First tip if we know it is a bad call learn to not make it. I could not help myself suggests an emotional response and that is a form of TILT.
Book "The Mental Gamer of Poker" get it -read it -practice the skills.
To help with tilt we need to learn to make good river decisions. We use the post flop skill of range refining to do this.
We take a hand like this when we study, and we build a data base thus giving us in game skills of range refining. which means we change the V range on each street vs each action.
Preflop V limps EP take the time to build their limp range--Equilab is great for that and it is free. We can only estimate ranges at this point BTN flats what hands do they not flat? that is the range build we want for them.
Flop AT5dss no action yet
BB and EP have no AA -TT? 55 maybe but fewer combos we block those.
all check
BB check tells us nothing.
This is where we refine EP range based on this action. What would we expect EP to bet? When they do not bet, we know most often they do not have that hand in their range.
T--AT5Qdssd no action yet
is QQ in our V ranges? What about AQ? BB might have AQ vs this V type they may not raise preflop or bet flop- so of the 2 villains we are aware that BB can now have 2 pair but EP much less likely--never say never at this stake level.
Both V now can have a Qx hand and both can have flush draws ss or dd in fact BB can have all the hands that make flush draws except perhaps AKs
all check.
When all check we can assume that our V have more draws than made hands. Why would they not bet a pair on this turn? why not bet a straight?
So no pairs no straights most often not never but most often.
R AT5Q6dssdd
So here we are on the river what hands do we expect our V to have using the above range refinements?
* Lots of nothing- pairs of Tx -5x or 6x not A6 or A5 maybe 56 but we block the 5 maybe Q6
and FLUSHES
we lead which is good. does this sizing get a crying call from 5 or6 x or even Tx? Or do all of those hands have an easy fold on this river. it is 3c so maybe it is fine.
BB who has the most preflop flush cards jams when we lead into 2 players--Why bluff for 9c?
Other than a flush what hand when called is expecting to get value from worse? what slow played turn and jams river?
We refined a range * above looking at the range what wants to jam the river when we lead? FLUSHES!!!
What flushes that we beat want to jam into a lead that is a flush most often? How big of a flush could we lead on river? What is our range of nut flushes?
does 9x flush want to jam?
Does the nut hand want to jam? Second nuts? third nuts?
Why would this be a value jam? Why would value not just raise?
this is how we range refine--
Just saw the results---lol 72dd they are either maniac or genius.
Nice win
