playing marginal hands oop

"i've been seeing spots like this pretty often, where you just want to turn your weakish pairs into a bluff. not the same but a similiar scenario occurs pretty dayum often. some dude raises and you flat, lets say 88 from the bb against a lateish open (cutoff or button, lets say), flop T73ss. Not sure if best example, but I see myself just check raising here a TON. basically when you flat on a board like this, it's pretty dayum hard to represent anything strong (you will probably be checkraising all combo draws, some nutted flush draws, sets, blah blah blah) when you flat it'll just make your hand look like it is (a weakish 1 pair type hand), and it's going to be very hard to play profitably on future streets against a competent opponent). if called you have the option of giving up, turning your hand into a bluff on some flush completing cards, or some turns that give you a gutshut, and then possibly jam some rivers, etc etc, "




--> you are just better of turning your hand into a bluff  or folding (makes it easier to play. calling is the worst option)

--> RLY IMPORTANT CONCEPT --> polarized range much easier to play. u dont wanna call and play guessing games.

motivation to start grindin

theory videos
- learning something new / fine tuning piece of my game and wanting to try it out

constructing a range

its obv that 7 high boards will occur much less likely than K high boards
- missing 7x hands in ur 3bet defending range is not that bad as missing Kx hands

u want edge over other regs??

keep asking these questions:

If we continuation bet in the CO vs button on a Qh Th 5c board, what is the worst hand he's realistically going to call down with?

matt:

#1 mistake they are making: not bluff raising enough. (dat Q95ss flop, u have to bluff raise a shit ton there)


"at nl200, almost every big winner had very high fold bet to flop raise"

aejones on bluffing

if you think someone's range is weak to get to the river (if you're a similar player to them think if you're in their shoes and your range would be weak) and then try to bluff them off of it would be my best advice. use your own empirical evidence to remember spots where guys have hands that would have trouble calling the river and your range is strong. bomb away.


u want to fire 1 OR 3 barrels. 2 barrel bluffs are exceptions on specific boards.

big leak for reals

of almost every reg at small stakes is pasive speww - they just call wayy too much (pf 3bets, float flops way too light)

+ they giving up way too much on later streets (peeling flop raise with wide range and folding most turns,..)

--> exploit the way your games play

during session

keep that insight like when watching theory video and playing 1-2 tables on a side.

your win rate will skyrocket

on 3bet bluffing

matt janda vids always puts me in the optimal/sharp mindset for grinding.

"you aren't going to get comfortable playing TPNK and likes in 3-bet pots until you start forcing yourself to get into those spots. These spots are unavoidable. You will have to deal with it if you flop K or 7 high and get played back at."

"most ppl at 100nl and lower don't 3bet bluff enough, so u can exploit them by never 4bet bluffing"
dont 4bet bluff unknowns. save ur 4bets for known good regs


"facing a 3bet vs unknown - u open the CO. SB 3bets you. What hands should you 4bet bluff? NONE
- you need him to fold more than 60% of the time which they prolly wont. Your 4bet range should be all value and yor calling range stronger than optimal (folding AJ, 88,..).  [me: call AK,QQ. 4bet KK+ ]