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 My NLHE problem, James Brooke, 19. Sep 2003 07:00 | ||
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| I have a problem with NLHE - i seem to be able to play fine when the table is 10-handed, and just not as well when it is 3-7 handed. As a result, my performance in big tournies is good and i can usually make the money, but i am getting really frustrated playing sit'n gos. I play tight until we are down to 5 players - fine. Then i have about 1500 chips (what i started with) and the blinds are 100/200. I play aggressively here (one thing i think about is that the people i play with regularly notice a big shift in my gears here... can i make it more gradual) raising if i have to big cards, pair 7 or higher, and any ace (though i seem to lose a lot with A2, A3, A4 etc). If the raise of 3xBB is more going to be more than half my stack, i'll just go all in. The problem is, i really seem to have to wait ages for these hands and when i get them someone always seems to call and beat me. Is this normal??? Also, if someone has already limped in (say 5-handed), should i adjust my hand requirements - bearing in mind, that with the blinds so high 1 mistake and i'm out. Also, should i ever limp myself? And finally, at what point should i stop waiting and go all-in with K- or Q- high? When my stack is 2x the total blinds... 3x? Thanks in advance | ||
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| Re: My NLHE problem, Mayo, 19. Sep 2003 10:31 | ||
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| I used to struggle in a similar way and now I limp much more often when 6 handed or below. I still raise with 15-20 "true" starting hands, but I limp with other decent hands. After the flop, I am quick to throw it away unless I catch a good hand. The key thing that this does is avoid the reraises over marginal hands. If you are raising everytime you go into a hand, you lose a lot of chips as you throw away marginal hands after reraises. Good players are more likely to reraise a raiser when short-handed | ||
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| Re: My NLHE problem, jordanc79, 19. Sep 2003 11:35 | ||
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| James, I think your general tournament playing style is very good. It's pretty much the same mantra that I succeed with in multi-tables as well as SNG's. Just because a SNG is only 10 players doesn't mean your strategy is different when you're up against 500. I typically can go two levels without playing a single hand and find myself with only 6 people at the table. Whenever I play tournaments, I constantly remember a general quote that I read in one of Daniel Negreanu's articles - "every chip you win is less important to you as every chip you lose is of utmost importance to you". With 10 players in the first level, I'll routinely fold hands like AJ, KQ, KJs, etc. Yeah, it's only a $20 call, but against a big field, the flop is more likely to come unfavorable and have to fold to a bet. Now, once you're 5-6 handed, these holdings go up in value as your KQ can be a late raising hand to eliminate a possible AX that can kill you. Always remember that the less opponents at the table, the less likely a single person has a premium hand. Your KQ can easily be considered a favorite at this point...10 handed though, it may not be. In no-limit, realize that one hand can make you. Build your stack as cautiously as possible and don't throw around chips on speculative hands, you're going to lose your ammunition. Going into the 50-100 level with $700 is vastly different than with $1400. Don't worry that you're up against two stacks that are double or triple your size, you can take them out in one hand. Find the opening and boom, you're now at $2800 and a good bet to make the top 3 money spots. I've won SNG's seeing only 4-5 flops on several occasions. Sometimes I use my very tight image to my advantage once it's down to 3 handed. All of a sudden it seems like my raises are coming out of nowhere and my opponents have a hard time adjusting to my change of gears. Working successfully with a short stack is one of the best skills to obtain playing tournament poker. Once you've mastered it, you'll always be a threat to make the money in every event you participate in. --- JordanC Poker Comic | ||
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| Re: My NLHE problem, James Brooke, 20. Sep 2003 04:37 | ||
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| Thank you for both for spending the the time to write such thorough replies. Much appreciated. | ||
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