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Is anyone else having trouble putting hands in using the sharemypair website? It lets me enter the blinds but clicking anywhere else does not register anything.
I haven’t been able to play as much as I had hoped. I did however loosen up a little bit on the button raising limpers and calling a little lighter against certain people. My first session was 5 hours and cashed a whopping $5. I played another session today and had my biggest cash yet from 1/2. In for $200 out for $1328.
Where before when I 3-bet I would typically 3x the raise no matter who else was in the pot today I changed it up. There was a $10 raise and two callers I looked down at KK in the cutoff and raised to $50. Everyone folded but it gave me more confidence that you can get folds. Later there was a raise to $15 and one of the same callers and I had KK on the button again. After raising to $50 I did get a caller for a nice pot taken down on the flop. I ended up not widening my 3-betting range this time around mainly because I didn’t see much of a need/ the situation just didn’t show itself.
I also tried to stick to what I was saying with respecting certain peoples 3-bet ranges too much and decided to make a few calls where I felt I had an edge against my opponent or thought they were just 3-betting too wide of a range. The most memorable of this turned out to be KQs flopping a Q with a flush draw, turning a K, and after rivering an A for the nut flush getting it all in to stack my opponent who rivered a straight.
Overall I stuck very close to my tight range. Just attempted to add a few more hands to my range close to the button unopened or vs a few limpers instead of overlimping/folding. It ultimately led to taking down a handful of small to medium sized pots on on the flop or turn that before I would either not be in the hand or not have the initiative.
Scott, thanks for the hand. I’ll never say anyone made a bad fold as long as they have sound reasoning behind it. I read yours and I think all of that makes sense.
Something to think about. On the flop when you c-bet 18 into 48 its giving everyone a pretty good price to continue with any kind of draw. Flush draws, straight draws, and even some pairs that gain a equity with good turn cards. The villain could certainly have two pair, QT for the straight, a set, or even just a flush draw. When he leads into you on the turn I’d probably take out the straight because there’s no reason to think that it would have checked all the way around and if it did he could lead the river on any brick. It’s possible he was leading to take a stab at the pot and also control the size to see the river at a reasonable price.
I appreciate all of the input. I agree some people play slightly differently vs me but at the same time at 1/2 the 3-bet sizing rarely get everyone to fold so I’ve been able to see enough showdowns to know I need to play a few more hands. For now I think I’ll stick to playing pretty tight. I’ll try a few more hands when I know I’ll end up in position and go from there.
Thanks for your input. I’ve just started playing live and I’m up about $800 over the 65 hours that I’ve tracked since January this year. That being said I know live I tend to play pretty tight passive against most people. $400 came from the first 3 sessions i had and most of the time I’m leaving the casino now after 6-8 hours even or up $40. Now that some people remember me it’s harder to get action when I have my big hands.
This makes me assume that I’m probably losing out playing too tight. Not 3-betting enough pre (typically AA-JJ, AKs-AQs) and not calling 3-bets enough pre against people who 3-bet too wide. I know 65 hours isn’t a huge sample but over the next few weeks I’m going to have more flexibility to make to the poker room and I’m trying to work on my game plan.
