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Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 252
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1. There are two kinds of big preflop pots.
- a lot of raising - one players moves all in
- raised multiway pot.
In first case, your AK is probably beat or, if you are up against loose player, you probably have only a coin flip.
In multiway pot, you usually need two pair or better to win and if you hit just top pair, you might get into some trouble. That is why Sklansky suggests to reraise with AK if there is raiser and a cold caller to isolate cold caller and to get information about the strength of raiser's hand. In loose games, that isolation play might not work so it is a dangerous play.
2. I play 25NL at stars and I am quite surprised - there are a lot of weak tight players. You just look at their stats and then exploit them with bluffing, reraising them, because some of them dont call reraise with just AK, I believe (never saw them folding that hand , but I believe they do it). If they have AA or KK, they will move in, if they have JJ, they will probably fold to reraise.
Also, if I raised preflop and they make a small bet to me (like 1/4 of pot) they are probably weak so I raise them light. When they have a great hand, they will let you know - sometimes they will quickly move in with the nuts. They won't even slowplay. So transparent.
3. I think playing short is for cowards who don't have balls or bankrolls to play full stack. I have both so I never do it. But an interesting thing is I heard that Phil Ivey does it sometimes, but he is probably just training for tournaments or is drunk at the time.
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