Berserko
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March 11, 2014 | midnight
Actually the AJx flop AQ is a dog. Should have read all but one.
Also against some opponents they will flat QQ-AA a good portion of the time which of corse hurts our equity get even more.
I almost feel like I'm bluff catching with AQ post flop even when I flop something...
March 10, 2014 | 11:59 p.m.
The problem is when I go post flop with medium strength hands it's really tough to play when I whiff, in or out of position.
Right now I have just resorted to giving up without at least an OESD because c-betting air seems to be lighting money on fire against these guys.
The other issue besides whiffing the flop is when I flop a hand like TP (Ace) with AQ and start to meet resistance (check/raise or donk bets). Should I just be getting it in most of the time?
I think on some flops when facing resistance, such as AT5, QJ7, AJ2, QT5 etc... they often show up with JJ/TT but also can have AJ/AQ/AK. AQ is a favorite on all these flops, but when facing resistance (a raise) should we just fold since their range for raising is likely to be more narrow? Probably answering my own question here - but I'd like to hear others thoughts or maybe can be pointed in the right direction to a video. I've already watched Lucas Greenwoods video on 3-betting and it was helpful but hard for me to implement without seeing it applied in hand histories or a replayer style video.
I'm also interested in how to play a polarized range post flop (although hopefully I won't see too many flops or I probably should be 3-betting depolarized...)
March 10, 2014 | 11:39 p.m.
Okay, so how about this. Take my example CO open range of AA-22,AKo-ATo,KQo-KTo,QJo-QTo,JTo,AKs-A9s,KQs-K9s,QJs-Q9s,JTs-J9s,T9s (258 combos). If we defend AA-99,AKo-AJo,KQo,AKs-AJs,KQs that gives us 38.75% defense (100 combos) and we could defend 60 value combos and 40 bluff combos.
The problem I can see with this is villain may be able to exploit us by flatting to keep in our weaker hands... but if we know this can we check fold the weaker parts of our range unexploitably when we whiff or figure to be behind?
Also the value range I came up with just seems weak against any type of reasonable 5-bet shoving range but has the odds to call... 99+,AJs+,AKo has 43.369% equity against a range of JJ+, AKs, AKo. If you add in TT it bumps us up to 45.507%.
Could the answer be to simply tighten up OOP vs this kind of player? Example, a opening/iso'ing range of AA-77,AKo-ATo,KQo-KJo,QJo,AKs-ATs,KQs-KTs,QJs-QTs,JTs (172 combos) should give us a value range of JJ+,AKo,AKs (40 combos) and then we can just use 27 bluff combos. That should still be wide enough for us to exploit the table fish.
We could also do something kind of sneaky and only open AA-66,AKo-AJo,KQo-KJo,AKs-A9s,KQs-KTs,QJs-QTs,JTs (158 combos) and make our value range QQ+,AKo,AKs which would actually give us a slight edge when all in assuming he stacks JJ+,AKo,AKs.
There are no HUDS on NV WSOP so these kind of adjustments would be difficult to notice unless he is really paying attention.
March 4, 2014 | 1:23 a.m.
What is our plan post flop when we call? Do you think it's best to call the top 39% of our range (i.e. even AA/KK)?
Say we are in CO and our open range is AA-22,AKo-ATo,KQo-KTo,QJo-QTo,JTo,AKs-A9s,KQs-K9s,QJs-Q9s,JTs-J9s,T9s ... I realize this is a tight range but the site I play on is a total limp fest (NV WSOP.com) so I try not to ISO too widely because more often than not I'll be multi-way with players who won't fold, especially if they have position.
I was thinking a good range to call would be AA-99,AKo-AQo,AKs-ATs,KQs-KTs,QJs-QTs,JTs should give us a hair under 39% defense but every once in a while someone is going to cold 4-bet to make up for the difference.
I think this range will give us a lot of flexibility post flop to check/raise or check/call a lot of flops. This might not be so great though if he is 3-betting a linear range as his range is probably similar to ours & he has position.
March 3, 2014 | 8:04 p.m.
Seems that way to me as well... so I have just been using my normal defense frequencies until I work out a better strategy. I do recall one time where I bluff 4-bet him with Ad4d and he flat in the SB with AA... he just checked it down with me but I tried to bluff the River on a scary run out (Flush, Straight, Boat possible) and he called of course. Pretty tricky opponent.
March 3, 2014 | 7:49 p.m.
I play 50NL and there are a few players who are 3-betting light will make it $3.50 after I open to $1.50, so roughly 2.33x ... this is aggravating because being OOP I think it will be hard to call profitably and in theory I need to be defending against this size more often than $4.50 or $5.00 sizing.
OOP I'll 4-bet 15% of my range as a bluff & 18% for value but against the smaller sizing I need to defend 39.2% and I'm not sure if I should just fill the void with extra bluffs or make it part value and part bluffs - or if calling is actually a better defense...
Help!
IMO, depends on the person. I actually think generally it's a really bad idea to play long sessions. Personally, the longer I play, the more likely I am to make mistakes. I prefer short sessions (2 hours or so) with hour breaks in between. This also has the effect of reducing variance (in turn reducing tilt...) since I will be playing deep stacked less, which for me is a good thing.
March 21, 2014 | 4:39 a.m.