Notes: Coaching Kristy #3

Coaching Kristy #3
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** Differentiate between bad players playing back at us and good players playing back at us.

** It isn't a big deal to get bluffed off a hand. It *is* a big deal to pay off with a worse hand.

** Don't get LAG into someone 3-betting you unless you have a very good read. Respond tightly at these limits.

When you start firing back at the wrong people, you turn from a good aggressive player into a bad aggressive player - effectively owning yourself.

** Raising v Floating

- There is usually no benefit to floating with air, and you give Villain the opportunity to hit.

- When you have ...

Lots of equity - raise
Medium equity - call
Little equity - maybe call
No equity - fold or raise

** People in position win more than their share of multiway pots

Why? Because people have to play more straightforward as bluffing is highly unlikely to work multiway. Thus, they either value bet or C/F.

** Playing the big draw

- Don't be in a rush to get it all in! Usually, you're running into a race when you get stacks in - you're more likely to get paid by calling and stacking him when you hit. Often, raising is just killing your implied odds.

- Consider the implied odds of your situation when playing a big implied odds hand!

- Consider whether there is actually any dead money on this flop - and if there isn't, can you create some? Give odds to other players still acting behind, get an extra bet when you hit your draw

- Why would you jam against a fish who's never folding without a made hand?

** Make plays to idenitfy how a player works

- after you've been 4-bet by a player, 3-bet him again later in the session with something you won't mind folding to a 4-bet but plays decently postflop. If he folds, he probably just had a hand. If he 4-bets again, move to a polarized 3-betting range.

** Tilting is like an addiction - we're most comfortable in doing things without thinking because our emotional response has taken over our thinking process.

Either shut down the emotional response or step away from the table.

** The most important thing we can do is not pay off passive players at these limits

** When can we call a 3-bet OOP?

When a good player realizes that we're 4-betting or folding against their 3-bet range, he will polarize his range against us. When this happens, we have an advantage against his overall range with our good but not great hands. In this limited circumstance, we can call OOP.