Things i am hoping to remedy this week in my poker game...


1). Squeezing vs. overcalling OOP (out of position)

Brian Townsend mentioned in his 10/05/07 video that even when overcalling with a hand like J-10s, it is still not profitable to do so when OOP. To help reduce difficult situations where i don't have initiative/position in the hand, i am going to stop doing this. It is also tougher to extract value with my good hands from your opponents when i am OOP.

So that means that if i am going to play a hand like A-xs/SC's, i really should be 3betting with it. I think since A-xs generally has better equity against 3bet calling ranges, i will usually be folding SC's and 3betting with A-xs hands when i am not folding them because i have been active recently at the table.


2). Squeezing vs. overcalling IP (in position)

This is something that Brian Townsend also discussed in his most recent video. He was holding 10-9s, and opted to overcall instead of squeeze. He did say that if he were holding a hand like 10-4s that he would opt to squeeze instead of overcall (i assume also fold a fair % of the time!).

The reasoning behind it is that he would be giving up equity that the 10-9s hand had in a raised pot by 3betting. But if he were to 3bet with 10-4s, he really isn't losing that much equity that he might have in a raised pot.
The difference in equity between 10-9s/10-4s in a 3bet pot is probably pretty insignicant too.


3). K-10s+, K-Jo+, Q-Js in the blinds vs. CO/BTN open

First off, i don't like to 3bet in a spot like this. These hands don't play well in 3bet pots, as i am often dominated by a hand like A-Q/A-K.

But i also think that calling with them is worse than i thought, since i don't have initiative/position. Lately i have been getting into tough spots in hands because i wasn't the aggressor nor in position. I just don't need to put myself in these spots versus my opponents, so my resolution is to just pitch these hands for now.