So I alluded to wanting to post more and grow this blog again in my last couple posts. Since I am not very focused on my own poker career these days (I just
I believe most of my audience play similarly low stakes and may be struggling with some fundamental aspects of their games. For all you Phil Ivey's out there visiting my blog, I hope I don't bore you too much!
But for the rest of you, I will start by posting a hand of the day fairly regularly to describe some concept that I think may be important. And from time to time I may write articles on some general idea like as tilt control as I have in the past.
I want my blog to be useful to you the reader so please comment on the content but also give me suggestions for future stuff to talk about. If you want to contact me privately you can shoot me an email or pm me on DragTheBar
Reads
- UTG is a 31/1/1 semi loose passive reg
Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
SB: $0.80
BB: $2.65
UTG: $2.75
UTG+1: $1
UTG+2: $10.87
Hero (MP1): $5.18
MP2: $6.10
CO: $2.21
BTN: $4.58
Pre-Flop: K
K
dealt to Hero (MP1)UTG raises to $2.75 and is All-In, Hero???
What's Our Line?
While this may seem like a completely ridiculous first hand of the day (and it is), there are some important things to note here. It is deep (138bb effective) and a 1% pfr reg has just open shoved from UTG. The best play here is to fold.
A 1% range is AA and KK. With KK we have 23% equity against that range. While I don't advocate folding KK preflop very often, there is a specific time and place to sometimes entertain the idea.
Those conditions are
- the effective stacks are deeper than 100bb
- villain is so ridiculously nitty that AA makes up a big part of his range
- we have invested very little or nothing in the pot
Results: $0.05 Pot ($0 Rake)
Hero Folds
UTG won $0.05 (+$0.03 NET)
