Originally Posted by wellrounded08

I understand. My questions are infact geared toward generalized answers. The reason being there are so many unknown villains at 5NL. I'm kind of looking for "Rules of thumb" That will at least act as a guide until a better read can be derived from villain. I'm willing to brake down more specific questions one at a time, and anyone willing to chime in is appreciated.


________AK_________
Preflop
Hero Raise MP1 Stack:100xBB
Villain calls MP2 100xBB
All others fold

Villain Unknown
Flop: J 6 2

Hero: ???

Same situation, except preflop goes:
Villain raise4xBB
Hero calls
All folds.

Should I bet if villain checks? Should I fold if villain 2/3pot flop bet?

Originally Posted by wellrounded08

Im not sure I fully understand what you're asking. If I do understand then yes, It would. I have minimal knowledge about how to apply player stats to ranges. And knowing what villains would do with what hands depending on said stats would be tremendous help. I appreciate you're taking a minute and giving some thought to where I'm comming from BTW.

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

Rule #1: Play tight preflop

When playing loose and passive players, much of the time we find ourselves versus ranges that are surprisingly balanced. The opponent isn’t raising with his semi strong hands, medium, or weak hands. Because of this, bluffing becomes tough, as it always is versus a balanced range. Therefore, you don’t want to find yourself without a hand versus these opponents. And what’s the best way to always find yourself with a hand? Playing tight preflop. Like, really tight. In a datamine of 100nl this month, guess what the stats were for the two biggest winners in the game? 12/10 and 12/6. You don’t have to play that tight, but there’s really no reason to play a lot of hands versus players who have no clue.

Originally Posted by wellrounded08

AK-postflop. If missed what is the best response IP, OOP? Multi-way I'm c/f most of the time. Why are you seeing flops multi-way with AK? you shouldn't be calling raises with this hand, you shouldn't be limping with this hand, etc.

AQ-I hate this hand sometimes. IP, OOP. Preflop aggressor or not. this is a leak, stop calling raises with AQ until you're better. I'm cautious on a A high board . AK is going to rip me a new one here. Don't get me wrong, I'm v-betting every street in town. Until I get some agression back. Am I playing this wrong. probably

AJ-I don't exactly what the issue is here. But I'm loosing money(barely) with this hand... What could I most likely be doing wrong? fold AJ from EP, raise from late position. Don't call raises with AJ

KQ-Preflop, I'm weird about this hand. Seems like a good 2nd best hand. IE if the K or Q catch, I'm still holding GK not TK. Fold pre from early and mid-position, open raise or raise after limpers from late position, never call raises

QJs-Preflop.... Just wonder how people play this in what positions. ignore how other people play this hand, . Think about likely good flops, how do you feel on these flops? scared? good. Now focus on folding it pre-flop

Ohh and of coarse:
89o-I'm shoving this pre correct? i know this is a joke, but read and try to understand the answer. It depends how balanced your range is, how deep you are, previous action, whether you're open shoving or shoving to defend the SB vs a serial stealer etc...