Noobgila
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- Jan 23, 2025
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- #1
Hi everyone.
I’m a poker player who’s newer to online poker than I’d like to admit. I’m not a winning player yet, largely due to tilt after bad beats (When AQ beats my AK in a flip, I really tend to lose the plot, even more when I lose a significant portion of my stack).
1. Mental stability
Beyond self-control and the ability to reset after a bad beat, what are the most important lessons to becoming a consistently successful poker player?
2. Folding
I hate folding, but I know it’s essential. Still, it feels like half the time a flush draw completes, it’s a bluff. How do you decide when to bluff catch versus when to fold?
3. Hero calling
I’ve won a few very small tournaments by calling a preflop raise with 2-3, hitting a 2, and then calling down aggressive action. In one hand on a 9-man table, the board ran out 2-7-6-10-J. He 3-bet preflop and shoved the river, and I called because his betting pattern seemed to strongly indicated a bluff, putting me far in the lead in the tournament. However some other players take the exact same line with sets and other nutted hands. How do you decide if that person is bluffing or "bluff bet trapping"?
4. HUDs / table image
I’m running into players who donk-shove the flop with both sets and bluffs. Calling is usually a disaster when they’re strong, but folding too much feels exploitable. Over time however, I seem to get labeled a calling station. How would you suggest balancing or randomizing play to avoid being exploited by HUD users?
5. Bet sizing
This seems crucial, yet most online players appear to rely on preset sizes. What are the key principles people use to size bets effectively?
6. Learning poker
For experienced players: what are the best mainstream resources for learning solid, fundamental poker strategy?
I’m a poker player who’s newer to online poker than I’d like to admit. I’m not a winning player yet, largely due to tilt after bad beats (When AQ beats my AK in a flip, I really tend to lose the plot, even more when I lose a significant portion of my stack).
1. Mental stability
Beyond self-control and the ability to reset after a bad beat, what are the most important lessons to becoming a consistently successful poker player?
2. Folding
I hate folding, but I know it’s essential. Still, it feels like half the time a flush draw completes, it’s a bluff. How do you decide when to bluff catch versus when to fold?
3. Hero calling
I’ve won a few very small tournaments by calling a preflop raise with 2-3, hitting a 2, and then calling down aggressive action. In one hand on a 9-man table, the board ran out 2-7-6-10-J. He 3-bet preflop and shoved the river, and I called because his betting pattern seemed to strongly indicated a bluff, putting me far in the lead in the tournament. However some other players take the exact same line with sets and other nutted hands. How do you decide if that person is bluffing or "bluff bet trapping"?
4. HUDs / table image
I’m running into players who donk-shove the flop with both sets and bluffs. Calling is usually a disaster when they’re strong, but folding too much feels exploitable. Over time however, I seem to get labeled a calling station. How would you suggest balancing or randomizing play to avoid being exploited by HUD users?
5. Bet sizing
This seems crucial, yet most online players appear to rely on preset sizes. What are the key principles people use to size bets effectively?
6. Learning poker
For experienced players: what are the best mainstream resources for learning solid, fundamental poker strategy?
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