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parislad

09-06-2010, 12:58 PM Post subject: SB Stealing Ranges

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Wondering what a good FR 10NL small blind opening range is against someone with zero hands, say for instance, in a Rush game. And also the sizing. I was thinking:
3x : {QQ-AA, AK-AQ}
4x : {22-JJ, SC's from 76s+, JTo+, Suited 1 gappers 8Ts+, any other broadway, A2o+, K6o+, Q9o+}
I don't think balancing matters at 10NL (esp. rush) either here.
So what are your thoughts?

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StarGrinder

09-06-2010, 01:32 PM

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Depending on villain's stack, steal with everything you'd steal with from the BU minus trash hands. For less variance or if you're just not that good in BvB, steal less.

I haven't played much Rush, but when I have my ATS from the CO/BU/SB is through the roof, since most villains quick fold or give it up with a fight.

Donachello

09-06-2010, 02:39 PM

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I used to steal almost every SB. I stopped stealing very much. I win more money now.

That said, it's pretty common sense. If you were in the BB vs a random (we assume this person is semi competent) what would you be calling an SB raise with?

I personally defend my BB pretty lightly these days because of two reasons. 1) I have position. This point cannot be understated in importance. 2) Almost everyone knows that a steal is these days, but not that many understand that other people also know what a steal is. This means that people are quite often stealing with an absurdly wide range which when coupled with position gives you a massive advantage in the BB.

Add in the fact that not only are you OOP preflop but also post and you are just asking to play incorrectly a good portion of the time. It becomes easy to get into a spewy FPS mindset BvB which is totally unnecessary.

Anyway, my point is that I tightened up my SB stealing range a very significant amount vs randoms and regs, though I'll obviously still take stabs with almost ATC vs the megatabling super nits.

[00:29] <daven> dc, why not check turn behind
[00:30] <DC> daven
[00:30] <DC> on my hand?
[00:30] <daven> yep
[00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
[00:30] <daven> nice reason
[00:30] <daven> no further questions
[00:30] <yaawn> ^^Lol

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Tasha

09-06-2010, 03:57 PM

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Check the small blind section. The rest is pretty good too.

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