Notes on Fee's 6max guide part1
Mariuslol, Dec 28 2009
More study notes coming up in a second, accidently lost them first xD
My notes from poker study 24/14
Mariuslol, Dec 25 2009
Intro
- To become the best player we need to make the best educated guesses. Transform ourself into pseudo superusers.
- To do this we'll use
* Position
* Bet! Sizing
* Combinatorics
* Different lines
To help us define an opponent's range.
- What makes people better is that they can estimate an opponent's range more precisely.
Fundamentals
- The variables you should take into consideration before making a poker decision:
* Hand range: A set of holdings your opponents may have based on their positions and actions in a hand.
* Fold equity: Is the percentage of the time you win the pot without a showdown.
* Expected value (EV): Is the average win or loss on a specific hand.
- Naturally you should continue in hands where your equity is high and typically fold in situations where it is low.
- Equity should be first thing you think about before you decide to check, bet, or fold
Combinatorics
- Combinatorics = Combinations of hands
- In hold'em there are 1326 possible hand combinations:
* Because there's no difference among the six possible combinations of AA or the sixteen of 72o, the number of hand combinations can be reduced to 169
- How to find Combinations
Unpaired hands
Step 1: Find total number of cards
Step 2: Multiply available cards
Step 3: Add each product
Example: How many combinations of AK and AQ are there on A25 flop?
Solution: (3 Aces)(4 Kings) + (3 Aces)(4 Queens) = 12AK + 12AQ = 24 Combinations
Paired hands
Step 1: Find total number of cards
Step 2: Solve C(C-1) / 2
Step 3: Add each quotient
Example: How many combinations of 22 and 55 on an A25 flop?
Solution: 3x2/2 + 3x2/2 = 6
Common Low/Mid - Stakes Leaks
- Most obvious reasons why low to mid-stakes players are worse than high stakes players is that they can't read hands well.
* Less aggressive and don't fight as much for pots.
- As you become better you'll realize no one ever has anything and you should battle for more pots.
Limped pots
- Rarely do players in early position lead out.
* They check and when late position player bets, they fold and move on to other tables.
- 90% of low-stakes players do not fight for limped pots. They check-fold if they don't hit anything.
- Limped pots are the easiest in the world. No one fights for them, no one cares.
- Steal any pot which isn't coordinated or draw heavy. If you get a call and a high card falls on the turn, fire again. (People usually never limp with J,K,Q,A's
Image
- Players don't use image enough
* Especially nits
* Nits should semi bluff more often
* Also two and three barrel more (Since nits never bluff in big pots, when they do, it's hard to call them down.)
* Nits should also fold TT and JJ more often when facing aggression. (When you're a nit, everyone knows you're a nit.)
- Generally, the majority of players should treat JJ like 99 and give both same value.
* Most of the times when we get either of these hands in on the flop, we are either against sets, overpair or a draw that has atleast 40% equity.
Pot Patrole
- Next time you're in a hand and want to check back the turn with top pair, medium kicker or an overpair, BET!
- Good players peel a lot of flops, because they want to steal on later streets. But almost always they have 5-9 outs, therfor you should bet.
- Betting the turn also makes you a tougher player.
- A common thing among low to mid-stakes players is checking behind on the turn after betting the flop on an open ender or flush, because they want to see a free card.
* Like saying "I want to lose 38 out of 47 times"
- When you check behind on the turn after betting a draw heavy flop. Villain will know your range is weak, and can play well vs you.
* With a draw himslf, bet the river to move you off your hand.
* If he has a good pair, check call your bet.
- High stakes players like to bet enough on the turn so that they'll have the correct odds to call if they get check-raised all in.
* In addition, by betting, leaving small amount behind, it shows you're committed and discourages your opponent from making a play at you.
* If he does shove all in (doesn't happen often). You can call and hit your outs and tilt him.
Balancing
- The idea behind balancing is to make yourself a tougher player so people can't accurately put you on a hand.
- No point balancing when people choose to ignore it.
