"The Pen:" Live NLHE Chat Thread

"The Pen:" Live NLHE Chat Thread

It's been about 9.5 years and 350K posts of epicness, but "It Lives, It Lives" can live no more. The OG LLSNL Chat Thre

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29 November 2019 at 06:28 PM
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by RoadtoPro k

that is brutal lol especially vs players you won’t see again. HH?

Also I added a table of plo5 online for like the first time this week and it was the softest game I have ever played in my life why the **** are we playing no limit

HH wasn’t very interesting- just a typical squeeze spot where I barreled on a board that favored me.

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by miamicheats k

HH wasn’t very interesting- just a typical squeeze spot where I barreled on a board that favored me.

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Gotcha yeah I imagine your play was winning on every street unfortunate that he had a hand he was able to call you down with.

Please share more from your poker adventures moving forward!! Not many guys playing those stakes actively posting on here.


PLO5 is a fickle mistress, don't get too comfortable. But yeah, the player pool is garbage.


thanks yeah been spending several hours a day in PLOMM trainer to help me train efficiently

It’s not the most accessible to the masses at $300/month but well worth it imo


by RoadtoPro k

Gotcha yeah I imagine your play was winning on every street unfortunate that he had a hand he was able to call you down with.

Please share more from your poker adventures moving forward!! Not many guys playing those stakes actively posting on here.

I’ll drop some tidbits here and there. My poker comes in waves as a rec with a job requiring long hours and have 2 young kids. I probably won’t get any poker action for a month or two after the Vegas trip.

I play pretty big by normal standards but it’s wild how big some of my friends now play. We all braved the 1/2-1/3-2/5 streets together and came up through the ranks but they have graduated to stakes so high it’s hard to comprehend.

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that’s awesome!! I am so happy for you guys

I’m 25 and would like to get married and have kids too now that poker has treated me so well

hope to be in ur spot one day!!


by RoadtoPro k

actually high stakes like 25/50/100 often softer than 5/10

Probably because the biggest game does not run unless there is "the spot."


oh also don’t mean to derail just thought this topic was interesting since I received a few texts and messages about the latest on my journey!!

I’ve been adding in some 5/10 plo4 too and it’s also soft af poker is super alive and well nice vehicle to set yourself up for life


by RoadtoPro k

oh also don’t mean to derail just thought this topic was interesting since I received a few texts and messages about the latest on my journey!!

I’ve been adding in some 5/10 plo4 too and it’s also soft af poker is super alive and well nice vehicle to set yourself up for life

Check out this series

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showp...


That looks super fun ty! You should let me treat you to a nice dinner if I’m in town!

Despite all the live action here in the LA area It’s been nice focusing on online in the short term bc winrate can be insane mass tabling at stakes high enough.

I feel like online play allows me to optimize decision-making without distractions too, while live poker introduces a sensory and social component that can interfere with logical play.

Also adding PLO4c and 5c to the mix as a beginner has made poker insanely fun again, bringing back that early excitement of chasing a dream and reminding me why I fell in love with the game in the first place!!


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Anyone know of any resources or have any suggestions on preflop ranges for games with more than 2 blinds?

I play semi regularly in a 4 blind game of 2/5/10/20.

it’s actually a 2/5 game with an agreed 10 straddle and 20 blind raise. Since the 20 is a blind raise, rather than a straddle, it doesn’t get an option. Because of this, it’s also agreed that there is no limping, first action must be at least min raise, which allows the blind 20 to be effectively live.

It’s not uncommon for some hands per orbit to be 5, 6 or 7 blinds (40, 40/80, or 40/80/160) to also happen. Same rules about no limping.

It’s technically only 1k cap, but only dealers enforce that. Usually at least half the players are 3-5k deep.

I feel like I’m doing enough sub optimally and that I’ve been playing in the game enough that I want to get a better handle on what optimal ranges should be so I can deviate better.

TIA


by johnny_on_the_spot k

Random poker question in spoiler:

[spoil]Anyone know of any resources or have any suggestions on preflop ranges for games with more than 2 blinds?

I play semi regularly in a 4 blind game of 2/5/10/20.

I don't play nearly this high, but I'd have to imagine that ranges have to tighten up a little bit if you're never coming in to a pot for less than 4% of the starting stack, just due to the downstream effects on SPR. If effective stacks are 2K+, then ranges get closer to a normal 100BB stack range. No idea how to adjust for the different position of the third and fourth blind.


by johnny_on_the_spot k

Random poker question in spoiler:

i don’t personally for that structure but i can ask a few friends

if you want advanced solved 6m ranges though feel free to pm me with an email. Happy to send them over to you for free

purchased for 2k a few years back


by JackInDaCrak k

I don't play nearly this high, but I'd have to imagine that ranges have to tighten up a little bit if you're never coming in to a pot for less than 4% of the starting stack, just due to the downstream effects on SPR. If effective stacks are 2K+, then ranges get closer to a normal 100BB stack range. No idea how to adjust for the different position of the third and fourth blind.

Yeah, I have some ideas of what adjustments I think should be done but I’m by no means a poker genius.

by RoadtoPro k

i don’t personally for that structure but i can ask a few friends for you

if you want advanced solved 6m ranges though feel free to pm me with an email I can send them too. Happy to forward the zip file to you for free

purchased for 2k a few years back

Pm sent. Thanks.

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