Thus far I have recovered about 2/3 of what I lost in the 100NL fiasco. It's amazing but as soon as I moved down I instantly ran normal again. This crap can really mess with your head.
All-in-all I know I am a better player for having gone through such ridiculous swings. Due to analysis of my play during the last nosedive, I made a couple major tweaks in my game that has really cut down on the variance.
I am looking forward to getting back to 100NL instead of having the normal feeling of dread.
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your blinds plays are very impressive. I'm the opposite, I suck at the blinds. Can you shed some light?
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Hi, thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to sum up solid blind play in just a few words.
But in a nutshell, it's all about cutting out the spew while creating situations where your opponents are likely to make mistakes against you.
That sounds very vague, I know.. but for some specifics here is a list of things I do and don't do from the blinds in no particular order.
1. I almost never flat from the blinds. Out of position play is inherently unprofitable and turns an attractive hand into a loser even if you play perfectly post-flop.
2. I 3-bet against the cutoff, button, and sb fairly wide, but only against the right players. You want to look for players that open 25%+ from the CO, 35%+ from the BTN, and 45%+ from the SB. Unless you think they are capable of 4-bet bluffing a wide range, you shouldm be 3-betting these guys a lot.
3. Either widen your sb opening range or tighten it up considerably. Players have tuned their defending ranges in BvB spots to be optimum for pretty much the average opening range. If you are opening the average opening range (like 30-50%) you are going to get exploited. I recommend either opening ATC or <30%. I employ the former. Someone would have to 3-bet you 50%+ in order to exploit a 100% opening range BvB. Not many out there capable of that.
4. I c-bet very light BvB.
5. I defend my BB vs. a SB raise with a very wide calling range. 3-betting too much against spewy players is letting them get off easy too often if you overuse the 3-bet. You need a good understanding of flop textures in order to do this though and I don't think I have enough room here to go into too much detail on that.
I hope this helps!
Thanks bud, that helps a lot.
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