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  1. #32
    Shit, I finally got my lazy ass and done this:

    Assume 100bb starting stacks. The BU is a nitty TAGG who does not 3-bet very much pre-flop and does not seem to call raises with a wide range of hands. He plays fit-or-fold post-flop for the most part. Assume something like 11/9 in FR or 17/14 in 6-max. The SB is a loose-ish TAGG (think something like 18/15 in FR or 27/24 in 6-max) who 3-bets pre-flop 6% and is capable of 3-bluffing OOP. He also leads a lot of flops, c-bets 85%, and c-bets the turn 60%, being very aggressive. The BB is a complete unknown.
    It folds to our Hero pre-flop in the CO who raises to 3 times the big blind [1].
    std range
    45s-JTs
    T8s-QTs
    AK, AQ, AJ
    A2s-AQs
    22-AA

    Addon range JT+ because of BTN nit. He won't 3bet me light and I want high card strength (and hit more flops) against small blind who likes to test but not commit. Fold A9 or worse, K9 or worse, Q9 or worse, Q9s is marginal for me, but probably fold too. Yes, I'm nit.

    The BU calls, and the blinds fold. The flop pot is 7.5 big blinds, and the flop comes T 6 5 . Hero bets 5 big blinds [2] and the BU calls.
    The hand didn't go with the plan, tagnit with position is kinda bad news. Tagnit's PFC range is mostly mid PP's (66-JJ), AQ, maybe AJs, KQs, QJs, JTs and pretty much that's it - rest of sooted crap he will probably fold or sometimes turn into 3bet semibluff (if he has any idea about mixing up ranges).

    I really don't want to valuebet this board with mid strength hands, because nittag won't pay off me multistreet with KTish crap. SPR sucks for one pairs, I also don't want to c-bet AK-AQ, actually no better hand folds, and worse hands may bluffraise. (edit: well,against fit or fold, AK,AQ,AJ can be c-bet too).

    Bet range:
    bet/fold as (semi)bluff: KJ, QJ, unpaired A2s-A9s, all small connectors that whiffed totally
    bet/fold for value: JT, QT, JJ
    bet/call for value: TT, 66, 55

    Check range:
    Chk/fold: AK (sd value, hoping to go check/check)
    Chk/raise and stackoff: KK, AA, 65s (to protect c/r bluffs)
    Chk/call stab inducers: AT, A6s, 77 ,88, T9s
    Chk/raise bluff: AQ, AJ, KQ, 78s, 98s,


    The turn pot is 17.5 big blinds with 92 big blinds behind. The turn card makes the board T 6 5 J . Hero bets 13 big blinds [3] and the BU calls
    .

    I bet {QQ, TJ, JJ, TT, 66, 55, KJ, QJ} for value
    no barreling air, he's not a floater

    The river pot is 43.5 big blinds with 79 big blinds left behind. The river card makes the board T 6 5 J T . Hero bets 26 big blinds [4], and the button folds.
    Bet {TT, JT, JJ, 55, 66, QQ}, with folding QQ to raise

    It's pretty much nut range but it's only because I refused to multibarrel and moved my middling range to "check flop". Actually, 55/66 it's not that "nut" vs nit's river raising range, because he'll have bigger boats majority of the time.

    We're going to use our answers in a later exercise.
    Last edited by Vrax; 09-19-2010 at 11:03 AM.
    "How could I call that bet? How could you MAKE that bet? It's poker not solitaire. " - that Gus Bronson guy

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