Poker is definitely harder than it was a decade ago but there are still a lot of bad players casually burning their money


Blockers are underrated. When we have K9s for example, the probability of villain having AK is lower and KK much lower. Of course he can still have these hands but we're that little bit more likely to get our 3b bluff through. Blocking premium hands pre flop is pretty easy to wrap your head around, but it can get complicated post flop when we have a card we want villain to have, such as the Ad on a ddx board as he has more draws in his range when he has the Ad - if we have that card his calling range is stronger, containing fewer draws. That's not a skill you really need at these stakes but having that skill will give you a little more of an edge so it's definitely worth thinking about how the cards we hold affect villain's ranges both pre flop and post flop.

Also we want K9s not K9o for two reasons... first of all, the obvious extra playability and equity, but also because if we're 3betting K9o we're going to be 3betting way too often.