Yea you should have a really good idea on the percentages .
i guess i should have went deeper by saying, ive never understood or tried to learn how to use those percentages combined with how much money is in the pot. id assume that is a pretty important factor.
basically when i play, i drink a bunch of beer, talk shit and chunk money around. probably not a real good long term winning strategy
Pot odds kinda hard to explain.
Basically means if there is enough money in the pot sometimes it's the right play to call a bet even if you have less then a 50% chance of winning .
Kinda like taking a big dog in baseball at +300. Even if you know you have less then a 50% chance of winning the bet if you think the team at +300 can win 35% of the time it's a good bet.
Im doimg a terrible job of explaining it maybe someone else can do a better job but that's the jist of it
Basically means if there is enough money in the pot sometimes it's the right play to call a bet even if you have less then a 50% chance of winning .
Kinda like taking a big dog in baseball at +300. Even if you know you have less then a 50% chance of winning the bet if you think the team at +300 can win 35% of the time it's a good bet.
Im doimg a terrible job of explaining it maybe someone else can do a better job but that's the jist of it
About twelve years ago, I decided to try to learn poker and see just how good I could get in a few (about six) months time. It was a real eye-opening experience. I learned a lot, and I would say I became a better-than-average player over that period of time. In the end, I decided not to continue playing, as I did not want to devote the time necessary to be really good. Here are a few things I learned:
1. Poker is THE most complicated and complex game I have ever tried to learn. There is a lot of math and a lot of thinking. You need an analytic mind to become a good player.
2. No matter how good you are, there is always more to learn, and there are always players better than you.
3. Try to play games/tournaments with players at your skill level online but also play some sessions with players that are better than you - you will learn a lot.
4. There is no substitute for experience - you MUST put in the time, and a lot of it, to get better. In the end, this was the reason I stopped playing.
5. Emotions play a part in this game - if you lose your cool and go on tilt, you are done. Everyone has bad beats - its part of the game.
6. For me, reading other players was the biggest challenge, and I never felt like I was really good at it. You MUST be able to develop the skill of reading players, running through their possible hands in your head, and narrowing down the best ways to play against the other players at given tables and in given situations.
Good luck to you !
1. Poker is THE most complicated and complex game I have ever tried to learn. There is a lot of math and a lot of thinking. You need an analytic mind to become a good player.
2. No matter how good you are, there is always more to learn, and there are always players better than you.
3. Try to play games/tournaments with players at your skill level online but also play some sessions with players that are better than you - you will learn a lot.
4. There is no substitute for experience - you MUST put in the time, and a lot of it, to get better. In the end, this was the reason I stopped playing.
5. Emotions play a part in this game - if you lose your cool and go on tilt, you are done. Everyone has bad beats - its part of the game.
6. For me, reading other players was the biggest challenge, and I never felt like I was really good at it. You MUST be able to develop the skill of reading players, running through their possible hands in your head, and narrowing down the best ways to play against the other players at given tables and in given situations.
Good luck to you !
This is complete bullshit.
For one thing, citing the game I played all last week, $2/$3 blinds NL, buyin for $50 -> $300. You could easily go 8-10 rounds and not see any of those hands, and be blinded off the table. I've gone many hours without seeing any of those hands. And, say you wait 4 rounds to get one of those hands, you've now got ~$25 which you push 1/2 your stack, you're only raising to 4 BB. ROFL.
To say that strategy is profitable "at vast majority of cash games" is ridiculous.
This may KIND OF work SOMETIMES against your normal 1/3 tardos, but OP stated these games are tough and filled with pro-level players. There is literally 0.0% chance this strategy would be long-term profitable against good players.
And by "kind of work sometimes" I mean you may net a profit over a reasonable sample, but it is still FAR from optimal vs the tardo players against which it may be marginally profitable.
Like FZ said, the first problem is you'd blind out too often.
Secondly, you are just leaving too much money on the table. So you're folding JJ and AQ on the button in an unopened pot? You're folding your big blind with KQs against a button open min-raise? Yeah, seems optimal...
Thirdly, anyone who has played a few sessions with you will pick up on this and realize you're only raising premiums, and will just snap fold every time you open. You'll never get action, and you WILL blind out in a few hours.
