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Xanadu
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03-08-2006, 03:38 PM
Post subject: The tricky tight raiser
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Full House
Join Date: May 2005
Location: st. paul, MO
Posts: 966
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I've noticed several atypical type players at shorthanded play. They show a PFR of around 2-5%, which makes you think they only raise super premium hands. Yet when they showdown after a raise, it is always something like 33 or 78s and never AA-QQ or AKs. My thoughts are that identifying these players can be hugely profitable as their raises actually tip off a marginal hand. You can now 3-bet with any hand you would normally raise with and know you have a much better hand than the initial raiser (who I have noticed will typically cap it and play aggressively postflop as they are basically making a deception play).
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mdwav
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Ont, Canada
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Isn't this an old 'trick' that some authors (Cooke, Sklanksy, etc) recommend? I think their advice was something like: ' Pick a certain hand and play it in an unusual way'(ie play Q3 like AA). This might even work better online since a lot of players use software to track opp's tendencies. Of course, if they're ONLY raising those odd hands, it's kinda pointless. While I agree with what you said about 3-betting any normal raising hand, how do you put your opp on a hand post-flop (esp if they are tricky post-flop)?
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Demiparadigm
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Party 6 max
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The problem lies in that these players are typically raising all their premium hands AA-QQ and AK, as well as some random trash every so often. If you can actually get a read that a player ONLY raises trash, yes, you could probably 3 bet any hand you would limp with for value. Even then, it takes good post flop skills to not wind up paying off the trash instead of vice versa.
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