- In short, up to 3/6 against almost everyone, just play.
* Bet when you tihnk an opponent's range is weak (strong) and check (or fold) when you think it is strong.
- Start balancing 5/10 and higher.
Playing Out Of Position
- Poker is a game where you make money by avoiding difficult spots with marginal hands.
- Nevertheless, people still like to play hands out of position.
- The reason it sucks is because we don't have a lot of choices:
* It's hard to manage the size of the pot
* Infinitely more difficult to run a three-barrel bluff oop than in position because villain could be flatting with the nuts 3 streets.
*Harder to extract value
*Can't choose to see a free showdown on the river and we win fewer pots.
- Simple advice: Fold!!
Showdown Value
- On a T28r board we should be more inclined to showdown with AK than A5 because AK dominates more hands if it improves.
* It also has twice as many outs against top pair.
- We should bet A5 because this causes A6+ type hands to fold and we rarely improve.
Leveling
- Players try to out level themselves too much
* If he's a nit, he's got the nuts, 2nd nuts or in rare cases 3rd nuts.
Backdoor Draws
- Players don't value backdoor draws enough
* Often we'd rather have a backdoor flush draw by the turn than a one pair hand.
* The main reason is the equity we have against villain's calling range on the turn.
* Can continue putting pressure if we miss river.
* Also balances your overall game. Players will think you are a crazy aggro maniac when you are just playing your equity.
Equity Equity
- Example: 55 on a 9TT board, your equity is horrible
* KJ on a 9TT our equity is decent, and rarely drawing dead.
- We often see players C-Betting 569 with AT or KJ. You do have overcards, but will need to fire 3 barrels because whatever handscall the flop aren't going to fold the turn very often.
Not All Fishes Are Alike
- Against the overly aggressive fish, you can start to call more with marginal hands or wait for the nuts
- The loose passive are bad at extracting value and genrally play passive.
* When this type of fish bets, fold.
* Since they call a lot, make thin value bets.
* Don't bluff them.
- Against those who never fold preflop, figure out what amount they are willing to put in with rags. (5x,6x,7x,8x etc.) until they fold
* And raise the highest you can with your premium hands
- Be more inclined to bluff the passive fish who are willing to fold when scarecards appear
* Increase your river bluffing freq. vs them.
- Against fish who like to show bluffs, and is doing it again, he will do it over and over. (Don't out level yourself thinking "he showed a few bluffs a few hands ago, to get payed off on this on). They don't think like that.
Merry X Mas everyone
Mariuslol, Dec 24 2009
Weee, man I'm up early again, it's 07.00 here on x-mas morning.
I feel really good, yesterday my sessions were so good, not been that good in a long time.
First I had one 1hou30 min one, ended up 2bi, then later in the evening I had one with 7bi up. So 9bi yesterday, felt really great, even though it was just on 20nl xD
I'm just gonna stay with my siblings and dad for the x mas, and in the evening go visit my mom, eat some rib and spend the time with my family, maybe I'll get a session in when nobody's looking. I'm also thinking bout going to the gym now, since everyone is sleeping :x
Man, I'm so happy about one of the presents, I don't have to much money, and one of my mates, Tiltyboy/Dokosoko has everything and nothing I'd buy him would seem enough, so I made him something instead. I collected all the best high stuff material and made a huge book, finer details of combonotorics or how you spell it (I don't understand that shit lol) polarization, best chapters from the Cole South book, best stuff from that Tri guy, the most famous Obama quotes, and it ended up 83 pages, and I got one of those perms, and made hole, and put it in this thingy to be read, and I spent 1 hour drawing on the cover to write Poker kinda cool. Maybe a bit corny, but atleast it's a present lol xD
I'm gonna go do something now <3 Have a blast ya'll
Excellent food for thought
Mariuslol, Dec 22 2009
- There’s no comfort in the growth zone and there’s no growth in the comfort zone.
- When you get comfortable, you get stale. And when you get stale… Someone else who “gets it” passes you by and leaves you in the dust.
