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Another thing I've figured out today is that I play MUCH better with 2-3 tables rather than with 4, it's as if with 2-3 tables I have enough time to think about every decision and even do some quick math in my head before making a play whilst on 4 table I can sort of play standard but whenever I get to a tough spot I make the wrong decision.
I'd like to show some examples.
This hand was played with 4 tables, there were a couple other hands going on and I played pretty much straight forward. Some people may think, ''oh this is just a cooler'', but if I was only playing 2 tables I would've been able to put villain on a range better and see how likely it is for my two pair to beat his calling range, whilst on 4 tables I wasn't able to think about this. If I was playing on 2 or 3 tables I would've had more time to think about my decision and instead of just auto check-raising the turn because I hit 2p pretty much comitting myself, I would've thought, is this J really a good card for me? Can it help him? etc. Perhaps I'm being results oriented, but I really think I should've played the hand completely different from the flop. I'm sure I would've lost some money here but I don't think I had any reason to lose my entire stack.
PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (BB): $24.12
UTG: $25.00
MP: $25.00
CO: $25.00
BTN: $29.20
SB: $33.95
SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has A J
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.50
Flop: ($1.60, 2 players) K 2 A
Hero bets $1.20, BTN calls $1.20
Turn: ($4.00, 2 players) J
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.00, Hero raises to $9.10, BTN calls $6.10
River: ($22.20, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $13.07 and is all-in, BTN calls $13.07
Hero shows A J (Two Pair, Aces and Jacks) (Pre 63%, Flop 87%, Turn 9%)
BTN shows Q T (Straight, Ace High) (Pre 37%, Flop 13%, Turn 91%)
BTN wins $46.34
Here's an example of a hand where I'm only playing 2 tables and because of that on every single hand I'm able to put villain on a range, not only that but I can also see what's going on in hands I'm not involved in. For some reason, once I jump to 4 tables from 3 I just can't do any of these things anymore... Now in this hand villain was a nit so his UTG open range is pretty narrow, the flop doesn't hit him but it surely hits my range so I decide to float. OTT the board pairs, but he keeps betting out, I'm guessing he does this because he knows that I know that he got some strong hands in his UTG range, and maybe he thinks he can fold out or get value from flush draws. But I know he can't have a 9 or a T so I decide to raise his turn bet and he folds. I also know he can't play back at me even with overcards because the possibility I got trips is very high so if for some weird reason he calls me with A high I can pretty easily get a showdown on the river. On 2-3 tables I can make these correct thought processes but on 4 tables I just kind of go into autopilot. So I should def not go over 3 tables imo.
PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
UTG: $18.50
MP: $25.00
Hero (CO): $49.01
BTN: $32.54
SB: $26.83
BB: $12.05
SB posts SB $0.10, BB posts BB $0.25
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 3 3
UTG raises to $0.75, fold, Hero calls $0.75, fold, fold, fold
Flop: ($1.85, 2 players) 9 2 T
UTG bets $1.00, Hero calls $1.00
Turn: ($3.85, 2 players) 9
UTG bets $2.00, Hero raises to $5.20, fold
Hero wins $7.50
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