times [imo] that instinct kicks in without time to plan

 

Originally Posted by double_kyan

having a plan is def importante fo sho ,but on a flip situation i will see players pre-meditate a plan to bluff ,without taking into consideration that maybe that bet size or next street card isn't exactly the right bluff to be making,and also a lot of thinking players go by natural instinct on certain plays because of timing/bet tells that bring out the quick sniffer .plans are awesome in other words but there are times [imo] that instinct kicks in without time to plan

Thanks for the comment. Yea I tried to stress that all spots are different and that a plan is more of an outline and to know to reevaluate in some situations like more action than expected or certain flops textures like you mentioned. Good point, thanks

 

Originally Posted by cracker9ball

Can you elaborate? I am guessing that you are talking about a thin value line. Is that correct?

Thin value line is certainly a part of it, but given the abstract scenario we don't have enough information to make a judgement of what is better EV(x,c) vs EV(b,f), where EV(x,c) is the expected value of check/call and EV(b,f) is the expected value of bet/fold. The only information we have is that we have a hand that has some showdown value and this is very vague. The answer is it really just depends on our opponent's 1) river range is and 2) his river strategy versus us. If our opponent is super aggro and may put us into some really tough spots with thin value bets, then yes I agree that x/c is probably a good line with the bottom end of our value range. However, if our opponent is on the passive side and he will check behind a lot with hands that would have called a bet, then we may be better off placing a bet if we have good equity versus his river range.

My comment was really just based on your generality of the situation, where we didn't have a lot of concrete information.

Thanks once again for another good article , that I enjoyed reading . This is a mistake that I see a lot of people still make pretty often , even seasoned veterans of the game . Its easy to get just button clicky and not think out all your actions . Thanks for the reminder , gonna read it again before my next session ! Thanks again and GL .

There's also times where we bet cause we simply just cant help ourselves...

GREAT READ

good shit yo

 

Originally Posted by B_O_K_E

There's also times where we bet cause we simply just cant help ourselves...

Sometimes I just bet because it makes me feel like a man

 

Originally Posted by pocketts

There's also times where we bet for protection...

yah there is def nothing like checking into a guy ,just to watch him slam a large bet at ya on the river

Cracker is a Latin King? His face is disturbing but his game is tight. Lol jk jk!Great read as usual Crack! PS ... I'm the villain and once stars and tilt return to The U.S. I will crush the comp and top the ranks! I'm coming for you!!!

Just got around to reading your articles and I enjoyed them both. Keep up the hard work and see ya on the tables.We've definitely had our share of battles.-Nokaman

Good read. Often we can make decisions in poker without an rhyme or reason. Keeping focus and actually thinking through every decision we make is key to maintaining the edge that we all feel we should have on the games we play. Keep up the good work sir.