Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by sthief09 (Micro/Small Stakes)

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So what would be in this example your flopplay when you want to have FEQ (you have vs. the grey-range <64% EQ) without special reads on villain (for instance if he goes crazy vs. small rasies by jamming too much, or if he herocalls too much vs. direct jams...)?


On average,
I would guess that a direct jam is the better play without special reads, when you want to have FEQ?
What you think?

And thx for this part - it was rly great

So what would be in this example your flopplay when you want to have FEQ (you have vs. the grey-range <64% EQ) without special reads on villain (for instance if he goes crazy vs. small rasies by jamming too much, or if he herocalls too much vs. direct jams...)?


On average,
I would guess that a direct jam is the better play without special reads, when you want to have FEQ?
What you think?

And thx for this part - it was rly great

It's kind of a levelling thing but in general small raises are much more likely to get shoved on than jams.
Like if you are up against a QJ gutshot, they just can't ever call a jam (in case you are on ace high) but they can reship to get you off ace high.

I can't recall if I covered it but there are times when you want to induce light shoves or bet/fold cheap. So there's both a value and a bluff range for each.

It's possible to super level some people into paying off if you have the right image.

It's kind of a levelling thing but in general small raises are much more likely to get shoved on than jams.
Like if you are up against a QJ gutshot, they just can't ever call a jam (in case you are on ace high) but they can reship to get you off ace high.

I can't recall if I covered it but there are times when you want to induce light shoves or bet/fold cheap. So there's both a value and a bluff range for each.

It's possible to super level some people into paying off if you have the right image.

All right , thank you very much so far

I guess, in general small R/Folds are more attractive when you have less EQ.
B/c when you have decent EQ (2OCs + backdoors), it could suck to get shoved on...?

hello mr irish poker hero

i love listening to your series and i think intuition is definitely a factor in poker.. although it is just a subconscious expression of your deep knowledge and experience that gives u that feeling

PLEASE ANSWER ONE QUESTION

you say 4bet trash etc and polarize your range.. however at nl 25 you get people who flat 4bs sometimes with even completely random hands... so i think if u don't 4b stuff that sometimes can play welll post flop you will be in trouble...

what do you recommend??? THANKS ALOT...
thesnowflake

you say 4bet trash etc and polarize your range.. however at nl 25 you get people who flat 4bs sometimes with even completely random hands... so i think if u don't 4b stuff that sometimes can play welll post flop you will be in trouble...

Hmmmm, a lot depends on
a) the type of opponent that is actually doing this
b) frequency at which they do it
c) Their nuts/trash ratio

It would be wrong for me to give blanket guidelines without this info but here's how I would approach it:

1) I assume you 4bet in response to a wide 3bet range. If you are talking about playing maniacs then I wouldn't be 4bet bluffing them in the first place. I'd just widen my value/stack off range - so yeah I guess this depolarises.
2) If it's regs doing this then it's very strange, it's not something I see often at small stakes. Maybe I'm out of sync with the games where you play, but it sounds like such a losing strategy to call with trash to a 4bet (without ninja balance and skills) that I'd hazard a guess the rest of their games are also out of whack. Look for the places they are unbalanced and exploit.
3) Check your frequencies on opponents, is this really happening all that often or does the uniqueness of the situation make it seem that way? Also be sure to evaluate their nuts/air ratio, if they have AA/KK with a high frequency then from a GT perspective they can play weaker hands sometimes and you still have to c/f a lot.
4) How do they respond to cbets? if they fold a lot then keep cbetting and lol. For cbet strategy use the same methods outlined for jamming over their cbets I give in this vid.