[TStoneMBD]

i always check into the preflop raiser as well unless hes taking alot of free cards on the flop which you never see. i also agree that donkbetting into preflop raisers is an exploitable strategy and i cringe every time i see someone on these forums do one of these donkbets when checkraising is far superior.

i also agree that inflating the pot out of position is a good way to lose money because it increases your reverse implied odds. i find it interesting however that you follow his preflop strategy to a tee by never 3betting out of the BB preflop. ive never heard of anyone implimenting this strategy before. you do this against passive opponents as well? (also, im well aware that players at these high stakes levels are not going to be passive opponents, but that doesnt mean they will overplay their hands against you postflop.)

jeff, by following dreamclown's preflop strategy to a tee does this mean that you often go many bets with weaker pairs postflop? do you think this is a vital aspect of playing this strategy? it seems to me that you would be losing value by smoothcalling AA out of the BB if you cant get your opponents to go several bets with weaker pairs postflop, and generally the only way to get a player to go several bets with weaker pairs is if you coax them into doing so by playing your marginal hands aggressively.

also, when youre playing against new opponents heads up that have never seen you play before, and you pick up AA/KK/QQ/JJ early in the match, you arent smoothcalling preflop are you? the only reason to smoothcall these hands preflop is because you arent 3betting weaker hands out of position and therefore cannot bet your strong hands either. but if your opponent doesnt know that you dont 3bet any hands out of position how can you justify smoothcalling your monsters? do you 3bet AA early in the match and then once you havent 3bet out of position for a while and pick up AA again you then smoothcall?