Raising for value vs blowing hands out
Is bullying people at the table as fun for you as it is for me? I love it! Making my opponents sweat a little bit and trying to get them to play big pots when I know their hands can't stand it. Then I realized what the fuck I was doing and thought "WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING?". 3-betting and restealing seems good but I'll sometimes do it with a range that has my opponents crushed when i really should keep them in the pot and play some poker, making them make mistakes against my "A" range. Here are some hypothetical spots where I would have a hard time determining against which parts of my range should I be aggressive with and which I should just milk villain.
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Classic Button vs Blind:
Hero is Big Blind with X X
Folds around to the button (is a 25/15 and a known blind stealer but somewhat competent) who raises 3.5x
Small Blind folds
Against his button stealing range what hands:
1. Would you smooth call with to get max value postflop
2. Play well enough oop postflop to resteal against his 3-bet calling range?
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Squeeze
Who doesn't love a good squeeze? I know I do, but sometimes I find myself in less than desirable spots.
<Assuming UTG is an unknown and MP1 is a decent reg 18/16>
Hero is Button with X X
UTG raises 3x
3 folds
MP1 calls
1 fold
Action to Hero
1. How tight of a range would you be 3-betting here to make a squeeze profitable?
2. What range plays the best in a 3-way pot to make a smooth call the most profitable play?
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In Early Position
<Assuming UTG is a Tagg running 20/19>
Left to act: 2 fish, 1 nit, 2 regs, and 2 unknowns
Hero is UTG+1 with X X
UTG raises 3x
Action to hero
Since we know UTG's range is fairly tight and will get action from atleast one fish left to act:
1. What range would you be isolating with
2.What range plays best multiway that you would flat call hoping to see more action (but keeping in mind a reg might try to squeeze us out)
