Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Style Pursuit + EV Maximization

I have decided to talk focus more about specific hand examples to teach you some new perception to have you gain better understanding on the most optimal style you should pursue since yesterday. I am not teaching you to pursue the same style but I know you are smart enough to use own luxury magic to get your own solid style. Remember the key is adjusting.

I just sat down on this table. Sitting left of this loose aggressive player. Table was playing overall tight and I raised a lot of hands from SB to this loose aggressive player's blinds like 3 times in a row or etc. Now lets look at this hand:

PokerStars Game #20650024762: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2008/09/24 1:39:51 ET
Table 'Kypria III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ratpat999 ($250.75 in chips)
Seat 2: LuxuryMaster ($198 in chips)
Seat 3: johnyslant ($317.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Chisness ($259 in chips)
Seat 5: locoo20 ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: JizzleSmitts ($197 in chips)
LuxuryMaster: posts small blind $1
johnyslant: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LuxuryMaster [Kc Kh]
Chisness: folds
locoo20: folds
JizzleSmitts: folds
ratpat999: folds
LuxuryMaster: raises $6 to $8
johnyslant: calls $6
*** FLOP *** [4c Th 4s]
LuxuryMaster: bets $12
johnyslant: raises $24 to $36
LuxuryMaster: raises $40 to $76
johnyslant: folds

What do you think about my 3 bet here? It is pretty standard but it was done without considering the history between me and him. He is probably got tired of me raising his blind and was looking for spot to play back at me. The board looks like an innocent sheep and he obviously decided to play back at me at wrong time. My 3 bet against him is -EV for the following reasons.

- He is likely to play back at me anytime soon
- Board is rainbow, looks so like an innocent sheep and he knows I c bet this board all the time
- More... but won't tell you (Your homework?)

The better move? I leave that to your own luxury imagination but if you ask me about it, I will tell you what it is =)

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