Re: Sauce123's Super-Simple Guide to Beating Games Post-UIGE
Great post. Simple yet comprehensive and probably the best guide to shorthanded NL I've ever read. Like you said, it's hard to spew using this strategy and if a beginning player followed the guide to a T and was reasonably intelligent, I have no doubt he'd be a winning player in no time. Nice job, I wish I had read this two years ago.
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Originally Posted by sauce123
In a Reraised pot:
1. Continuation bet for 2/3 pot any flop containing one or more A K Q, any flop which has given you top pair or an 8+ out draw or better.
So does this mean you're generally not cbetting a J-high or lower flop if you don't have TP or a draw? I always have trouble in these spots deciding whether to bet or check in these spots. What conditions should be present for you to bet vs. check in these situations? I'm guessing that the lighter your opp calls reraises the more likely you should be to bet, since if lots of small pairs/unpaired high cards/random suited connectors are in their range, the more they will have missed the flop and fold to your bet. On the other hand though, people who call 3bets light tend to be calling stations and will call the flop lighter, so that makes cbetting against them more problematic. Also, if I have a pair that's less than top pair, I'm more likely to bet to protect my hand and prevent being bluffed out, whereas if I just have overs I'll often just take/try to get a free card.
Re: Sauce123's Super-Simple Guide to Beating Games Post-UIGE
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Originally Posted by twosevoff
Great post. Simple yet comprehensive and probably the best guide to shorthanded NL I've ever read. Like you said, it's hard to spew using this strategy and if a beginning player followed the guide to a T and was reasonably intelligent, I have no doubt he'd be a winning player in no time. Nice job, I wish I had read this two years ago.
One question:
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Originally Posted by sauce123
In a Reraised pot:
1. Continuation bet for 2/3 pot any flop containing one or more A K Q, any flop which has given you top pair or an 8+ out draw or better.
So does this mean you're generally not cbetting a J-high or lower flop if you don't have TP or a draw? I always have trouble in these spots deciding whether to bet or check in these spots. What conditions should be present for you to bet vs. check in these situations? I'm guessing that the lighter your opp calls reraises the more likely you should be to bet, since if lots of small pairs/unpaired high cards/random suited connectors are in their range, the more they will have missed the flop and fold to your bet. On the other hand though, people who call 3bets light tend to be calling stations and will call the flop lighter, so that makes cbetting against them more problematic. Also, if I have a pair that's less than top pair, I'm more likely to bet to protect my hand and prevent being bluffed out, whereas if I just have overs I'll often just take/try to get a free card.
Let's say you 3bet K-Qo or 8-6s PF and got called by a reasonably aggressive opponent who has been calling your 3bets light.
The flop comes 10c-7d-4h.
Instead of continuation betting on this board, you may want to check to villain. He may either be scared to bet since you usually continuation bet and may think you are trapping and you will get a free look at the turn. But when villain decides to bet at the pot, you can check/raise! With both of the above hands you usually have 25% equity if called, and on such a dry board a lot of F.E.
Re: Sauce123's Super-Simple Guide to Beating Games Post-UIGE
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Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill
Let's say you 3bet K-Qo or 8-6s PF and got called by a reasonably aggressive opponent who has been calling your 3bets light.
The flop comes 10c-7d-4h.
Instead of continuation betting on this board, you may want to check to villain. He may either be scared to bet since you usually continuation bet and may think you are trapping and you will get a free look at the turn. But when villain decides to bet at the pot, you can check/raise! With both of the above hands you usually have 25% equity if called, and on such a dry board a lot of F.E.
Just as a matter of point...you have an OESD here, so betting is better than on board you miss completely.
Also, I don't see how you're 3-betting 86s OOP according to this strategy...
Re: Sauce123's Super-Simple Guide to Beating Games Post-UIGE
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Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill
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Originally Posted by twosevoff
Great post. Simple yet comprehensive and probably the best guide to shorthanded NL I've ever read. Like you said, it's hard to spew using this strategy and if a beginning player followed the guide to a T and was reasonably intelligent, I have no doubt he'd be a winning player in no time. Nice job, I wish I had read this two years ago.
One question:
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Originally Posted by sauce123
In a Reraised pot:
1. Continuation bet for 2/3 pot any flop containing one or more A K Q, any flop which has given you top pair or an 8+ out draw or better.
So does this mean you're generally not cbetting a J-high or lower flop if you don't have TP or a draw? I always have trouble in these spots deciding whether to bet or check in these spots. What conditions should be present for you to bet vs. check in these situations? I'm guessing that the lighter your opp calls reraises the more likely you should be to bet, since if lots of small pairs/unpaired high cards/random suited connectors are in their range, the more they will have missed the flop and fold to your bet. On the other hand though, people who call 3bets light tend to be calling stations and will call the flop lighter, so that makes cbetting against them more problematic. Also, if I have a pair that's less than top pair, I'm more likely to bet to protect my hand and prevent being bluffed out, whereas if I just have overs I'll often just take/try to get a free card.
Let's say you 3bet K-Qo or 8-6s PF and got called by a reasonably aggressive opponent who has been calling your 3bets light.
The flop comes 10c-7d-4h.
Instead of continuation betting on this board, you may want to check to villain. He may either be scared to bet since you usually continuation bet and may think you are trapping and you will get a free look at the turn. But when villain decides to bet at the pot, you can check/raise! With both of the above hands you usually have 25% equity if called, and on such a dry board a lot of F.E.
couple points here
this strat never has u 3betting 86s- EVER- tho it leaves and room for and encourages you to do this once ur timing/image is right.
in the above example postflop wise- the std line for KQ on this board would be to check/fold, or to bet/fold if u decided to make "a play" as this is a rainbow flop (we would check/fold this flop 90% if it came sooted).
with 86s on this board we would bet the flop and turn enough to get all in regardless of what turn card falls.
also ur assumption that KQo=86s on this board with 25% equity is seriously flawed.
i also dont think i ever mentioned checkraising once as a line postflop when we have the initiative in a 3bet pot.