I'm reading through "Mastering Small Stakes" and a concept I'm struggling with is betting. More specifically when to bet. For example if I'm UTG with 88 and open for 3BB and lets say the BTN calls. The flop comes AK2 rainbow. In the book, this would be considered a marginal made hand and we should check but the board and our range should dictate that we bet. Should we be betting or checking? This is assuming we are playing against a semi - competent player. I guess it really comes down to, whether should we bet based on how our perceived range is or based on the strength of the hand relative to the board?
I play small stakes where ppl overplay Ax and never fold Tp. pots are multiway most of the time. when I hit with my AJ next time I have a guaranteed double up lol.
You have a range and nut advantage on this flop and should bet 100% of your range. You have all the Aces, kings, ace/king, ace/queen where the opponent likely doesn't have any of those.
Great content. Now, if someone could teach me how not to be a nut-seeking missile with my jams and rejams, I'd be killing it :). Actually I shipped a nice tournament this week, despite having several days of running face first into the nuts over and over again. Even when I got it in really well (60%+ raw equity with nice overlays), I wasn't holding and that isn't fun. The MTT training on PCP (especially from Matt) has been incredibly useful for me though. When I run anywhere near EV, I think I'm developing the tools to be a threat in most of the tournaments I'm entering.
You can't crush any tournament without a lot of luck, come on. Otherwise well known pros would win every big tournament, which most often is not the case. Almost never actually
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You are going to be a big part of why I am successful at NL Hold em. Thank you
Joey Maier johnathan IS a big reason why I’m successful at nlhe. Read his books!
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Great stuff man. Thanks a lot
Problem I seem to run in to guys acting weak checking back top hands till river
Then don't value bet as thinly.
I'm reading through "Mastering Small Stakes" and a concept I'm struggling with is betting. More specifically when to bet. For example if I'm UTG with 88 and open for 3BB and lets say the BTN calls. The flop comes AK2 rainbow. In the book, this would be considered a marginal made hand and we should check but the board and our range should dictate that we bet.
Should we be betting or checking? This is assuming we are playing against a semi - competent player. I guess it really comes down to, whether should we bet based on how our perceived range is or based on the strength of the hand relative to the board?
Play by what your perceived range can be.
You want to rep the Ace. That board should be hitting your perceived range more than villain's
he is more likely re raising big kings or ace big preflop..He didn't , so i'd bet and rep the ace
I play small stakes where ppl overplay Ax and never fold Tp. pots are multiway most of the time. when I hit with my AJ next time I have a guaranteed double up lol.
You have a range and nut advantage on this flop and should bet 100% of your range. You have all the Aces, kings, ace/king, ace/queen where the opponent likely doesn't have any of those.
Great content. Now, if someone could teach me how not to be a nut-seeking missile with my jams and rejams, I'd be killing it :). Actually I shipped a nice tournament this week, despite having several days of running face first into the nuts over and over again. Even when I got it in really well (60%+ raw equity with nice overlays), I wasn't holding and that isn't fun. The MTT training on PCP (especially from Matt) has been incredibly useful for me though. When I run anywhere near EV, I think I'm developing the tools to be a threat in most of the tournaments I'm entering.
Jonathon, of the tournaments that you have re-bought into after busting out, what percentage have you gone on to cash in?
You can't crush any tournament without a lot of luck, come on. Otherwise well known pros would win every big tournament, which most often is not the case. Almost never actually
Sure, but there are still a lot of decisions you make that determine how much luck you’ll need. And making the right decisions takes skill