| This is a discussion on General Questions (Stakes, River Scared and Learning) within the online poker forums, in the Cash Games section; Recently delved into cash games after playing STT's for a few months. My poker knowledge is pretty good theory wise, but when it comes to ... |
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| General Questions (Stakes, River Scared and Learning) Recently delved into cash games after playing STT's for a few months. My poker knowledge is pretty good theory wise, but when it comes to impliment it, i'm not so good. Anyway I have a few questions: What stakes should I be playing? I usually play 5NL with $12.50 buyin when I 4-5 table and have about 3k hands. My win-rate is ok but I feel I have been running pretty good. 50 - 100k hands is a better guide anyway, so I think sticking with 5NL is fine, but does anyone thing moving to 10NL is better? If so why? I'm pretty river scared IMO, how can I overcome this? By river scared I mean don't like calling big bets OTR without the nuts. I always think of what beats me. How can I develop so a stage where I can be more aggressive and call bigger bets on the river with a marginal (but still very decent) hand? PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP1 ($1) MP2 ($2.11) MP3 ($0.84) CO ($1.85) Hero (Button) ($5.26) SB ($4) BB ($2.93) UTG ($3.06) UTG+1 ($2.18) Preflop: Hero is Button with 9 , 8![]() 1 fold, UTG+1 bets $0.06, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.06, 1 fold, BB calls $0.04 Flop: ($0.19) 7 , 2 , 5 (3 players)BB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.06, Hero calls $0.06, 1 fold Turn: ($0.31) 6 (2 players)UTG+1 bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.31, UTG+1 calls $0.21 River: ($0.93) 6 (2 players)UTG+1 bets $0.22, Hero calls $0.22 Total pot: $1.37 | Rake: $0.06 For example I have almost the nuts (I wasn't scared of flush.. it was unlikely and would have been played differently anyway), but the pairing scared me and thought he might have a boat if he had a set earlier, hence only the call. I don't wanna start re-raising loosly or something etc and get myself into marginal situations because I'm not confident in my ability. Finally how can I improve my game? I think i'm at a stage where I know the basics and intermediate theories well and hand strengths (eg nooby online article sites won't help, however Cardrunners videos seem pretty cool) but I want to develop my overall game. What books are recomended? Sorry if it's tl;dr post just ranting to myself really (i'm sure most people go through this stage of their poker life). |
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| For starters, if a guy hit a FH and you called on the flop and turn he would bet the river a lot higher. And what do you mean by "I usually play 5NL with $12.50 buyin" ? Mainly its just studying. Look at the betting patterns of the people who had monsters when you called and look at the betting patterns of the people who had a marginal hand when you called. You should notice a few things that are a little different and that will help show you were you should be re-raising/folding/just calling. , Also...if you have these kind of questions and are questioning your ability, then 5NL is probably perfect for you. |
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| re: General Questions (Stakes, River Scared and Learning) poker Quote:
OP why dont you play 10nl if you can play 250bb deep at 5nl? |
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Anyone recommend any books or training sites that are decent but not well known? |
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