naked_eskimo
Two Pair
I'm trying to get away from being a tight, ABC type player. I'm currently reading through Playing the Player and STOP! 10 Things Good Poker Players Don't Do.
Following the advice in those books, and elsewhere, takes me out of my comfort zone. In the past when I have tried to implement some strategies from books that I have read, or advice found online, I tend to fall flat on my face and spew money. I then get more risk adverse and just crawl back into my ABC bunker. I would like to get out of this rut.
I think part of my problem is that when I apply good advice, I either pick the wrong spot or I'm just not playing with a player base where that strategy is effective. I believe the fault to be mine, really, and not the game dynamics. I can't be the only player that plays with a group of players who are mostly too loose. They do tend to have seemingly no strategy to preflop hand selection. As such, they can show up in a lot of pots with literally any two cards. This means I run up against two pair river suckouts often. Things like that.
I want to 3 bet more preflop. I want to raise more without nut, or near nut, hands. But often my aggression is met with a call that finishes with a bad beat. So then my aggression withers as my stack evaporates and I pivot back to my version of ABC.
How do others pick your spots for aggression? Do you get played back at often? How do you deal with it? I understand that there will be an increase in variance involved, but it seems I always just run my face smack into a wall everytime I try to stray from my nitty, ABC style.
Following the advice in those books, and elsewhere, takes me out of my comfort zone. In the past when I have tried to implement some strategies from books that I have read, or advice found online, I tend to fall flat on my face and spew money. I then get more risk adverse and just crawl back into my ABC bunker. I would like to get out of this rut.
I think part of my problem is that when I apply good advice, I either pick the wrong spot or I'm just not playing with a player base where that strategy is effective. I believe the fault to be mine, really, and not the game dynamics. I can't be the only player that plays with a group of players who are mostly too loose. They do tend to have seemingly no strategy to preflop hand selection. As such, they can show up in a lot of pots with literally any two cards. This means I run up against two pair river suckouts often. Things like that.
I want to 3 bet more preflop. I want to raise more without nut, or near nut, hands. But often my aggression is met with a call that finishes with a bad beat. So then my aggression withers as my stack evaporates and I pivot back to my version of ABC.
How do others pick your spots for aggression? Do you get played back at often? How do you deal with it? I understand that there will be an increase in variance involved, but it seems I always just run my face smack into a wall everytime I try to stray from my nitty, ABC style.