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 Originally Posted by gabl136
Since whales will call you down with any pair, draw, overcards and all sorts of other garbage
@ underline: Then betting any A-high hand for value is going to win you plenty of monies.
Originally Posted by gabl136
it's hard to outplay them if i don't flop something strong.
instead of hard, I think you meant to say:
It's so easy to outplay them that I 2nd guess myself and lose money by folding or not betting when I have A-high and K-high hands. I mean, how can these actually be value hands when Villain is betting, right? Except that I know they are... It just feels like bad play.
It IS bad play, in a vacuum, but we're out of the vacuum. You're exploiting a specific villain. This makes you exploitable, by definition. But you know (or at least you strongly suspect) that this villain isn't able to exploit your adjustment to exploit him. ALSO, you will not be doing this against other villains. So they will see you doing this crazy loose style and (if they notice your play at all) think you're a crazy loose player... but you're not. You're a tight player who has spotted a crack in someone's defense, and you're attacking that crack (and only that crack) with fervor.
Originally Posted by gabl136
Also, if my raising range is 40%, i will be flopping TP even less often. So the question then is, will i make up for the lost money when i do hit. You presumably think that i should?
Playing a loose range PRE is not a license to play aggro post flop. You can easily burn an hours worth of winnings with one poorly timed call. Just because villain's range is wide, that doesn't mean there are no monsters in there.
Play this spot like you would play the button. You should have a lot of experience playing weak/speculative hands (suited connectors and AX offsuit, other weak suited stuff) in position when there are only limpers in the pot. You're describing a VERY common scenario in poker. Playing a wide range from the button and BB is recommended.
Originally Posted by gabl136
I do get your point though...
Being in position is always nice, and when the villain isn't aggro i can always chose to do whatever i want after being checked to...
Plus when i do hit he will probably call me with garbage.
This has nothing to do with aggro; we're only talking about his super wide ranges.
Even when Villain is aggro, you can still pwn him with these moves, because your ranges are beating his ranges.
The villain has made it a higher variance game with his LAGG style, but you can't change that. You can only embrace the variance and trust that when the math says to call, you call.
TL;DR
If your opponent will call you with all their drawing hands, then you can safely make value bets when you only hold A-high hands.
If your opponent will bet with draws and air, then you can probably call them with your A-high hands. (Need more specific info and a discussion on pot odds, but yeah.)
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