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My Aggro Friend Needs Advice on Direction

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  1. Jedi Phil Ivey Jedi Phil Ivey is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 2:08pm)

    I have a friend. Whenever we play live cash games just for fun (0.25/0.50), he cant help himself, he 3-bets and 4-bets and 5-bets over and over and over with ATC. He bets if you check, he raises if you bet, and re-raise if you raise. Sometimes his ATC is the nuts but obviusly most of the time its air. He ends up being down 7 or 8 buyins every night, and he cant really afford to lose that. His nickname is Speed Racer.

    So I tell him. Hey Speed Racer, since you love being aggro and your addicted to it, micro cash games are not for you. I tell him that the bread and butter for his kind is MTTs. He goes GTFO, i dunt wanna spend so much time playing in one tourney. So I tell him than late in an MTT, the blinds are big, he gains alot from winning all those uncontested pots, and players are less bold as the money jumps gets bigger. Nobody will call river shoves with 3rd pair which is standard is our cash game when he shoves.

    Am I giving him the right advice, and If I am to what extent am I right? All Im basically is, is his behavior perfect for an MTT assuming he plays tight early of course?
  2. Dexa Dexa is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 2:14pm) in reply to Jedi Phil Ivey

    Heads up Cash games IMO.
  3. OhScissorMe OhScissorMe is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 2:14pm) in reply to Jedi Phil Ivey

    Well ummm, it kind of sounds like he just plays bad. So no, that won't work in a tournament either.
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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 2:25pm) in reply to OhScissorMe

     
    Originally Posted by st3v3_harv3y View Post

    Well ummm, it kind of sounds like he just plays bad. So no, that won't work in a tournament either.

    I laughed out loud.
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  5. lordxixor101 lordxixor101 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 2:54pm) in reply to OhScissorMe

     
    Originally Posted by st3v3_harv3y View Post

    Well ummm, it kind of sounds like he just plays bad. So no, that won't work in a tournament either.

    I hate to say it, but harv3y is really right here. Super agressive is better than being super passive, but neither is very good.

    If you want to help your friend, you really got to teach him to play tighter. If he can play tighter, it's great that he has the mentality he can push it all in the middle when the times are right.

    In a sense, this is what your trying to tell him (with your statement to play tight early in the MTT). But, if he is going to hapharzardly throw all his chips in every couple of orbits, eventually the better players at any level are going to set him up and he's going to lose.
  6. Jedi Phil Ivey Jedi Phil Ivey is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 3:38pm) in reply to Jedi Phil Ivey

    Is his love of aggression (if controlled) better for a tourney than a cash game?
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