Re: General STT strategy
Just to clarify, the heads up strategy of checking a lot is this(I am referring to situations where the blinds are low, if they are way up there it might be a push/fold strategy or push any 2 if the blinds are stratospheric):
- You can count on your opponent to bet almost any flop if you check. So let's say you have A5o and there's an A on the flop instead of betting just check and when he bets either raise or just cold call to extract more chips later). Mix it up a little of course. Sometimes bet on the flop with top pair.
- It provides you with some insurance against your opponent having flopping a set or two pair(absolute monsters that usually result in your elimination heads up). If he's extremely aggressive then let go of something like TPTK. However if you bet TPTK on the flop you are giving him the opportunity to sometimes raise you representing a good hand. If you check there's a good chance that he will be cautious about making such plays because now *you* could be slowplaying against him and this will definitely figure in his mind.
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