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Idea for splitting up Axs flush draws.

Everything else being equal, I think it is a good idea to play flush draws differently from time to time. Not always bet/raise them, and not always call/check behind with them.

Maybe some board textures/situations favor aggression more than passive play (maybe you may even want to c-bet 100% of your range) or vice versa, but apart from that, I would like to have some flush draws in each possible line/spot, so as to stay unpredictable.

Also, by splitting them up, we at least avoid to err 100% (ie. being always passive when aggression is correct or something like that).

So, an idea for a basic guideline is:

FLOP: Bet/raise even Axs, that is, A2, A4, A6, A8, A10, AQ.
-------Turn: Bet/raise multiples of 4, that is, A4, A8, AQ.
---------------River: A4 is bluff candidate.
-------Turn: Check/call multiples 2 mod 4, that is, A2, A6, A10.
---------------River: A2 is bluff candidate.
FLOP: Check/call odd, A3, A5, A7, A9, AJ, AK.
-------Turn: Bet/raise lower, A3, A5, A7.
---------------River: A3 is bluff candidate.
-------Turn: Check/call upper, A9, AJ, AK.
---------------River: A9 is bluff candidate.

Obviously, things can vary wildly from situation to situation:

1) Flop texture.
2) 2-way or multi-way.
3) Position.
4) Ranges.
5) More specifically, is either of our cards paired the board.
6) Stacks.
etc. etc.

So normal thinking is still required. But if I am sometimes in a situation where I am in doubt, I can use the above for deciding whether to c-bet, double-barrel, raise, etc.

August 11 recap.

Summary: A terrible day. I was playing over midnight from the day before, two-tabling NL5 Zoom, things went well at first, but I got tired and was getting slightly annoyed and tilted and ended up making an insane 2.5 bin mistake in a single hand. The following afternoon I found some of my mojo back, but results were just break even.

Overall: 6 bins down, about 3 of them due to tilt, 1 due to AI-EV bad luck, perhaps was running bad as well in other variance.

Mental state:

Gameplay:

Physical state: Not so bad.

Other notes: Don't play when tired.

Hands:

1) I have been in doubt about my play in this hand:

BTN: $11.59 (231.8 bb)
SB: $10.27 (205.4 bb)
Hero (BB): $8.08 (161.6 bb)
UTG: $14.02 (280.4 bb)
MP: $2.50 (50 bb)
CO: $4.99 (99.8 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q♣ A♣
3 folds, BTN raises to $0.10, SB folds, Hero raises to $0.40, BTN calls $0.30

Flop: ($0.82) Q♠ 6♣ 9♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.54, BTN raises to $1.35, Hero calls $0.81

Turn: ($3.52) T♣ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $2.60, Hero calls $2.60

River: ($8.72) 9♠ (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.65, Hero folds

Nice blog, I like how you explain you're thoughts in detail will start trying this myself

following good luck!

No more updates?

Congrats on Bronze status!

That's strange indeed, he used to post twice or thrice a day!
Are you playing tracked now?

Hi, thanks.

I had a few bad days result wise and tilted some. I figured I needed a break, since my mind was not working properly when sitting at the table (for example, after watching some zoom videos etc., I started a session and spewed 2 bins within 100 hands, playing recklessly.)

I will probably resume posting again, once I am ready.