- It can be uncomfortable to grow.
GOOD!
The tingle means it’s working : ) That feeling of being uncomfortable means that you are growing.
- I believe hand reading is a function of your mental / emotional state at the time more than anything else.
(Ever noticed that some days you can put people on hands right and left, other days you´re just fumbling in the dark? They haven´t changed, you haven´t changed, your skills have not diminished. But you are probably not in that same emotional state you were in when playing the first game.)
- The reason you struggle with the more subtle technical aspects is that they usually require a good and clean state of mind whilst playing and analyzing.
- If you are on constant subtle tilt you will never understand your own image, your opponents projected image vs the way they actually play, what your history with a specific opponent really means and CORRECT adjustments (as opposed to a couple of 3 bets and now you´re waiting to shove any 2)
- what all this basically boils down to; hand reading and putting your opponent on accurate ranges, and knowing what to do with those ranges. These qualities will separate a 2 ptbb winner, from a 5 ptbb winner.
- Good idea to review yesterday's hands at the start of a new day, as prep game, and at higher stakes, take notes on specific regulars when not playing to prep.
- Check list on every hand someone calls or raises you, ask yourself his range of hands.
- Common mistake to be "on the ball" first 5 minuts, and then go into Droid mode for the rest of the session.
- Just start out by doing this every time you have any preflop decisions. Then extend to the flop. Then extend to asking yourself about your perceived range (2nd level).
- The absolute most important thing when faced with a big decision, is to first breathe and relax for a couple of seconds.
- The greatest lesson that can be applied to your poker game is the buddhist lesson of being mindful and aware of one´s thoughts and actions at all times.
(Hmm, I should find out more about meditating)
- Optional (Before every session, make a short little goal for that session). To play very tight first 15 minuts, don't spew or go overboard.
Finding leaks
Mariuslol, Dec 21 2009
Been thinking about this quite a bit, since I'm not that good of a player, and I'm playing microstakes, I must have hell of a lot of leaks. And I've been thinking of ways to identify and spot those leaks.
I do post a lot of hands, but I never really feel I find any leaks doing it anymore. I did at start when I played pocket pairs all wrong and stuff like that.
Ways I can think of to fix leaks atm is:
- Hire a coach to sweath you
- Get a friend to sweath you
- Ask people on here ways to find and plug leaks <3
- Looking through biggest losing hands in pokertracker, evaluate and rethink
I'm wondering if there's way to find leaks in the small pots, I never bother to look at them, and not sure where I'll start, so many. And even if I see I played something wrong, and I go "ahh, ok, should have done that, ok, mm" then move on to the next hand, it doesn't really feel like "YESS, ok, fixed that leak" it kinda just goes away in a haze and I don't notice it.
Any thoughts and feedback on this would be awesome
Chuchu
Can someone elaborate on this stupid red line
Mariuslol, Dec 20 2009
Ohh, I'm not that bright, what does this mean actually?
Small update to myself
Mariuslol, Dec 19 2009
Just checked the tracker, and I've played 45hours so far this month, still feel I've barely played anything, maybe I'll reach my goal of 80 hours xD (weee)
With the training, I did good first days, but I'm struggling hard with my illness thingy. Fruktosemalabsorpsjon thingy.
But yesterday I got a 2 hour session with this super food nutrition doctor expert, and it was priceless to me, found out so much lol.
Found out that what I have will make people tired, and a word I couldn't find translation for in English. But if I had to try and explain it, it makes me extra lazy, fatigued, not taking initative, not being active, something along those lines.
What it is is, im allergic to sugar, half of the molekyle atleast, fructose, and if I get any, I can't go to the toilet, and my stomach gets painful and hard, and the longer it goes on, the more tired I get, the more I sleep, and the more fucked up everything gets.
But made me feel really good, to hear from the doctor that It's a serious condition, and I'm not THAT lazy after all xD
weee
Seen 4 poker vods or so, gotten to page 10 in one poker book, and page 30 in one, so some catching up to do there as well.
