No Folding? No Problem Flashcards
What is a station?
Someone who wants to see the flop no matter what.
Someone who sticks around with any piece of the flop.
What percentage of players at low stakes are maniacs?
Less than 5%
What is the mindset of a maniac?
They love being in charge and getting people to react to them.
What is a maniac?
Someone who can show up with any hand at any time. They 3-bet anything. They triple barrel anything. They’re always capable of putting money in the middle.
What percentage of players are nits?
10-20%
What can happen to an entitled nit?
They can tilt when things don’t go their way
What are the four most common mistakes of regulars?
- They call too much on the river
- They see too many flops
- They don’t 3-bet enough
- They don’t bluff enough
What is a nits greatest fear?
Their hand not holding up
What is a maniac’s greatest fear?
That they could have won a pot if they were simply man enough.
What is a station’s biggest fear?
Folding the best hand
What truly separates a pro from average players is their ability to ___
Fold
Pros will wait for the ____ situation to come to them
Right
If it feels like we are folding too much then we are likely ___
Playing correctly
When asking “does he do this with X?” What is X?
The best hand we beat
If the answer to “does he do this with X?” Is “I don’t know.” Should we be rushing to put money in to the pot?
No
What should you focus on instead of how often your hand is good (for example from a GTO standpoint)?
The specific situation
What player type beats stations?
Nits
What player type beats maniacs?
Stations
What player type beats nits?
Maniacs
Nits beat ____
Stations
Stations beat ____
Maniacs
Maniacs beat ____
Nits
What is the easiest/fastest way to beat a game where no one folds? (Not necessarily the best way)
Nit it up
“Nits beat stations” can be translated as what?
Good hands beat mediocre hands
