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Getting kicked Around Live

smallcat66

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August 31, 2013 - 10:30 am

I play a 50 Euro live game twice a week with about thirty players, with a lot of the same players on a regular basis.

I am known as a tightish player and have won or chopped the game more than anyone in the last year.

Recentely a good player bluffed me out of a few pots with a big bet on the flop. Then another guy started to do it. Now there are about six or seven of the best players making this move on me. Basically what they are doing is raising my continuation bet on the flop and sometimes over betting all in. I am folding the best hand on a regular basis because I am afraid of busting out of the tournament. I am folding overpairs on a dry board.

Last night I said I was going to put a stop to this. I limped KK under the gun ( bad I know but I was hoping for a raise)

five more limpers. Flop – 2-4-9 with two hearts. I bet over half the pot, get a caller and then a big reraise from a guy that knows my game inside out. I fold and he shows 9-6.

I know what I am doing wrong but can anyone give me advice?

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August 31, 2013 - 2:14 pm

1. Never ever be afraid to bust. Scared money dont make money.
2. Never ever fold over pairs against lag fish unless the board is super wet.
3. Control pots more in certain spots, keep urself from getting blown off.
4. Call more, they think u will fold too often.
4. Exploit your percieved image!!!!!! Bluff more, they think u only bet when u have it. Which leads me to……
5. Iso loose euro limpers IP more with stuff like (87s,) since they never think ull roll that over at showdown. U can rep broadway boards and get paid when u flop well. 3b those hands too, these tards will auto put u on big hands and either fold or call to bust u.
6. Your too weak tight, we dont consistenly win like that. Watch more videos, study, play lower stakes and try out different approaches.
7. Adjust adjust adjust! Never play the same way every day!

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August 31, 2013 - 2:39 pm

Get better at ranging their hands, their tendencies, and bet sizing.

The KK hand, two options:

1) I pile my chips in the pot so fast i might elbow my opponents next to me by accident.
2) flat his raise and pile safe turns so fast i might elbow my opponents next to me by accident.

Neither involves folding. He cud be raising sets live muppets might be scared of two Hearts and will just want to take it down now lol. FD usually call unless its overcards+fd combos. So his range is bluffs, high FD, sets, and random stupid 9x. So i like flatting flop and piling safe turns. If we have Kh, then i still pile heart turns.

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August 31, 2013 - 3:47 pm

Thanks for the good advice. I have other things than poker on my mind at the moment, so that could be contibuting to some of my passive play.

I will have to make a stand against my opponents or this pattern will continue.