jbbb
Legend
Silver Level
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 No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - 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).
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 No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - 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
1 fold, UTG+1 bets $0.06, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.06, 1 fold, BB calls $0.04
Flop: ($0.19) 7
BB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.06, Hero calls $0.06, 1 fold
Turn: ($0.31) 6
UTG+1 bets $0.10, Hero raises to $0.31, UTG+1 calls $0.21
River: ($0.93) 6
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).