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lost2qandisa

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Well, this is my first post. I am seeking answers. I play very tight and aggressive. I have had more recent success by folding more hands when in the past I would say they are bluffing "call it". What frustrates me is these guys that play almost anything and it seems they hit all the time. I have had AK to 77, QQ to 4 7 and JJ to 56 all go down today. The biggest problem I have, I think I am playing too tight. Late games are always hard because of a mid to short stack that causes you to play a big hand with a push near bubble (or to have a chance of making bubble) and then someone almost always calls with a lesser hand and wins. I guess I am too hard on my self in reality though. Yesterday, I hit 4 cash spots on freerolls at BetOnLine. That is not the norm though. I usually hit in money once or twice a week on BetOnLine. It is pennies but it is fun anyway. Any advice?
 
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A lot of the time the loose guys fold when they don't connect at least a little, especially against an exploitable, by the book tag. That is why they seem lucky.

And sometimes the donk play wins even when the player is just goofing off.

Our brains don't always see the full picture in these situations, so we moan about how lucky loose players get.
 
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One thing most certain in poker is that donkey always get lucky, even when they lost. What i mean is, when they win a pot, they win really big, and when they lost, they lost really small. They win big because they have hands that nobody would even suspect, and they lost small because they only call to small bets if they have a mediocre hand. So my advise is, if you think you don´t have the best hand keep the pot to the minimum size. Don´t feel committed to him or they will bust you and steal all your chips. If you will lose keep the losses to the minimum. With donkeys you never get big pots. You only get them if you gamble with them, and that´s the worst thing to do in poker: Gamble with donkeys
 
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Late games are always hard because of a mid to short stack that causes you to play a big hand with a push near bubble (or to have a chance of making bubble) and then someone almost always calls with a lesser hand and wins.

Try not to be results oriented. Any time you get deep in a tourney and are knocked out with the best hand, that was a good result. Keep achieving that and you will make money in the long term.

Bear in mind that even the best tournament players don`t expect to cash more than about 1 time in every 5 or 6 tournies entered. That is the nature of tournament play.
 
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First of all i have to agree with kmichaels, dont fall in love with your hand, dont pot commit yourself, keep the pot small when you are drawing and value bet when you have the made hand, with made hand bet big to take out any pot odds for drawing hands. I'll correct myself, in the FR this might not work, drawing hands will call you most of the time, regardless of pot odds, good news for you is that they will miss more than they hit, when you have a made hand and have stack big enough keep betting make them pay for their draws, of course by made hand i dont mean top pair no kicker, middle pair or something, TPTK, set, trips maybe but dont get too crazy with trips, paired board could easily give someone a fullhouse...

One more thing that i think of when i read OP is that i get the impression that you're not playing tag but passive with probably more hands than you should, from early position you should only play monsters, never slow play, raise, from late position you can loose a little but i wouldn't advise you to play hands like 45, 56, 67, j9 etc if you don't have a good reason for it and a clear play what would you do with it...
 
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I don't play low connectors very often. When I do play them, which is rare, they are usually suited. The only time that is not true is for KQ QJ and sometime J 10. I almost always open with a bet so I can get some fold equity on the flop. My standard open bet is 3 X BB unless I have top pair. Top pair I do a 5 X BB. In freerolls, I will tell a player how I play. Then we they see me bet, they are more likely to fold trash hands. I want to be an easy read in the freeroll in the early stages. It helps keep the donks at bay sometimes.
 
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Regarding to the bet size, if you talking about bet on flop, you want your c-bet to be somewhere between 50% of the pot to the pot size, now, in a dry board when you know that you have a best hand and that opp's hand couldn't improve much half size bet is good but with tptk on a draw heavy board, either it is 2 of the same suit or possible straight you want bigger bet, closer to the pot size to take away any pot odds to the drawing hands, and if you still get called with those they'll lose at least twice for each time they hit and if you sized your bet to make their draws unprofitable you will be the one who win long term, at least this is how i see it...

Don't try to hard to be an easy read, i dont know why would you want that, FR players mostly dont try or dont know to read plays, not even betting patterns, doing so you can make some bad habits that you mightn't get rid when you move up stake...

At fr all you need is good old abc poker without any fancy moves slowplays and stuff...
 
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