[FTR Quick Tip #002] Preflop Raise Sizing

Hi everyone I haven't been here since lovinpoker wasnt letting USA players play at there site been MIA. I appreciate reading everyone's poker strategies very helpful Im trying to get back into the swing of things. I like the video too really informative. Do you have a video on how I can install that stat info on all the players, is it free? Also do you have a video on how to make a poker video like you did? Thank you have a Nice day

- Eric

Originally Posted by daviddem

There are several ways of seeing this:
- you raise more in EP with strong hands because you make less money OOP than you make IP, so you compensate for that by playing a bigger pot (that's assuming that you are not a loosing player oop of course. Also since there are a lot of players behind you, you have a good chance of getting called.
- you raise less IP because your range is much wider, so most of the time you prefer to play a smaller pot, and you have a better chance of getting called when you have a big hand.

Of course it'd be nice to also raise big with your big hands IP and get called and make even more money, but unless the players behind you are fish (as mentioned by OP in his last post), you won't get called enough and if you start raising small with your weak hands and big with your big hands, your game becomes transparent.

Yeah, I pretty much agree with everything here, david. Basically, your advantage from EP lies mostly in hand strength, so get more money in when your hand rates to be best.

Your advantage from LP mainly comes from: lol I haz position, my opponents play poorly, I will outplay them preflop and postflop. But your range will be pretty weak if you are opening as much as you should from late position. So unless your opponents are really playing atrociously, you don't really gain much by having them call a big preflop raise when you are in late position. You're trying mostly to win the blinds uncontested and you usually will be well behind their range when they call or 3bet.

Another way of looking at it is that when you open in LP, the best result for you (the great majority of the time) is that everyone folds. Playing postflop is only a backup plan.

Originally Posted by erickane

Hi everyone I haven't been here since lovinpoker wasnt letting USA players play at there site been MIA. I appreciate reading everyone's poker strategies very helpful Im trying to get back into the swing of things. I like the video too really informative. Do you have a video on how I can install that stat info on all the players, is it free? Also do you have a video on how to make a poker video like you did? Thank you have a Nice day

- Eric

There are two popular tracking software packages currently available, Holdem Manager 2 and Poker Tracker 4. Both of them have trial versions, so you can download them both and try them out and see which one you like best. They take a while to configure; in particular, you need to point them towards the folder(s) with all your hand histories, and set them to recognize your preferred seating options. But both are awesome software packages that have benefited from years of experience by both companies, and the level of detail they give you, not only on your opponents, but also on your own game is amazing.

There is also a free open-source solution called FPDB (Free Poker DataBase). While it is not as full-featured as the commercially available products, it does have some advantages, notably the ability to import hands from other games like 2-7TDL and 7-Card Stud.