Ezekiel162
Visionary
Silver Level
From time to time I will post to this thread when some sort of poker concept/logic, that I couldn't originally grasp, has started to make sense, where it did not for me before.
I finally begin to understand what a 'bluff-catcher' is. Been really using Carbon's HUD and reading many articles on how to read stats properly. I was playing an SNG today and was using a TAG 'persona'. I was up against 2 opponents who's VPIPs were > 45 and was holding like a QJo in EP blinds. Most of the time I would fold these holdings pre, but for some reason I wanted to try something slightly different figuring in a off-handed sort of way "wtf? Why not play 'em? These cards should/would fall somewhere around their ranges. I'm sure they've been bluffin' me out of hands 'cause I'm prob playing too tight. Maybe the QJ is strong enough to catch..." (lightbulb clicks on... Showdown occurs. 1 Player's watching the rest of the game from outside the alley window and the other is hurling insults because he got caught with his hand in the cookie-jar. My response... "Serves you right, ya f'n horse-thief. , to KEEP trying to steal from a person who plays like 1 hand in every 5, then instead of folding to a re-steal, you shove? I mean, the nerve of some of these dudes. He's mad at me 'cause he's attempting to rob me and I refuse to allow it? lol..."
I tried to figure out what a "bluff-catcher" was before, but got hung up on articles getting too technical with it. Sometimes an experience is needed to make things eventually fall into place...
On another note... I've never played live before and wanted to know how to chip shuffle in case I ever do. Recently been practicing with quarters and have finally got it down! Up to 16 (2 eight stacks...) I was gonna post because I was pretty thrilled but didn't want to get laughed out town for posting such a minor accomplishment... ah, what the hell...
Anyone else get enlightened lately on things about poker they didn't understand b4?
I finally begin to understand what a 'bluff-catcher' is. Been really using Carbon's HUD and reading many articles on how to read stats properly. I was playing an SNG today and was using a TAG 'persona'. I was up against 2 opponents who's VPIPs were > 45 and was holding like a QJo in EP blinds. Most of the time I would fold these holdings pre, but for some reason I wanted to try something slightly different figuring in a off-handed sort of way "wtf? Why not play 'em? These cards should/would fall somewhere around their ranges. I'm sure they've been bluffin' me out of hands 'cause I'm prob playing too tight. Maybe the QJ is strong enough to catch..." (lightbulb clicks on... Showdown occurs. 1 Player's watching the rest of the game from outside the alley window and the other is hurling insults because he got caught with his hand in the cookie-jar. My response... "Serves you right, ya f'n horse-thief. , to KEEP trying to steal from a person who plays like 1 hand in every 5, then instead of folding to a re-steal, you shove? I mean, the nerve of some of these dudes. He's mad at me 'cause he's attempting to rob me and I refuse to allow it? lol..."
I tried to figure out what a "bluff-catcher" was before, but got hung up on articles getting too technical with it. Sometimes an experience is needed to make things eventually fall into place...
On another note... I've never played live before and wanted to know how to chip shuffle in case I ever do. Recently been practicing with quarters and have finally got it down! Up to 16 (2 eight stacks...) I was gonna post because I was pretty thrilled but didn't want to get laughed out town for posting such a minor accomplishment... ah, what the hell...
Anyone else get enlightened lately on things about poker they didn't understand b4?