
Shakaflaka
2 points
I liked the video, it made me think a lot, but I'm a little confused.
On the video, you show how the IP player can modify his betsizing to make his pure bluffs profitable, but that doesn't look too bad for the OOP player, for a couple of reasons:
-Even if the IP has a profitable bluff, that doesnt mean that the OOP is being exploited. As long as he has reasonable betting and check-defending frequencies the IP player cannot check back all his air to just make a small delayed cbet on the turn (that would be the real problem). In other words, if OOP bets 99% of the time and check folds 100% of the times when he checks (1% of the time), OOP player is not being exploited.
-The smaller the betsize the less bluffs you can include to your range if you want to remain more or less balanced. So your small blluffs won't occure very often.
April 5, 2015 | 9:25 p.m.
I also think that stack depth favours the player IP, especially if he has a polarized range and we have a capped range. For example, I think it is much easier to defend a miniraise BBvsBU when we are 40bb deep than if we are 500bb deep.
April 3, 2015 | 11:37 a.m.
Nice video! One small thing, though. If we limp 65% and BB checks back bottom 75%, then in limped pots SB has an important range advantage (in the video, lefort doesn't take it into account I think). That could potentially increase R for our limping range.
April 1, 2015 | 12:40 p.m.
Nice video, thanks a lot!
I think that on the flop, since we have a range advantage we should be betting a lot more. If we cbet with a relatively low frequency and we defend a lot of our checks on a board that we connect much better, the opponent shouldn't be stabing a lot.
Moreover, in 3bet pots we dont need a raise to get stacks in by the river, so I don't see the point of building a check-raising range, especially on a board that favours us.
I would cbet a lot more and maybe go for some check-calls or check-raises on the turn.
Nov. 17, 2014 | 8:48 a.m.
Very good video! I was looking for something like this for ages...
One big question though:
In most situations preflop ranges are asymetric. Doesn't that have an impact on the minimum defence frequency?
I mean in most situations opponent's range is narrower/looser than ours, our range or our opponent's is capped, etc. Shouldn't we take that into consideration? How?
I guess you are right, but your definition is completely useless in practical terms since we will never be clairvoyant in game. You will never know exactly when an opponent is exploitable, for how much, for how long, etc.
May 12, 2015 | 8:45 a.m.