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sk8r_daniel
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11-02-2009, 06:32 AM
Post subject: Listen carefully
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Flush
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 330
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There is one player in his early twenties who is taking a very long time in each decision. He has turned his $200 into over a thousand, but is going up and down all night. Recently he has become uneasy playing large pots. At first he was gambling and plaing loose, Kep information: when a tight player 3 bet him large, he said:
"the problem is, is that you want to play big pots" and he folded.
He continued to play a ton of hands, but only raising solid hands, and considering folding some good hands post flop, especially in big pots. We can tell that he is trying to take pots down right away, but not play for stacks.
Considering all the above information, how are you going to exploit this player?
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idfk
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Two Pair
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Melboure, Australia
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We value bet everything we have against this player and take them right out of their comfort zone and make sure that we have a monster when he finally hits breaking point and finally starts to play back at you.
The problem with the statement they made is that it has a nice tell for their range and it may also suggest they are going to start to tighten up a little (against you or for the entire table I'm not sure)
I know that If I flopped Gin then nothing would make me happier than to play the biggest pot that I can. This makes it clear that they did not.
Had I flopped TPGK/2nd Pair then I would much rather slow down the betting and control the pot size a lot more. And so on for a number of examples.
When you take down small pots, nobody cares really. If you start to take down a $20 pot here, $30 there etc, you can invisibly build yourself a decent sized stack and not really have anyone bat an eyelid at what you're doing. If you are the type of player that will pot build and get someone in for stacks as often as they can, then you will get perceived differently of course.
Take into account that the long calculated decision making and the preference to play mainly small pots could also suggest that this player is scared. When you can tell that a player is scared they are so easy to run over and its even easier to just nibble away at their stack.
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baudib
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,233
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Personally I would look to punish him IP when he wants to see cheap flops, play your combo draws fast against him and value bet him to death with strong hands.
This is kinda like the situation where I posted about the guy who folded QQ to a shove in front with tons of dead money in the pot...That guy seemed to be a similar player to the one you're describing, he likes to splash around a lot and stab a lot. Don't have to tell you how +EV it is to shove AK when the table isn't willing to flip for stacks.
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Fnord
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
Posts: 19,333
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Widen your value range. Throw in a bluff or two early.
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