Lab 2.o - "You Don't Need the Nuts to Overbet" [PlayItSmart]

(just need the best hand vs his range)

having the skill to increase your blue line where you think your hand is worth more than in theory

you can expand your overbet range, when your opponents playing too face-up with their range

esp. if you're perceived as aggresive reg - expanding your value overbet range will print - you'll get called more

some rules:

• the less you want to bluff certain player type, the thinner you want to go for value
• this strat crushes fish and "non-believer" (sticky) regs
• the fewer combos opponent has that beat us, the wider and bigger you can go for value
• using this strat vs other regs can really hurt their confidence and induce them to make more mistakes vs you in the future (shows them you understood their range very well)
• [psychological warfare]

he's betting most of his FDs and Qx on flop or turn - our AT very high equity vs his river range

checking back flop vs agro fish - don't want to get x/r - my hand not worth 3 streets on that many most run outs (!)

use in 3bet pots as well:

cool line - check back flop w TP, then start bombing once he checks twice

reg 3bets pf then checks back flop: