Lab 2.o - Capped Ranges [Uri]

 Capped Range mechanics

• if your hand is above the cap, you can put any amount of money you want into the pot
• in practice: as ranges get capped, bet sizes increase for the player who is less capped

• way to exploit capped ranges :: just put a lotof pressure on them, until your opponent proves he's capable of making a light call

I'd enjoy doing this years ago in this spot for ex:

• BB needs to bluff-catch for stacks w Ax - ppl not comfortable doing this and hence would be overfolding:

Lab 2.o - 3Bet Pots - Broadways And Range Asymmetry [Uri]

 SB 3b vs CO

SB doesn't have T or lower offsuit combos in his range, whereas CO calling range is more low-card heavy

3bet pot strat:

- if the board hits our BW region, we keep playing aggressively

- KJ4ss 7h - such a good board that we keep firing turn with lots of bluffs, although being oop we want to bluff with some equity - even 55,66 are bluffing sometimes

even e.g. 994r (not great board but not terrible), once we cbet, 

- turn 8 - we need to start playing defense - checking AK and some overpairs

- turn K - we keep firing with most of our bluffs

765ss - terrible board - start by checking close to 100%, handing the ball over to opponent

Lab 2.o - SPR Principles [Uri]

 

Lab 2.o - Postflop Strategy [Uri]

hand matrix for several different boards

(plan for each hand as the IP pfr)

super connected board:

- 22 unlikely to win at SD; much less valuable than on e.g. 765 - opponent much more likely to hit the higher cards

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:

Lab 2.o - Expanding X/R Range [PlayItSmart]

WORK "you will end up having to go thru the journey of finding the exact thresholds and the exact spots"

post in discord to talk about the spot you get into

- even hands like QJ, KQ w diamond - they have SD value, but EV much higher in the x/r line, bc you'll be able to fold him off of many Ax due to how well your hand turns equity or blockers 

• adjust to player type / positions = vs more sticky player or EP use bluffs w more equity - e.g. pick just 32s w BDFD

• FDs - if opp c-betting wide and over-folding - these hands are printing

• if you want to go really wide - can start x/r even hands like QTo, JTo with a diamond 
• they do have SD value, but their EV is much higher in x/r line
• these can turn a lot of equity

• hands like Q9o w diamond won't necesserily fold out better hands on the flop, but will barrel very efficiently almost any turn 

Lab 2.o - Pre-flop Strategy [Uri]

Finding the EV

Suited Connectors :

gappers like 75s, or a 43s rarely get to open - played mostly from the BB when we are closing the action

they don't really flat opens or 3bets

[75s and 43s have only 2 ways to make OESD, 85s only 1 way (!), compared to SC like 65s - 3 ways]

Suited vs Offsuit Connectors

76s vs 76o

big difference - similar to suited gappers  - offsuit is a big no no

Squeeze IP

sizings: 2,25 open & call, 9.75 BU squeeze, 24-25 4bet