theANMATOR
Legend
Bronze Level
I put in several hours a week off the felt. Everyone has their own particular process for studying so I won't go into detail on how I study. However I think its important to DO, and dedicate time towards improving away from the tables.
One issue that I struggle with - in IMPORTANT spots is player turn timer management. I find it difficult to make an informed decision in the limited time we have during our turn, usually this is on the turn or river facing a shove, when holding a very strong hand.
I find myself mystified at a shove when the range I put the opponent on doesn't jive with any NUT hand a person would shove with, and the timer ticks down...
I don't really have any anxiety in those spots, more like confusion.
I find myself attempting to process something that is completely unexpected, a new range that I'm dominated by, with EVERY bluff that is available. And the time continues to tick down.....
I do not play turbos often, maybe 1-2 bi-weekly , but when I do - these tough decisions are of course amplified by the shorter amount of time.
At the micro stakes I've come to learn a shove on the turn - in my estimate - roughly 70% is the nuts. And a shove on the river is 50/50. I know that is simplistic and a lot more goes into making a sound judgement call on a river shove.
So here is a question - When you are crushed by a river shove by a player that hits a flush or straight on the river - when that opponent opened some questionable hands from EP - like Q/5 s or T/8 o, if you manage to stay in the tournament beyond that point and are able to play more hands with that opponent, HOW on EARTH do you properly range that opponent - in the limited time we have?
If you later face that opponent in other events - how do you play him? How do you range his hand?
My answer has been to play tighter and call them down, but - this feels very PASSIVE to me and it's quite opposite of how play, and opposite of how I've performed well.
I guess their are two questions here - what solutions have you managed to utilize to process the high amount of information we have to process in short time frames - when facing a BIG decision / shove?
One of my favorite lines Scott Seiver said "There's nothing quite like having the second NUTS".
One issue that I struggle with - in IMPORTANT spots is player turn timer management. I find it difficult to make an informed decision in the limited time we have during our turn, usually this is on the turn or river facing a shove, when holding a very strong hand.
I find myself mystified at a shove when the range I put the opponent on doesn't jive with any NUT hand a person would shove with, and the timer ticks down...
I don't really have any anxiety in those spots, more like confusion.
I find myself attempting to process something that is completely unexpected, a new range that I'm dominated by, with EVERY bluff that is available. And the time continues to tick down.....
I do not play turbos often, maybe 1-2 bi-weekly , but when I do - these tough decisions are of course amplified by the shorter amount of time.
At the micro stakes I've come to learn a shove on the turn - in my estimate - roughly 70% is the nuts. And a shove on the river is 50/50. I know that is simplistic and a lot more goes into making a sound judgement call on a river shove.
So here is a question - When you are crushed by a river shove by a player that hits a flush or straight on the river - when that opponent opened some questionable hands from EP - like Q/5 s or T/8 o, if you manage to stay in the tournament beyond that point and are able to play more hands with that opponent, HOW on EARTH do you properly range that opponent - in the limited time we have?
If you later face that opponent in other events - how do you play him? How do you range his hand?
My answer has been to play tighter and call them down, but - this feels very PASSIVE to me and it's quite opposite of how play, and opposite of how I've performed well.
I guess their are two questions here - what solutions have you managed to utilize to process the high amount of information we have to process in short time frames - when facing a BIG decision / shove?
One of my favorite lines Scott Seiver said "There's nothing quite like having the second NUTS".
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