Punishing Autopilot TAGs

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I've been seeing a lot of this at AP, and now the roaches there are 3 betting king high. C/R bluffs are cute, but unsustainable as a general practice because they are so expensive when they fail. However, you did add this gem:

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In my opinion, this kind of strategy should work great against most TAGs, especially the multi-tabling bonus whores who really do not know what they're doing. They know checkraises mean strong hands, so they fold and move on. You might even be able to pull it off multiple times before they catch on.


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I hope people don't skip that paragraph. Thanks for the post, and happy new years.

This exact play was something Eric keyed me in on when I had him look at my play, and I've been very successful with it.

Another point on this. "I know that you know that I know...". Once you get comfortable using this, you can recognize it and turn it around on someone making the move on you. Last night sitting live, I saw the table bully do it to the guy on my immediate left on a steal raise from the button. The next time around, I steal-raised from CO. Bully calls the raise, checks the flop, I bet, he pops, I reraise knowing exactly what he's doing. He lays it down. My cards were 97s and had completely missed the flop ;-)

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Pop it in your digest Jake.