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Re: how often do you do this? (long)
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apologies for putting lots of stuff here. feel free to answer as little as u like. This is a spot I feel like I am not playing optimally and making posts like these helps me clarify my thinking and to gain exposure to some new or reassuring ideas, so if you see anything odd... 30/17/2.1 Button open-raises, his steal % is 35 over 2000ish hands. sb folds, you have A smallish kicker, say < 9, in the BB. 1) what percentage of time do you 3-bet? I would almost always three bet. against whom do you prefer either line? Are baby aces different from middle aces, and does suitedness matter? I'd rather be suited than have a 7 instead of a 3. 2) assuming no 3-bet, what is your postflop plan? - fit or fold? With no reraise I am fit and folding more often than not. - plan to check-call a ragged board? - plan to check-raise a ragged flop? - against what kind of raiser do you think putting on a move is bad, i.e. how loose/aggro do they need to be before its not worth playing back at them, if there is such an opponent (ignoring when a rock raises)? In the actual hand I had A6o. I just called. Flop ragged, Q73 rainbow. I check - raise. 3) comments on the plan? This is reasonable but I still prefer to reraise preflop and come out swinging. I think it gives you a better chance to get a fold right away, avoiding a potentially expensive turn and if you get raised here you can call and give it up on the turn if you dont get help. -Its kinda my default to check-raise when I call with A rag v. a liberal stealer and the flop is without an A but with one broadway card and otherwise ragged. I fold to a flop 3-bet. -this is anticipated to be a 2 street move a lot of the time, does that change things? Do opponents fold to flop check-raises often enough so this is not a 2 street move? 4) is there much merit to just leading the flop here. -Its cheaper, although I feel its a less powerful move as it is: Only because you didnt reraise preflop. (I) less likely to get a fold and (II) its more likely that I get the initiative taken away (i.e. my oppoent raises my flop bet, perhaps even with worse hands), leaving me out of control with A rag high. Do I check-fold most turns unimproved if I lead and am raised? I would -I'd also need to lead more often with decent hands, and look to 3-bet them as well to make leading with A high (and less) in spots like this effective. But I rarely lead into pfrs, but have felt annoyed lately by a lot of poeple doing it to me. Maybe the muppets are unwittingly on to something that I should get into too? 4) How would the presence of a 2-flush on the flop effect your decision. I'd ignore it initially. -I am less inclined to check-raise with a airballed non-ace holding in this spot with a 2-flush on the board, as opponenet is more liekly to call me down. But with an A on a ragged one broadway card board with a 2-flush I think I have the best hand. Anyway, back to the hand. Turn is a J. I bet. He calls. 5) Other than an A, is there any turn card you might not bet at? Do you check a turned A? No I think you have to follow through here. River is a blank (I didn't pair my kicker). I check intending to call. If I had paired my kicker on turn or river I bet river for value. thanks for making it thru this. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Thanks for making me think it through. |
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Re: how often do you do this? (long)
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A2-A4o on the button has shown a negative expectation through my 100k database. [/ QUOTE ] You are playing these hands suboptimally postflop then. These hands are not losing steal hands, not even from the CO. I usually play most of these hands the same against an aggressive stealer. Check call every street, unless the board gets too scary to continue. If I hit an ace I usually lead the river. -Mike |
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Re: how often do you do this? (long)
yes youre right, i may be playing these hands suboptimally, and if you are showing profit with them when im not there there is something im doing wrong. maybe i will start stealing with these hands and post them on this board for review.
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Re: how often do you do this? (long)
I think mine are in red too, but not by much and my sample isnīt sufficient, so I play them.
ALL1n is running pretty hot with the low Aces first in from button. Like half a BB/hand over 1xx tries. I wouldnīt mind more Ax steals posted for sure. |
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