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Originally Posted by zook
1. With all of S&M's caveats and qualifications, it's obvious that they believe in a fluid pre-flop strategy. Do you have any specific examples in which table texture affected your pre-flop strategy?
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When terrible players enter the pot, I tend to find ways to gamble with them with playable cards and position.
When the blinds aren't fighting back often enough, I open up my BN/SB raising range a bit.
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Originally Posted by zook
2. Again, they heap scorn on always open-raising from late position. Have you experimented with open-limping from LP in the past week? What type of button/blinds might you target with LP limps rather than raises?
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I only open-limp the button against weak players who don't fold often enough.
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Originally Posted by zook
If a loose/passive shortstack open limps in front of you, are you less likely to raise implied odds hands like low and mid PPs and more likely to limp behind? How about if you have a loose/passive shortstack behind you, or in the blinds? Other common shortstack situations?
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Against short stacks:
o High cards go up in value, suited connectors are generally trash unless they're tight post-flop (but still a little spewy.) AJ becomes a monster against these guys.
o If there is about pot behind on the flop, I'll tend to just stick it in with *any* piece of the board.
o For 20bb or less (sometimes even more), I'm willing to iso-raise and call a push with Ax, KQ and any pocket pair.
The key is don't fold anything with value and gamble it up because you'll see so many absurd holdings.
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