How do you have a good redline without winning big pots without showdown? It seems like you have to bluff your balls off in big pots to have a decent redline.
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Hi flyingpolishman,
Have you seen this thread? https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/forum/thread.php?postid=1214424#post1214424
It contains the best discussion of red-line/blue-line differences I've ever seen.
What do you mean by a "good" red-line?
If you are looking for one that is steadily rising over a large sample I would say, that you're playing against nits.
In general though, since the blinds account for most of the red-line losses, I would say defending your blinds properly will help stop the drop.
If you think about the blinds, you lose 1.5 BB every orbit. Assuming 6-max, that is 25 BB per hundred, so the more of that you can hold on to the better your red line will be.
Next thing I can think of is to play tight pre-, and aggro post-flop.
The idea there is that if opponents see you showing down good hands, they're more likely to get out of the way OTF and OTT
Counter-intuitively, folding earlier post-flop rather than later will mean that smaller amounts go on the red-line.
For example if you float the flop, then the turn, then fold to the river shove your red line will suffer much more than if you had given up on the flop.
It will be interesting to read what others think.
All the best,
VS
The best advice I ever got regarding red line was to continuation bet less on the flop and call (other players continuation bets) more instead of playing too straight forward for value. It helped me to have more balanced ranges on later street especially against regulars that like to stab turns or rivers against weakness.
Originally posted by ColorFlusher
The best advice I ever got regarding red line was to continuation bet less on the flop and call (other players continuation bets) more instead of playing too straight forward for value. It helped me to have more balanced ranges on later street especially against regulars that like to stab turns or rivers against weakness.
I recently had a look at leaktracker in PT4, and I found I was CBetting not nearly frequently enough.
It would be costly to try to improve red-line (or blue-line) while leaving value on the table.
Most of my costliest mistakes have been slow-playing top set and opponent gets there, thus turning a modest red-line win into a large blue-line loss