yo! eager young students of love! whazzup?
i hope the love still keeps pounding in ur souls. W most of the students during the last masslove fest we talked also abt the reasons for betting in NLHE. As i told u there are bets for value, for bluff or for capitalization of dead money (either passive or agressive), that is: speaking of decent, more exp plrs.
What u ll encouter very often in ur carreers tho esp till the NL200 lim is ppl making 2 other categories of bets: 4, bets for information 5, bets for no reason at all (usually stems from the "shock therapy" frozen thinking: i dont want my opponent to bet, so i bet first. The closer to Balkan u live, the more likely u ll encounter this on a (very) regular basis, trust me on this. ♦ Another thing which bets for no reason at all induce, is: calls for no reason at all.
from today's morning:
Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $6(BB) Replayer
Hero ($639)
BB ($604)
CO ($165)
BTN ($1,121)
Dealt to Hero K♠ A♥
fold, fold, Hero raises to $21, BB raises to $66, Hero calls $45
FLOP ($132) J♠ 7♣ A♣
Hero checks, BB bets $60, Hero raises to $132, BB calls $72
TURN ($396) J♠ 7♣ A♣ 7♥
Hero bets $441 (AI), BB calls $406 (AI)
RIVER ($1,209) J♠ 7♣ A♣ 7♥ 4♥
Hero shows K♠ A♥
(Pre 31%, Flop 94.9%, Turn 97.7%)
BB shows K♦ K♥
(Pre 69%, Flop 5.1%, Turn 2.3%)
Hero wins $1,207
An opponent is 21/17, but just 3% 3bet nit. So kids, this is what happens when u dont eat on nutrients rich- good balls growth supporting food: An opponent will break down ur range so precisely, that he can never make mistakes post (while u will-leveling urself). That s exactly the reasoning behind just calling the 3bet of his from SB w AK. His 3bet is prolly JJ+, AK. If he has any 3bet bluff range at all, which i guess is possible ( ♦ ) then it will include some Ax combos. Since i dont wanna flip vs him range pre. Calling and allowing him to make the bet for no reason at all is preferable. Since i KNOW on F his range is what i just said, i have to raise not to let him potcontrol somewhere later in the hand. Raising small has the most sense since his hand is alw sdbound and never drawing (coz of his pf range) Going for the shove on T is easy coz of what we know abt the calls of theirs resulting from no reason at all bets. gg
a note: if he is playing a super agroloose style and we have an ongoing agro dynamic, then certainly betting is an option for several reasons, which is however out of the point i wanted to make here.
Thats it for today's strategy lesson. Hope u have a good one, love generation kids
On other note. I started playing bits of NL2k already. Feel my game is rising to B+/A- already, so lkely posting some big/interesting hands if they happen. For now, on 2nd orbit NL2k welcomed me w the standard AK<KK cooler. ♠_confused: