Hi mersenary!It's cool that you gave us the rights to read and write in this forum. :)I am a HU SnG Player on PokerStars and I have their the same nickname as here. My English is not the very best, but I hope you understand everything. ;) (I am from Germany)Some Questions:1. Using a HUD:I had allways problems by taking right postflop descions with a HUD. For Example the Flop came 78Tss, a player with 5/9 c/r (54%) check-raised me and I called him down 3 streets with K7 (on ok cards). After these problems I turned off my postflop stats, but I am still working with preflop stats. (preflop stats I use fine)Do you think it's clever to keep HUD on while you are being in a learn-process? (Actually I am playing the 100 and 200 $ levels on PokerStars, still im proving my game every day. I think, Primo and Hokie agree, that I am beating the 200s. But I have still many leaks of course) 2. Would you play an unknown (when you don't know anything about him) everytime straight forward until you have reads? (Not creating for example an "aggressive image" or 3 barrel him the first hands on an ugly board, where he can't call loose without reads but maybe do, because he is a fish) 3. How can I improve my Game in the most effective way? At the moment I am still 1 tabling and here in the camp I review some HHs. What can I do else? What should I do when I am at home and get no coaching? Best Greetings Waaaghbozz :)
1. I think using a HUD is good when you know what you're looking for and how to apply it. The preflop numbers are extremely useful and change a lot of decisions. c-bet frequency and check/raise frequency matter, too, but can be a little tougher to apply correctly. I wouldn't get obsessed with the numbers.2. It depends what you mean by "straightforward". There are profitable triple barrels early against a random, and we should make them. I would just make the plays that have the best expectation. This is from my flawed reasonings article:"Readless, I like to play fairly nitty, not wanting to get into a marginal spot against a player I don't know anything about." Generally, this is said by people who go on to pass up against highly +EV spots because they are not sure of your opponent's tendencies. It's poker, and when Oreos aren't involved, we're never sure about any of your reads. It's always a probabilistic guess. When you know nothing, go by the population tendencies of how likely villains in general are to have each hand in his range. Don't fail to four-bet shove 77 just because you don't know whether your opponent's three-betting range is too tight for that to be profitable. Do a calculation. Based on range of villains I generally face, how often is it profitable, and how often is it not? That's a better approach that will lead to a +EV decision.3. Other than coaching, reviewing hands from friends is one great way!