$2/$4 FRNL Session Review
Posted by Adrian Milroy
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For 400NL you could get 2 full-out recreational players, but that's it. When one sits down the game just fills up too quickly with regs for another one to sit down in time.
I would be c/c this Hand 100% of the time on the Flop. So i am curious why you chose to c/r. I guess it was kind of a momentum thing cause u were running him over? Could you go into more Detail about your Plan on Turn and Rivers if he called your c/r. Would u be betting an 8? Would you bet an Ace Turn and shove a blank River? Which cards are you bluffing?
In this particular spot, I probably wouldn't bet any turns as a bluff other than perhaps J,Q or K. I just feel like he's probably ready to make a stand at this point. I would probably bet an 8 once, and hope to Chk down river. This would sort of be a value bluff, where I beat btm and middle pair and get one more street of value, or bluff with some equity vs. a Ten. If I hit an A, I would def bet for value on the turn, and either bet for value on the river, or chk/fold depending on what river card falls.
This is a very special spot because of the situation (me running hot and running him over and the player that I'm playing against). Its hard to say what to do in a vacuum or vs other players. The best cards we can hope for are a 7 or 9 to increase our equity, but it might not necessarily be the right play to bluff into certain players because I know I'm getting call there a high % of the time. Whether or not to bet turn has everything to do with your opponent, and the history that you have with them. HU is all about that.
Min 11, I rlly like Squeeze to isolate the fish with KTo, don't you like?
I have to disagree with you on this one. I don't like squeezing a dominated hand OOP like that vs a recreational player. He's more likely to call the squeeze than a reg, he is still in EP, and even though my analysis of the 40BBer suggests that he doesn't have a strong hand, it is still remotely possible that he has a big hand, or even a playable hand which he would call the sqz with, after the recreational player calls of course. And playing a giant pot with KTo OOP vs 2 players, both in EP, would be a nightmare situation for us.
With less than 70BBs and a bloated squeeze pot, if I hit a K or T, I'm going to have a hard time ever folding when there's 2 bets to go before we're all in. The three most common money making scenarios I can see with this play would be 1. Taking it down pre (might not happen that often) 2. Recreational player calls, and I cbet and take it down (probably our biggest $-making spot in the long run) 3. I hit a Thigh flop and stack him if he wants to make a stand with something like 55-99 or 78s or 9Ts on a T74r flop or smth. But I think that JJ and QQ could also be there (not as often) when I hit my Thigh flop sometimes. I think when I hit my K, and play for stacks, I'll be outkicked.
You are bloating the pot OOP with less than usual FE with a hand that won't necessarily be good if you hit. It would be better to have KQ in this spot. And if you were to make this play with KTo, it would be better to be on the BTN or CO. Position gives you the ability to overcome weaker initial holdings and show a profit in the long run. Being OOP requires you to play tighter in order to overcome the inherent disadvantage that exists there . Combining weaker cards and OOP is not a good mix usually.
I'm curious about this limping range of yours. I rarely, if ever, limp and I'm just wondering what other types of hands, other than your monsters, you like to limp and why? Small pairs and suited aces? Does this range vary with postition?
Watching this video has reminded me I need to start taking notes on players too (I do use a HUD but guess there's extra value in taking notes)!
You pretty much nailed the range I like to limp. Perhaps adding some suited broadways in there too. and I'd also have to say that my limping range widens in a live game. I only open-limp in EP and MP, not in LP or the blinds. The reason for this is that I'm out of position and I like to keep the pot small and in turn get to see flops with hands that make the near-nuts (sets) or have the nut draws (AXs). When you open these hands, you have a chance of getting blown off them via 3bet and your opponents will never have AK or QQ+ in their range (which is what you want when you flop a set, or a combo draw with AXs). By the fact that I limp monsters, my opponents always have to fear the LRR so they can't attack my limps easily.
Limping is much more important in a live game. Sometimes I'll even divert 80% of my range in EP to limping due to the fact when UTG opens, he gets 5 callers at the table. That's just how certain live tables go. Sometimes I see no need to bloat the pot, or create opportunities to get squeezed out when unless I flop a near-monster, I can't even cbet into that many players... Its an adjustment thing based on the particular table you're at. If most pots of HU or 3 way, I go ahead and open raise most of my range.
In general I like to limp more the earlier the position that I'm in, and less the later we get, down to zero in the CO and BTN. Although I think open limping the btn is much better than open-limping the CO.
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