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    Avoidable losses - I think this improved SIGNIFICANTLY over the course of the year. I think last week I was getting bombed for a $4k losing session, and that was the first session in months and months that I think I did some monkey spew.

    I'm pretty confident that all my GTO studying helped a lot with this. Having a foundation that you're sticking to definitely helps keep you in line. Decisions don't seem arbitrary anymore, they are based on fundamentals and being done for a reason. (ie: I'm not just randomly 4b whenever I feel like it, but it's based on solid ranges that I've worked on, for example).

    Varying bet sizes - I think I've also been working on this too. I think again this ties into GTO studying. For example, I'm thinking more along the lines of, "If I bet X size, then villain needs to continue with Y% of his range.", which extends to: "I would like to bet Z range in this particular spot. In order for betting this range to be profitable, I need villain to call with Y% of his range. If I bet X size, then villain needs to call with Y% of his range, therefore my bet will be profitable"

    If that makes any sense? haha. Really just thinking a lot more about my sizing, and what that means for villain and how often he has to continue.

    ie: If I bet half pot on the river, villain needs to continue with 66% of his range. So in that spot I know that I'm winning more than 50% of the time if he calls with 66% of his range. So villain is in a crappy spot where he can either call appropriately, but my range beats his more than 50% of the time, or he can fold the bottom of his range such that his calling range beats my range but he's folding too often.
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    Quote Originally Posted by griffey24 View Post
    Avoidable losses - I think this improved SIGNIFICANTLY over the course of the year. I think last week I was getting bombed for a $4k losing session, and that was the first session in months and months that I think I did some monkey spew.

    I'm pretty confident that all my GTO studying helped a lot with this. Having a foundation that you're sticking to definitely helps keep you in line. Decisions don't seem arbitrary anymore, they are based on fundamentals and being done for a reason. (ie: I'm not just randomly 4b whenever I feel like it, but it's based on solid ranges that I've worked on, for example).

    Varying bet sizes - I think I've also been working on this too. I think again this ties into GTO studying. For example, I'm thinking more along the lines of, "If I bet X size, then villain needs to continue with Y% of his range.", which extends to: "I would like to bet Z range in this particular spot. In order for betting this range to be profitable, I need villain to call with Y% of his range. If I bet X size, then villain needs to call with Y% of his range, therefore my bet will be profitable"

    If that makes any sense? haha. Really just thinking a lot more about my sizing, and what that means for villain and how often he has to continue.

    ie: If I bet half pot on the river, villain needs to continue with 66% of his range. So in that spot I know that I'm winning more than 50% of the time if he calls with 66% of his range. So villain is in a crappy spot where he can either call appropriately, but my range beats his more than 50% of the time, or he can fold the bottom of his range such that his calling range beats my range but he's folding too often.
    Nice work.

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