December Goals
Mariuslol, Dec 01 2009
I've noticed I've always written kinda, smallish goals, and I don't feel excited, and like "wow, can I really make this". And I go bored and just don't care "goals wern't great anyway" I'm kinda telling myself without really telling myself.
So for december I'm gonna turn it up a notch, even though I didn't make my November goals!!
!!!
- 80 hours or more of playtime at the tables.
- 12 poker vods
- 2 poker books
- train atleast 12 sessions at the gym
- Try keep propper day rythem, always wake up between 06:00 - 12:00 and go to bed before stupid o clock. liiike, try to go bed 22:30, sleep 23:00 / 23:30, wake up 08:00
- Reach C+ with all 3 races in Starcraft (This one isn't that important, training and poker is important).
Another nervous approach
Mariuslol, Dec 01 2009
Weird, I notice I dodge things when I don't do well at them, or don't meet an expectation I set for myself. Annoying, keep thinking "wish I never stopped the blog" and I don't go at it again, because "it's no fun when I have a long stretch I stopped".
I'll try harder not to stop this time around, roarr.
I remember setting some goals in a thread for November, tried finding the thread again now, but I can't seem to find it. But I vaguely remember the goals (that can't be good, means I lost focus of my goals weeks ago)
Think they were pretty "passive" and not that insane, slow start to poker again? Or something like that. Think they were something like this:
- 40 hours of poker at the table
- 6 poker training vods
- read 3-4 books
- train 4 times a week
Hrmpfh, checked my tracker now, I played 37 hours, close but not good enough. Hate playing these microstakes (I know bad excuse). But if I was better I'd be higher, so nothing to blame but myself <3
Ended up 24$ total in 6max and 54$ up in Heads up. Nothing to brag about, but at least I'm in the plus, I think I'll get 260$ or so back in rakeback, so that's around 330$ for the month. Averaging of 8$ an hour, hrmpfh.
On the bright side, I watched maybe 11 poker vods, so that's good atleast, now on part 7 of some HU series on deuces with prinnyraiding in it. Hope I remember all the stuff I see there.
On the book parts, I read atleast one full, and several small thingys, not sure if the small ones count. So not a total success there, and I'm in the middle of another book, so that's semi okay xD
I trained 4 times a week first 2,5 weeks, got huge stomach problems again, due to my sugar thingy, and not trained in 8 days, I'm gonna go train today again though.
So overall, on a scale from 1-10 in completing goals, I'd have to give myself a 5 or something!!
Grrr, better next month we hope
Starting our journey to Vegas today xD
Mariuslol, Jun 07 2009
I know I'm a bit of a fish and all, but that doesn't matter!!
Me and my mate starting our travel to Vegas today, we live far up north in Norway, like, uhm, Tromsø. So we have a 9 hour drive today to get to Mo I rana, then tomorrow I'll take train from Mo I rana to Trondheim (6-7 hours) then plane from there to Oslo). And there the final plane which will go straight to Vegas I think, or close, no Idea how long that will take, but someone told me it takes 17 hours in total, sounds a bit much, hope it's not true lol.
Will be pretty scary, don't think I know anyone there. Tried to get Eriador with us too, but he said he had 2000g of weed with his name on it, and he had to finish it all before summer.
If any lp'er or anything wanna say hi that's awesome, we might be a little shy at start but siick mannerd!!
Thiz is me! (tried to upload one time before, but I'm stupid and did it in a comment on my own blog and it didn't show lol)
And me when I'm no lifing (which im known to do lol, so more accurate pic)
Tried finding a pic of Dokosoko (Instinct) as well, but didn't find a very good one lol. But it'll have to do (And if anyone's wondering why I have a girl nickname in the pic, it's not
cos I'm gay or anything!! But for 4+ years when I no lifed WoW I played a female character =p xD)
Hrmpfffh, we're meeting up in Oslo and going with Erling ( VanDerMeyde) as well, but unfortunatly I don't have any pics of him!!!
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