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Message: [QUOTE="Aballinamion, post: 5693642, member: 289533"] Correct thinking in the wrong stake: at 2 NLHE we must be creative and do things that are way out of line. Our polarized c-bet flop is pure speculation upon our Back Doors draws. We only have back doors and we must ask which hands are going to pay, which hands are going to fold to us and which hands are going to re-raise. After we get a raised, what is our plan? Jam a 100% of times our draws OTF? Out of position, if we do elect to bluff less, it will work more. This turn isn't a good card for bluffing and we continue out of position. What is our plan for rivers X, Y and X when they come? When we bet OTT is a bet for value or it is a bet for bluff? What are we going to do if Villain comes over the top? We must be asking a couple of questions before betting because we own "AK". I don't know man, I consider that if I have checked flop and checked turn I would have saved a couple of blinds. As it is crystal clear for all of us, there isn't too much (or any) fold equity at the micros: Your sizing OTT will not make the opponent in position to be leaving its JJ, TT, 99, so what is the point of betting? Second, if we are going to bet OTT, for bluff we must have equity, and in this particular hand our equity sucks a great deal. But for own experience, I believe that since Villain called polarized bet OTF it would not be folding its 99, TT and JJ not even a Thor's smashing hammer. Stop trying to extract value from jerks. We do not have equity OTT, our opponent is a total jerk and we wasted a lot of energy and time. Poker isn't about being aggressive or passive: it is about being smart and using common sense for critical judgment. ;) Regards; Carlos 'Aballinamion' Barbosa [/QUOTE]

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