Quote Originally Posted by meeloche
1) Preflop: Opp is not 3 betting enough, since ISF has a very wide range from button. He is calling way too many 3 bets, since he will never have the initiative and will have to make a tough decision post flop when facing ISF likely cbet.

Postflop : Opp is not cbetting enough when he does have the initiative which is letting ISF take the pot away from him on the turn/river. He is also not being aggressive enough with draws. Since he is not building the pot with draws when he does hit ISF can get away easy without being pot committed. Opp is also missing out on all the times where he bets his draw and ISF folds. He needs to bluff a certain% otherwise he will be very easy to read postflop. When he does bluff he should be doing it in a spot where he could actually have a hand (balancing his range). He isn’t c/r enough therefore loosing the building the pot aspect plus the extra bet he wins when ISF leads with air or marginal hand.


2) Pre Flop: 3 bet more probably around 25%+ until ISF calms down from the button and cold call less. Call 3 bets way less instead 4 betting with 1010+AQ+ and 4 bet folding 34s-67s 22-66. I would recommend that he open less from the button like 40-50% (since I'm assuming ISF is much better postflop)

Post Flop: Increase cb% to like 90 which means he’s cbetting any piece. He should also be raising an ISF cbet with top pair or better I would say + draws +air. He should be raising ISF leads frequently and increasing his 2 barrel frequency. Increase his c/r % and add draws + air to the hands he c/r’s with. If he is checked to he should be betting 100% of the time in 3 bet pots in position.

The next two are giving me more trouble, since I find I struggle with these types of players. I combined the next 2 answers since it seams I would be repeating myself.

Preflop: I think is fine although I’m not comfortable opening 95% from the button since this would at 40% more spews post flop for me. I like the excessive 3 betting especially since he’s making a mistake by calling too much pre and playing pretty straightforwardly post.

Postflop: Since this guy isn’t a station and passive post you should be double barreling more frequently. In raised pots I would bet 100% of the time that it’s checked to you. Hands with showdown value can be checked since he isn’t going to punish you. I have trouble adjusting to the floating line so I’ll let others discuss that part.

Yeah I’m kind of clueless when it comes to these types of players so I’m going to leave it there. I think there might be some bet sizing changes like making it 3 bb from the button but I never understood reasoning for that so I would like to hear arguments for 3bb or 4bb. There wasn’t any mention of 3 bet sizing so I don’t know if that’s relevant or not.

That’s a start anyway, alright tear it apart…
Pretty solid response. Glad you caught the issue with preflop hopefully someone responds with an argument about it.