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Open raising strategy: EP: Static range MP: Adjustment based on CO, BU, SB and BB -play looser if there are fish in the blinds -play looser if there are tight players on CO or BU -play tighter if there are loose/aggro player on CO or BU LP: Big adjustments based on BU/Blinds Look at VPIP:PFR:3BET and adjust your opening range vs those stats e.g. 24/20/7 - LP = tight player meaning we can open wider from MP and LP If villain is tight preflop, this means that their ranges are stronger post-flop therefore we can make assumptions/judgement based IN GAME TABLE AWARENESS Players in (CO/BU) Loose/aggro player-> we play tigther (includes limping with shorter stack sizes) Tight player-> we play looser and widen our opening range Loose/passive player -> we play tight and strong range (only if villain has position on us) (50/20/2)-> we should open strong and "playable range" Players in (SB/BB) Fish-> we play looser Tight/weak regs -> we play lo...

vs PFA triple barrel (big) -even on wet boards: if villain is tight and not a maniac- we often can only call down with 2 pairs+

**** Aim to bluff raise more: especially vs cbet 100% -> we use weak draws (weak FD and gutshots) + bottom pairs + good backdoor draws (BDFD+BDSD) Always check raise for value OOP (as we're now more balanced with our bluffs) -> check/raise and bet bet with our two pairs+ **** ONLY USE GTO IF VILLAIN IS A GOOD REG (or decent unknown) Other than player types: try to look for stats such as: RFI from different positions eg. villain's MP RFI = 20%: we know that he is raising any suited Ax and all offsuit broadways Look at villain's stats -play exploitatively in response to those stats Check/call float: -we only call bottom pair/Ace high in the hope of villain checking through all streets: if we know villain will barrel us off we rather not defend any weak holdings on the flop. -we also call draws (gutshots) that can later be turned into a bluff on the river if turn is checked through (AIR vs AIR) -in general: continue with hands with ...

Flatting on the BU vs donk leads -we can call our backdoor draws (both straight draws and FD) [but DO NO OVERFLOAT] -> only if we think our opponent is bluffing at a high frequency + their bet is small (1/3) -IF WE THINK WE'LL BE RAISING OUR SETS, WE SHOULD ALSO RAISE WITH SOME BLUFFS (on dry boards) => need to include some raising range with our sets (when stacks are deep) [we should use our bottom pairs (good blockers) and turn it into a bluff] -USE HANDS THAT BLOCK OUR OPPONENT'S VALUE RANGE -when we hit 2nd pair on the turn and villain still bets into us (bigger) and on a dry board -> we can overfold THE BIGGER OUR OPPONENT BET, THE LESS FREQUENCY WE SHOULD RAISE ALWAYS GO STRAIGHT FOR VALUE (it doesn't matter against weak opponents) - do not go for fancy checks-> just go for value (unless vs good regs) - if villain is never bluffing: we can overfold (or go very big for value) - vs bad regs and recs we want to play EXPLOITATIVE -> just pla...

On the river, Villain is putting 9000 into the pot of 8300, we have to call 50% of our betting range on the river: we decided that we're folding our busted draws (both open enders and gut shots). However, that still was not enough-> we still need to find 30 more combos to fold. I decided that we should be folding some of our Qx hands to balance our range... -> the best Qx we should fold are the ones that block his bluffs (KTs, JTs) therefore we're folding our QJo and QTo which brings us to 50%. We should just always fold our Q6o preflop this deep though, as that is way too light.

[GO BACK TO PRACTICAL HANDS AND DO ANALYSES]  Against big cbet sizing on relatively dry boards -we may choose to turn our bottom pair into a bluff (only against non-donkeys) Cbet vs Check Back + Sizings 1) Position -we have to consider the position on which the villain is playing from (and his range) ->the tighter the villain's flatting range = the less we cbet Lowest cbet frequency: UTG vs UTG+1 Highest cbet frequency: UTG vs BB [we have the highest range advantage] [however, it is also dependant on the board texture] *The higher our equity advantage, the higher our cbet frequency* -we can use PioSolver: but do not follow GTO blindly! 2) Board Texture and Position -the more connected the board to villain's range, the less we have to cbet -the more capped villain's range is, the more we can cbet and also the higher we can size it up (eg. BU vs BB and flop is AK8) -here villain is always 3betting TT+ where their range is capped -> villain only have...

MP1 raise Hero (SB) 3Bet MP1 calls Flop: [773]ss Hero cbet half pot MP1 calls Turn: [7] Hero bets 1/3 (sizing for river all-in) MP1 calls River: [A] Hero all-in for 1/2 pot MP1 calls Range Analysis: Hero's betting range on the river Here, we assume that hero would give up his broad ay hands on the turn after villain calls the half pot bet on the flop. We also assume that hero will check his A high hands on the turn to pot control as we already have some showdown value AQ are the candidates for bluffing as we need to find some bluff in this spot to balance our value range [on the turn] Hero's range consist of only value on the river Villain's calling range on the river: If villain knows that hero cannot be bluffing in this spot, villain should fold 100% of their range. However, if we assume that hero will triple barrel with broadway hands: [KTs,KJs,KQs,QTs,QJs,JTs] -now hero has 24 combos of bluff: to 61 value combos ...