I would rather call and cc, cc, cc down on Axxxx vs 89hh
Any yet, you didn't!
It's the lack of congruence in your thought processes that you need to patch up. For example, you assumed UTG would fold AK or worse to your flop 3bet... yet you still 3bet AK. How can this be logical?
That is by far the most useful advice you can take from this hand. You say you would do one thing then in the actual hand you do the opposite, counter to all your assumptions. You seem to be able to analyse a hand ok but then when your own logic is pointing you in one direction you ignore it and do something else.
In reality i suspect often the thought process might actually be "I have AK on Axx, that's a strong hand I don't want to fold it even though i think i'm beat"
So you play the hand and then later try and retro fit your thought process/logic to try and justify your play which is why it doesn't make sense.
I completely agree with Stu's comments, and I understand that I can sometimes see the right road to take but instead find myself on a parallel one... I don't feel that I end up going in the complete wrong direction, but that's just my view from my perspective. I'd be interested to see what someone thought if they just sweated me for an hour or two without any communication at the time, they would see when i timebank, when i think and consider things... when I make a move or when I just snap fold tptk (happens!).
In this hand I absolutely did not rofl it in because I had toppest pair, toppest kicker. I've actually become a little paranoid every time I have a value hand, I'm waiting for the flop donk from middle set... or the turn check minraise from the straight... And god forbid anyone ever gets to the river and Gascoigne's it (spelling?).
For someone taking a shot at 50nl, there is no chance I'm going to just throw a stack away. I don't know exactly why I made the decision I did and I'm the first in line to try and work out if what I did - was correct?
I won the pot, sweet times... but did I make the best decision at every stage?
Pre - I like calling but squeezing is clearly a good option... at these stakes I don't think there is as much value as there is in calling... but I see the point made.
Flop - I think I prefer flatting the UTG+1 raise and re-evaluating vs UTG. I genuinely am not sure what we should do vs certain sizings if he raises again like I did.
Turn - Was all in with the best hand, ill try and replicate this as often as possible
River - We have the nizzles, so spent most of this time rubbing it on my titties!
lots of love, even if it looks like im not listening.... (I really am).
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