They're just certain spots where they're wider, for example, when people are calling out of the big blind. Most people have an extremely wide calling range from the big blind.
Also, some of the worst players will have a wider calling range from the small blind than I expect. The adjustments are hard because there're a lot of good players who are looking to make the big call in spots where they have a wide range. Usually, what I've got to do is when I decide to be betting, I bet really hard and I bet a lot chips. It allows me to do thinner value bets and I'll throw in a few bluffs, and usually, it works pretty well. In summary; value bet thinner and bluff a little bit, and that's it. Carl C.: This one is an open-ended, simple question but I thought it was interesting. "Hoopie" asked: "Why did you become a professional player?" Max Steinberg: Well, I think, originally, I became a professional player because I really didn't know what I was doing. I was in college and I had no direction in what I wanted to do. Poker was going well, so I just decided I have so much fun doing this, why not just go pro. I think, now, I would say the reason that I'm professional, still, is because I just enjoy playing, and I enjoy playing at a high level. There's just something very satisfying about it, for me. Carl C.: I thought it was interesting that you didn't mention money, at all, in your answer. Is that something that you don't really care about? You're just more passionate about playing, and then, the money the money just follows? Max Steinberg: No, I definitely care about the money, but I guess I didn't mention that because I've, kind of, been pondering this myself, lately. I'm wondering how much longer I'm going to be doing this, and I've just been asking myself this question; "Why do I continue to play poker?" Obviously, money is going to be a reason. If I don't have any reason, besides that, then I wouldn't continue playing. I think the reasons that I stated before is a little more important. I would be lying to myself if I didn't say I enjoyed making money. Carl C.: There was a hand that everyone is talking about from the Big Drop, have you heard about it? Where the guy folded quads, face up? Carl C.: He thought the guy had a straight flush. Max Steinberg: What are your thoughts on that hand? Carl C.: Well, I don't know about the entire action. I read, briefly, about it. I read a statement from the guy who made the fold, and his logic was not terribly flawed. He just thought he had an incredibly strong read. He said, himself, that; "I don't think he had kings, because he would have re-raised pre-flop. I didn't think he had jacks, because he also would have re-raised pre-flop". He also said he looked very excited on the flop. Now, that's fine and dandy that he got all those reads, but it seems like a pretty ridiculous spot to fold quads and put someone on such an exact hand. It seems like he doesn't realize how infrequent it is for someone to have a straight flush, just understanding the ideas of combos of hands. There's only one combo of straight flush in that spot, even if there was a minute chance of Jacks or Jack-8, or the nut-flush. Just having that minute chance almost makes it a call, just because there're so many possibilities for those hands. Carl C.: It's totally different if you feel like you have a soul read in that situation.
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