SPR in Small Stakes for Punters
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SPR in Small Stakes for Punters
On an earlier post, one of the pros remined me not to forget SPR as an essential NLH concept. Like most people who don't really know anything, I responded along the lines of "Of course, SPR. But what I was saying was..." One of my study routines is to dedicate each week to a single topic. This week the topic is SPR. SPR is my new best friend. I had no idea how useful for me a better understanding of the implications of SPR is. I had assigned this topic to mostly tournament play. I am not there yet. I play low stakes cash games. Nonetheless, a better understanding of SPR might just plug my biggest newbie/fish/drooler/donkey/punter leak: holding on too tightly to big Pocket Pairs. So far, and it has only been a couple days, by reading (and sometimes manipulating) SPR properly, I have been much better at estimating relative hand strength on a given flop. To simplify, BIG SPR/BIG PP=SDV Hand. SMALL SPR/BIG PP=Premium Hand. I know there is more nuance to this strategy. But for me, at this stage of my development, it's a revelation. We'll see if I can consistently execute. Happy Holidays, everyone.
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You are on the right track with getting this down solid.
Some heuristics you can use are the following:
3 bet pots, 100bb deep, typically yield an SPR between 4-5. We open 2.5x, BB 3b to 10, we call. We are sitting on 90bb and the pot is 20 or so. 90/20 = 4.5 SPR. In a pot with this SPR we basically just go with our overpairs+ and don't think to much about it (of course there circumstances that change this like monotone boards and crazy bad boards for overpairs).
SRP's usually the pot is like 5-8bb's with 94-97bb's behind. 95/6 = 15+ SPR.
4b pots, just go with any ovepair+ since pot is so huge.
Fun players just don't get the concept. They open some Ax suited UTG and get 3b by IP player, they call, SPR is between 4-5, they simply don't have a) hand playability and b) implied odds (unless they catch the miracle 2 pair+ on the flop).
I recently got my KK all in Pre Flop v A5o. A5o! Flop came xAA; but I still felt good about it. Had to laugh and shake my head in wonderment. Who calls a 5bet shove with A5o? Well, this villain, apparently. Lol.
If the SPR went 0 to the flop (at 100BB) with KK you played the hand perfectly, regardless of villains holding or runout of the board
For sure. Just amused by V's play coinciding exactly with Hawkswin's comment above: "Fun players just don't get the concept. They open some Ax suited UTG [check] and get 3b by IP player [check], they call [check], SPR is between 4-5 [check], they simply don't have a) hand playability and b) implied odds (unless they catch the miracle 2 pair+ on the flop) [and check]."
There is a thing unsaid here that i am working on myself, particularly with the 3bet/4bet game:
The player who is better at manipulating spr has an advantage in the hand.
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