Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Learning Lessons

Things I notice alot and need to learn from.

Most hands that go check, check mean no one has hit or hit well, very often at the showdown I'm thinking that a bet on the turn/river would have won it, (the value of position plays here). Even a small bet would have seen many people fold more than call, this is better than the pot going to the A3 player.

If I make a continuation bet out of position against one opponent and get called, do bet the next street as many people will call one bet looking for a card and will fold to a second bet. Same goes for in position, if they check the turn after calling the river bet again, they will fold more than call a second bet in this spot. It's like they are checking if their 2nd or 3rd pair are good.

And in reverse if I call a bet on the flop and they check the river again at this level most players will make one stab and then think they are behind.

Everything depends on who I'm playing and the cards on the board before making a decision.


Two barrels will see most players away at this level, expect the flush chasers who just have to see a river card and always expect to win if it hits. I stacked a guy who chased a spade flush to the river he had 78 spades I have AQ spades flop A 10 2 with 2 spades, calls my bets right down to the river when the 3rd spade hits the river and he goes all-in and I call out flushing his flush and he says I was lucky, yeah right.

What I'm learning right or wrong in poker terms is right for me at the level I play.

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