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    Bringing the mind home.
    Hand 1 AcKs - This is a way ahead/way behind situation, and whatever you're way ahead of isn't putting any more money in vs a raise. Villain cbet strongly in a 3way, 3bet pot with the option to check behind. That's enough to make you doubt the relative strength of your hand because villain's range narrows considerably. If you c/c flop, anything that beats you will fire the turn and anything you beat will check behind. So c/f turn, if you get shown a river vbet or c/c depending on if you think villain is more likely to call or bet.

    The only other thing I'd note is it's not always about getting your stack in as quickly as villain will let you.

    Hand 2 AcQs - Dunno about preflop really as I don't play fullring. When I'm playing really well I think lol way to go villain, wasting your hand, fold and onto the next hand. Any other time I stick the money in, sigh and move onto the next hand.

    Hand 3 AsKh - You could probably stick another bb on preflop but no big deal, that may seem a little picky but in a pot that goes three streets there's obviously going to be more in it by the river. I can really see that your betsizing has improved considerably though. You could perhaps go a little bigger on the turn but there's definitely an improvement from before.

    River is such an obvious blocking bet that it's an easy call, it'd be a lot more meh if they had bombed the river much bigger. I think the more fun decision is if we think villain is blocking his worse hands for cheap showdowns/bluffs, can we make him think he's pot committed into calling a minraise or something? Call is super fine though if you don't want to worry about worse spots.

    Hand 4 - QdQh - In 6max this hand would be pretty sexy if you don't want to fold the flop. Reraising the flop is inviting villain to fold worse and stick it in with better. By calling you keep his semi-bluffs, air, TP, pair+draw hands in the pot, and c/shove a blank turn when their equity has dropped is niiiiiiiice. NH sir.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jason View Post
    With marginal or vulnerable hands, you should find yourself taking more pot control passive lines to minimize your losses OR to allow villain to bluff when you're ahead. I get the feeling you don't do that enough because for at least 3 or more hands, I've pointed out that you're making a play where every hand you beat folds and all the hands that beat you call.
    QFT.

    Good luck at 10NL, give yourself time to get used to things and don't rush.
    Last edited by Dex; 02-22-2010 at 01:49 PM.

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