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 Originally Posted by Ebene
I've incorporated most of this advice and I'm having great results so far (extremely small sample but I'm up about 3 buyins in about 300 hands). More importantly, I feel like I'm in control again - I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to limp/call w/ hands like J7s - I know some people can play this well, but this just isn't my style, at least not today.
But I still can't bring myself to raise w/ my low SC's and 1-gappers against blinds that defend 30% of the time or more. Even on the button, I feel like I'm better off limping/position betting if I miss rather than raising. Is this really a better way to play them from co or button? And if so, are you just firing 1 barrel at any flop, throwing it away to any aggression assuming you didn't catch a draw or hit hard?
I like raising the low SC's on the button, the reason is that when an AJ9 flop comes I can almost always make a c-bet and take down the pot. They will give you credit for hitting that board and will fold if they don't have a piece, but on a low raggedy flop that hits you in the face they will often times play back at you with any pair, A high, etc. and you can win a big pot. If one of the blinds constantly defends then that is a good thing. I will punish these players with position by making a flop c-bet. If they call I may shut down, but I might also throw out another big bet that will usually get them to fold. Second barrells are amazingly profitable against some players. If somebody with position on you constantly is calling your raises and then calling every flop bet, and then betting when you check it is important that you do this with a big hand to throw them off. See below ..
Villian in each hand is the same player.
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $77.88
Hero: $50
CO: $85.43
Button: $49.75
SB: $49.15
BB: $13.40
Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with A T
UTG folds, Hero raises to $2, CO calls, 3 folds.
Flop: 6 3 9 ($4.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.
Turn: 7 ($4.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $4, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $4 returned to CO.
Results:
Final pot: $4.75
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: $74.23
Hero: $50
CO: $35.57
Button: $104
SB: $47.90
BB: $12.86
Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with A K
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1.75, CO calls, 3 folds.
Flop: 7 J 7 ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $2.75, CO calls.
Turn: 4 ($9.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $8, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $8 returned to CO.
Results:
Final pot: $9.75
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
Hero: $50
UTG+1: $27.62
CO: $105
Button: $46.90
SB: $15.36
BB: $83.73
Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with A A
Hero raises to $2, UTG+1 calls, 4 folds.
Flop: 5 J 8 ($4.75, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, UTG+1 calls.
Turn: 3 ($10.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $10, Hero raises to $44.36, UTG+1 folds.
Uncalled bets: $34.36 returned to Hero.
Results:
Final pot: $30.75
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