Thanks for the welcome Luke! I look forward to learning and interacting with you guys.
Lesson 2 - homework
Question 1: What do you think you could play differently than suggested in the BSS Starting Hands Chart and why?
- Suited face cards. After seeing the starting hand chart I realize that I play way too many hands. Especially the suited face cards. According to the chart I should always fold these when players have raised before me (which I never do) and only call and not raised when playes before me have called (which I never do). Can someone maybe explain why these hands should be folded so much? I always thought they were a great starting point to hit a straight/flush draw on the flop.
- Offsuited face cards. I already kinda figured out that I had been playing these way too much, since I generally lose these types of hands. I will stick to the BSS chart for these hands from now on.
- Ace small suited. These types of hands I generally play a lot as well, whatever position I’m in. Like my first point I always thought these were a great starting point to hit a flush(draw) on the flop or river. Can someone explain why I should fold these so much?
Question 2: Do you have questions about your preflop play? Post your hand for evaluation.
NL2 AA all-in after suited flop
Question 3: What is the equity of AKo against the top 5% range? 5% means 88+, AJs+, KQs, AKo.
- Not sure if I used Equilab correctly but it said 46,32% for AKo, is that correct?
- How can you calculate equity when you’re at the tables? Especially when you are multitabling? Is there a way to do it? Or do you just have to start memorizing the different equities for all the cards? Because this is exactly where I lose money. I don’t know how profitable it is for me to bet, so then I just make wrong decisions and end up losing money.