Sharesol
Rock Star
Silver Level
**These are the most basic concepts in my opinion and intermediate and advanced players may fall asleep reading what they know simply by instinct.**
These are some concepts I have picked up in my first month at CC, I thought it would be a helpful to myself and hopefully others to have them discussed here.
I hope this post will have 2 effects:
1) Amplify the good and correct the bad in the techniques I have adapted since becoming a member here.
2) Help players, new and intermediate, in some of the beginning concepts and techniques.
Disclaimer: I am not saying any of these techniques are perfect, or even right, it is just what I have picked up since playing here. Also these are primarily for the lowest limits of play in NL holdem.
Concept 1)
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
This is a lesson I had to learn with multiple applications.
1a) First one is the obvious that everyone here preaches about: Bank Roll Management. Never Ever Ever put all your money onto one table or even a large % of it.
1b) Never put all your chips in the pot unless the %'s are right. You should be very weary of putting all your $ in on one pot. You should not only know that your hand is a good one (preferably one of the best) but you should also
have an idea of your opponent's range. (This is me beginning to grasp Sklansky dollars)
Concept 2)
If you have a big/huge hand preflop (AA, KK, QQ, AKs etc. depending on how tight of a player you are) You don't want 6 people to see the flop, thus you should raise to lower the chance your hand gets cracked.
Concept 3)
If your used to playing with 10 people on a table, and then all the sudden you make final table in a MTT or you decide to play a SNG, your strategy and your opening hands should change significantly as the # of players decreases. Simple concept.
Concept 4)
On the bubble you should do one of 2 things: Get looser or get tighter.
Reason to get looser: You can theoretically steal a lot of blinds and build your stack, thus finishing higher in the tournament.
******Reason to get tighter: It seems that just about everyone knows the get looser rule. There is another common CC idea that states that if the whole table is loose, you should be tight. So if 2/3 of your table is stealing blinds, just play tight and sucker one of them in.
Concept 5)
This is the most important concept to me as it has cost me the most.
Play when you are at your best, when you lose big take a break. Do some stretches or take a power nap before a session. You wouldn't believe how much money you save/make by playing with a sharp mind and rested body.
Thanks for reading and look forward to discussion
These are some concepts I have picked up in my first month at CC, I thought it would be a helpful to myself and hopefully others to have them discussed here.
I hope this post will have 2 effects:
1) Amplify the good and correct the bad in the techniques I have adapted since becoming a member here.
2) Help players, new and intermediate, in some of the beginning concepts and techniques.
Disclaimer: I am not saying any of these techniques are perfect, or even right, it is just what I have picked up since playing here. Also these are primarily for the lowest limits of play in NL holdem.
Concept 1)
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
This is a lesson I had to learn with multiple applications.
1a) First one is the obvious that everyone here preaches about: Bank Roll Management. Never Ever Ever put all your money onto one table or even a large % of it.
1b) Never put all your chips in the pot unless the %'s are right. You should be very weary of putting all your $ in on one pot. You should not only know that your hand is a good one (preferably one of the best) but you should also
have an idea of your opponent's range. (This is me beginning to grasp Sklansky dollars)
Concept 2)
If you have a big/huge hand preflop (AA, KK, QQ, AKs etc. depending on how tight of a player you are) You don't want 6 people to see the flop, thus you should raise to lower the chance your hand gets cracked.
Concept 3)
If your used to playing with 10 people on a table, and then all the sudden you make final table in a MTT or you decide to play a SNG, your strategy and your opening hands should change significantly as the # of players decreases. Simple concept.
Concept 4)
On the bubble you should do one of 2 things: Get looser or get tighter.
Reason to get looser: You can theoretically steal a lot of blinds and build your stack, thus finishing higher in the tournament.
******Reason to get tighter: It seems that just about everyone knows the get looser rule. There is another common CC idea that states that if the whole table is loose, you should be tight. So if 2/3 of your table is stealing blinds, just play tight and sucker one of them in.
Concept 5)
This is the most important concept to me as it has cost me the most.
Play when you are at your best, when you lose big take a break. Do some stretches or take a power nap before a session. You wouldn't believe how much money you save/make by playing with a sharp mind and rested body.
Thanks for reading and look forward to discussion
