George W.
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what about good rundowns with a dangler? Are those good enough to limp with to a straddle in early position? I feel like I'm investing so much when I play these mediocre hands, but at the same time, I'm not actually calling a raise with them since I'm really just completing a third blind in a way.
Nov. 12, 2013 | 2:39 p.m.
Hi guys, I play in a 5/10 nine handed private game that allows for a 50 button straddle. It's raked pretty hard at 50 max per hand (5%). The game has a few very standard pros and the rest very weak passive recreational players with one or two super spews. Considering the 50 straddle, players are fairly shallow at usually 1000-1500 stacks (initial buyin and most rebuys for most players).
There is usually always 4-5 players to every flop- both limped and single raised pots. 3betting is infrequent. Most of the rec players play very conservative but stationey post flop (only valuing nutty hands), but of course the super spews are getting it in light and making moves.
There is usually always 4-5 players to every flop- both limped and single raised pots. 3betting is infrequent. Most of the rec players play very conservative but stationey post flop (only valuing nutty hands), but of course the super spews are getting it in light and making moves.
With the 50 button straddle and the 1500 stacks, what type of hands would you recommend that I limp/raise the straddle? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks guys
Nov. 7, 2013 | 1:53 a.m.
with no information on sb and vice versa, I feel like a backraise would be very callable by sb with a pretty wide range. He could easily be thinking that you are trying to re-squeeze because you think he's squeezing from the sb. Also in live poker, you really don't have to worry about declaring your hand strength as much because the majority of live players just stations off with premium hands regardless of their read. Balancing and disguising really isn't as useful when no one is actually exploiting your obvious plays in live poker.
As played, I do like a flop raise, because you are quite ahead of a standard live 3betting range on that flop. Some would argue that you might be turning your hand into a bluff, but you don't know how many times I've raise on a flop like that against an overpair thinking my tight image would surely induce a fold. You would be surprised how often I'm called down on at least two streets even by profitable regs. Against an unknown that you dont know to be tricky, I would probably bet all 3 streets if i don't feel resistance.
As played, I do like a flop raise, because you are quite ahead of a standard live 3betting range on that flop. Some would argue that you might be turning your hand into a bluff, but you don't know how many times I've raise on a flop like that against an overpair thinking my tight image would surely induce a fold. You would be surprised how often I'm called down on at least two streets even by profitable regs. Against an unknown that you dont know to be tricky, I would probably bet all 3 streets if i don't feel resistance.
Feb. 24, 2013 | 4:42 a.m.
yeah, every adjustment I make, I anticipate him making on me as well. Def wasn't looking for a cure-all, but I do agree that I need to bet out much less with marginal hands. However, I feel like if I start balancing my flatcalls with big hands, then I can be more confident that if I call his CR, then his bets on other streets would be more skewed towards value.
Dec. 25, 2012 | 3:27 a.m.
this is great stuff. I was really considering going in this direction when I thought about it myself, but I guess I would have to be mentally prepared to lose a few buy ins if I do commit to playing this style against him. But I think it probably is the best approach, because tightening up lets him play perfectly against me.
Dec. 22, 2012 | 5:46 a.m.
yeah, I do feel that there's enough in that game for me to take shots at it despite some of the really good players in the game. I guess my question really is how I do exploit this specific player with all the tendencies I thought of to name. I guess I shouldn't have added in my OP that I want to avoid variance; I'm more interested in knowing how to counter this opponent optimally with my stack size. High variance lines or not.
Dec. 22, 2012 | 5:42 a.m.
I agree with James that bigger sizing isn't productive unless it's the better overall line to take. It would just be overplaying my hands and causing my opponent to fold out worse while value-owning myself when I run into better hands.
Dec. 20, 2012 | 4:31 a.m.
yeah, I def considered that, but I feel like I'm losing value because I'm probably ahead of his range a lot and I'm letting him see turns/rivers for nothing.
Dec. 20, 2012 | 1:20 a.m.
Hi guys, not a specific hand or anything but I've been trying to figure out how to approach really good LAGs at the live 10/25NLH games I take shots at. In the last session, there was one specific player I was OOP against that was quite involved in a lot of pots. He opened quite wide, 3bet squeezed frequent enough, CR'ed flops with all draws and made hands, had a merged range for his pot size value bets, sometimes flat-calls multiple streets with huge hands as well as floats, bluff-catches light against polarized bets, etc. The guy sits really deep at like 50k, and I usually take shots with 3-4k buy-ins. I felt like everytime I value-bet my medium strength hands, I always got CR'ed by him and folded on later streets to pot size bets. What are some general guidelines for big hands/draws/air/medium hands that might be optimal to play against such opponents? Is it absolutely necessary to play a high variance style to counter his play? I def. prefer not to have big swings in that game since I'm just shot-taking. Thanks in advance.
Dec. 20, 2012 | 1:13 a.m.
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there's always a chance of being banned, but I just started playing in the game and haven't been winning yet so it'll take a little time if it happens. Especially since I'm pretty sociable with the players.
When you say raise with the strongest starting hands, what's the bare minimum in that category? How's a hand like QJ99 single suit or gappers like Q1098 single suit?
Nov. 12, 2013 | 2:43 p.m.