Starting from scratch?
Hello guys, for the first time in my poker life, I've started studying. I've played for 5 or 6 years, playing in tournaments (without important results and with the graph in negative) ranging from $0.55 to $530 (where I could beat Lena900 on PokerStars Hahaha). Anyway, I want to start being a professional for the first time and study, and for that I need your help. This is my first hand, and I have a question about it.
#1 hand Daily Deep Stacks $1 (8 minutes levels, 12.5%Antes)
Questions
¿I don't know if I made a good call preflop, based on my experience I can't 3bet because of my stack, position and tournament stage.?
¿Is a good call vs Cbet?
¿Is a good all in in turn?
I'm currently studying The Mental Game of Poker and strategies for beating small stakes (poker tournaments), additionally pushing fold charts (12.5%), OP ranges from various positions, ranges to defend against 3B and 4B. (I don't use HUDs, ICM, PT4 or HM) I also don't know how to use solver tools.
Any advice you can give me?
3 Replies
Preflop is extremely terrible. I would raise the flop and gii. Probably flat call turn. You have to call the shove.
Preflop is a very standard fold, this isn't a very good hand and you're not deep enough to try to draw to a big one.
Raising or calling the flop is fine. The turn I like raises here heads-up against a guy who starts trying to min-bet, but the third player in here would incline me more to a call.
You need to study ranges for spots and ICM (not for this hand, but in general), for sure. And when studying ranges, keep in mind that most preflop ranges will assume equal stacks at the table, when that's not going to be the case. So adjust for the stacks you're playing against, or the stacks you're targeting in the blinds with a PFR.
You are probably playing way too lose preflop. You mostly want to call or 3! only top 10% or so hands. You could call a raise with suited broadway. AQo, 77-TT, maybe lower pps at low stakes if it is likely to go multiway. You should usually 3! JJ+/AK and sometimes weaker hands like AQ and TT. It is possible you can 3! some hands with good playability or blockers not quite strong enough to call with. In this situation, you need to make some adjustments based on stack sizes.
