Re-Imagine

Some tips:

Don't use Pokerstrategy or HSP as references. Seriously. Take Deucescracked up on their 7-day free subscirption and download every micro video you can.

I don't know what equilator is, but pokerstove is the industry standard. Unless you have a reason not to, I'd use it.

Don't table select nl2. If you can't eventually get to the point where you beat every person who ever sits at nl2, poker isn't for you. Sorry.

Just play tight, play in position, valuebet your good hands, and don't try to make hero calls. The microstakes aren't really more complicated than that.

Yeah cutting it down to 4 tables is a great way to improve. It might be boring at first, but you will learn a great deal more then just auto-piloting it on 9 tables.

Do you play FR or 6-max? (do they even have 6max NL2?)

I'll comment on any hands you post =)

Here, I'm going to go through and post in a bunch of your hands that you've put up here because I'm procrastinating doing real work.

for god sakes DO NOT USE HSP as a reference for poker skill. durr can only make those plays because 1) super deep stacked 2) he's a god at poker.

go look at basic strategies from LP and play nit and solid. Its not hard to win at nl2, but just keep chugging and don't do anything flashy.

i think the most important thing is dont do flashy bluffs, and infact you don't really need to ever bluff at all.


again, don't use HSP as a way to learn...please...

We have even HU on NL2 lolz I play FR :D
And thanks for the no table select tip. I will practice adjusting to different ranges this way as averages for the table go from 10 VP to 60 hehe.


And the 2+2... Will try! Pokerstrategy is actually pretty good for the theoretical aspect (when you pass the SSS advice which I ignored), they explain the major concepts very neatly.

And I shall make hero calls, but only agains 90/60 assasinos :o




P.S. I mentioned that I watch HSP to understand the concepts, and that I WONT USE THEM until very late. Its just nice to understand how some people act, I will keep small ball for NL1K+ -.-

Just looking through a few of your hands so far I see you have real trouble folding hands when facing aggression. TPTK and overpairs aren't always the nuts, especially not when you sit 250bbs deep. You have to learn to fold these hands in spots, and I've seen you stack off multiple times against 2 other people for 250bbs while shoveling the money in yourself. When you hold something like AJ on J43 and you bet out and get raised in two spots in FR you have a bluffcatcher. You don't beat anything any sane second villain is raising for value, so for god sakes don't put in another stack yourself.

Low stakes are profitable for good players because inexperienced players underestimate the frequencies with which their good hands (TP, Overpair) get destroyed by sets and two pair type shit. If you're putting a stack in everytime your hand has great value against a random distribution without thinking about what your opponent is shoveling money in with then you'll lose money. Learn to fold pairs.


Also, if you like TPTK and overpairs so much, play 6max, people put in stacks (correctly) with a wider range there.

On March 12 2009 17:24 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Winnings are irrelevant at my level, hands are.

I guess this can be rephrased as not beings results-oriented. This is really important and applies to any level. If your mind is pre-occupied with your balance and you keep checking your cashier every 30 seconds you will just end up sabotaging yourself by making bad plays and playing scared money. Focusing on playing the hand in the very best way you possibly can should be your priority.

Not saying that you are like this but I'm just putting this out there in general. At least this is my experience.

Yeah macks, I even have a massive sign on my monitor which says 1PAIR= FOLD , but I just can't help the urge when I raise 8% of hands and hit the flop.
But I goddamn have to think six times before doing that again!

And Yeah, I check cashier WAYYY too much and I just keep judging my game based on winnings. Its a very very bad habit which I have to fight too

One more tip, you might want to just buy in for 100bbs at a time until you're confident you can make good decisions deep stacked. Being a good player 100bbs deep is much easier (for me at least) than being a good player at 250+bbs

On March 12 2009 18:15 Sicks Macks wrote: One more tip, you might want to just buy in for 100bbs at a time until you're confident you can make good decisions deep stacked. Being a good player 100bbs deep is much easier (for me at least) than being a good player at 250+bbs

You know all those guides say buy in for max, but I am very comfortable with 150bb s right now. I actually wanted to do this but I trusted the guides...

Can I just stay at 150bb max and move up the limit when I get 30 100bb BI's, never actually buying in for full at NL2 (Ignoring the Always buy-in max rule)?

On March 12 2009 18:21 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Show nested quote + On March 12 2009 18:15 Sicks Macks wrote: One more tip, you might want to just buy in for 100bbs at a time until you're confident you can make good decisions deep stacked. Being a good player 100bbs deep is much easier (for me at least) than being a good player at 250+bbs You know all those guides say buy in for max, but I am very comfortable with 150bb s right now. I actually wanted to do this but I trusted the guides... Can I just stay at 150bb max and move up the limit when I get 30 100bb BI's, never actually buying in for full at NL2 (Ignoring the Always buy-in max rule)?

Absolutely. The guides that recommend buying in for the max should read "buy in for 100bbs". The thing is, everywhere but nl2-nl5 (I think, I don't play these stakes) and specialty deep tables, 100bbs is the max. People generally give this advice to shortstackers, and they always mean 100bbs. A simple mistake to make, and they should change the guides.

As you get more comfortable you can buy in for more. The reason 100bbs is such a good stack size is because it allows for essentially pot/pot/shoving TPTK and overpairs against passive stations. 200bbs can't go in without overbetting by you or raising by the other player, which means that your whole stack won't play unless the other guy has represented strength too. You almost definitionally can't get 200bbs in without a cooler or a tough decision.

So keep thing easy and profitable and play with 100bbs until you know you have an edge in the really hard decisions that come with deep stacked play.