10NL - a set in position

Originally Posted by rpm

. i think the point Robb is trying to emphasise is that betting pot with certain hands and not others (which seems to be a trend in the hands you have posted) becomes very predictable and clever opponents will be able to exploit it. however, the point here is that this guy is terrible at poker and will not exploit it. just don't get into a robotic habit of PSBing anything TPTK or stronger, because anyone who's attentive will notice over time and begin to fold top pair second kicker, or whatever.

This guy isn't the only guy at the table though. Theres two other guys at the table with position on the OP and decent stacks. They could well be paying attention and good enough to exploiting the OP even if the guy he's playing in this hand doesn't exploit him.

Originally Posted by Keith_MM

This guy isn't the only guy at the table though. Theres two other guys at the table with position on the OP and decent stacks. They could well be paying attention and good enough to exploiting the OP even if the guy he's playing in this hand doesn't exploit him.

i assume that you mean exploiting repetitive use od PSB's when we have a strong hand, as the other two players folded preflop in this hand. i dont really see that as much of a problem - for one, i only advocated doing it vs this guy because he wont notice. i daresay almost everyone takes transparent lines with strong hands vs fish because they're the most profitable. if the other guys at the table are perceptive of course we are going to have take their ranges, board texture etc into consideration when we decided cbet sizes vs them, or simply find a new table as soon as the fish leaves.

Originally Posted by rpm

i assume that you mean exploiting repetitive use od PSB's when we have a strong hand, as the other two players folded preflop in this hand. i dont really see that as much of a problem - for one, i only advocated doing it vs this guy because he wont notice. i daresay almost everyone takes transparent lines with strong hands vs fish because they're the most profitable. if the other guys at the table are perceptive of course we are going to have take their ranges, board texture etc into consideration when we decided cbet sizes vs them, or simply find a new table as soon as the fish leaves.

I mean that Robb was referring to OP regularly using the bet pot button with his strong hands .In this hand the other two guys may well be taking notes on this betting habit he has so that they can exploit him on other hands that session or at a later date.By maximising value on this hand he may be losing value on lots of hands in the future once his thinking opponents have worked out his betting tells.