poker_bro
Rock Star
Silver Level
I have studied a lot of tournament theory, especially Jonathan Little's content - how to beat small stakes tournament. Increasing aggression have been the most profitable adjustment I have made.
These methods work against regulars, but when I play against bad players, whole concept collapse.
Two examples from yesterday.
Very bad fish raise, I 3bet with my TT´s, he made min-4bet (2x my 3bet). I know this guy raise with very bad cards, and he can have basically anything, impossible to hand read. The flop came, low cards, no possible flush draws, maybe some weak straight draws, can't remember clearly. I checked with my overcards to see what this guy do, he made the smallest possible donk bet, I was pretty sure he has AK, or maybe some kind of lower pair, connected suiter, not any kind of premium hand, so, by this bet sizing tell + he has short stack, I went all-in, because I didn't want to get him to improve on the later streets. He called and he showed a set of fours, I lost a big pot.
Second example.
Fish raises from the Button, I called from Small Bling with KQo (yeah, maybe mistake, I should 3bet) and the flop came, Queen, and two hearts Jack and some lower card, my King was a heart, that blocks possible flush draws. I made a bet, and fish from the Button reraised minimum (2x of my bet sizing), I called. The turn card was a six heart, possible flush draw completed, I checked to see what fish is going to do, he made a donkbet, smallest possible bet to a big pot, I called of course. River card, another six, opponent went all in. By those bet sizing tells I was sure he can't have a good hand, no logic, I thought he will have maybe Queen with a lower kicker, he won't make just 2x reraise with premium hand on the flop. I was sure this is some kind of stupid bluff, pair of sixes in the flush board will be the perfect spot to bluff. I was so wrong, I called and he showed Jacks, full house, and again I lost a big pot.
Here were two examples of how difficult it is to play against opponents who don't know how to play "right".
We can forget bet sizing tells, and hand reading, hmm, just directional.
Before I have got great results by nitty and passive play. The most important goal was to see a flop as cheaply as possible, and when I hit something good, I play very aggressively. That worked against bad players very well, but then I started to change my strategy and overall rate improved, but against bad players, I lost control
So, tell me how should I play against very bad players? Should I follow GTO strategy or what? Recommend me some topics to study, I think I should google "how to recognize bluff, fish psychology, the meaning of donk bets and how to beat bad players". What else?
These methods work against regulars, but when I play against bad players, whole concept collapse.
Two examples from yesterday.
Very bad fish raise, I 3bet with my TT´s, he made min-4bet (2x my 3bet). I know this guy raise with very bad cards, and he can have basically anything, impossible to hand read. The flop came, low cards, no possible flush draws, maybe some weak straight draws, can't remember clearly. I checked with my overcards to see what this guy do, he made the smallest possible donk bet, I was pretty sure he has AK, or maybe some kind of lower pair, connected suiter, not any kind of premium hand, so, by this bet sizing tell + he has short stack, I went all-in, because I didn't want to get him to improve on the later streets. He called and he showed a set of fours, I lost a big pot.
Second example.
Fish raises from the Button, I called from Small Bling with KQo (yeah, maybe mistake, I should 3bet) and the flop came, Queen, and two hearts Jack and some lower card, my King was a heart, that blocks possible flush draws. I made a bet, and fish from the Button reraised minimum (2x of my bet sizing), I called. The turn card was a six heart, possible flush draw completed, I checked to see what fish is going to do, he made a donkbet, smallest possible bet to a big pot, I called of course. River card, another six, opponent went all in. By those bet sizing tells I was sure he can't have a good hand, no logic, I thought he will have maybe Queen with a lower kicker, he won't make just 2x reraise with premium hand on the flop. I was sure this is some kind of stupid bluff, pair of sixes in the flush board will be the perfect spot to bluff. I was so wrong, I called and he showed Jacks, full house, and again I lost a big pot.
Here were two examples of how difficult it is to play against opponents who don't know how to play "right".
We can forget bet sizing tells, and hand reading, hmm, just directional.
Before I have got great results by nitty and passive play. The most important goal was to see a flop as cheaply as possible, and when I hit something good, I play very aggressively. That worked against bad players very well, but then I started to change my strategy and overall rate improved, but against bad players, I lost control
So, tell me how should I play against very bad players? Should I follow GTO strategy or what? Recommend me some topics to study, I think I should google "how to recognize bluff, fish psychology, the meaning of donk bets and how to beat bad players". What else?