Party's passives. I can't understand them; How can I adapt?

[srt19170]

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You WANT the loose passives to call you down to the river with AK. For every time you loose in a situation like this, you will gain 3x as much when you win from some fool calling you down to the river with AK.

Consider it a blessing in disguise.


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Sklansky bucks.

The other thing to note is that if they won't punish you when they have good cards, that gives you the opportunity to chase with drawing hands.

Supposed you limped here with 89s. A good player holding AK is going to bet the flop, and you won't have the pot odds to continue. This guy will check, and you'll get a free draw at your gutshot.

-- Scott

[JasonK]

If you know somebody is passive that should give you a hint that your top pair/weak kicker is no good when they start raising you.