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

Time Link to 00:42:33

In the QTo hand. If cbetting the flop, what turn cards are you are barreling then and what range do you usually put villain on in that spot?

Time Link to 00:46:44

In the JJ hand.

Do you really expect a reg to stack off here with worse overpairs when she's raising into 4 people? I mean if I were in villains shoes there I'd fold 88-JJ right away (too nitty?) as a raise there looks superstrong and I don't expect most villains to ever bluff there. In a heads up spot I would not be too happy to get the money in either, so against a raise there I'd probably just flat and even consider folding on later streets depending on villain.

Thoughts on that?

Time Link to 00:43:30

Please correct me if I'm wrong (and, trust me, I'm wrong often), but shouldn't we be much more inclined to flat an opponent with a polarized 3-bet range? I think I'd be more inclined to flat a polarized range so that I can get a player whose nuts:air ratio is way out of whack to continue too far against my range (and perceived range) and I won't be forced to fold my implied odds hands to a 5-bet shove (because these villains will 5-bet shove the very top of their range)

Or am I completely misunderstanding?

Please correct me if I'm wrong (and, trust me, I'm wrong often), but shouldn't we be much more inclined to flat an opponent with a polarized 3-bet range? I think I'd be more inclined to flat a polarized range so that I can get a player whose nuts:air ratio is way out of whack to continue too far against my range (and perceived range) and I won't be forced to fold my implied odds hands to a 5-bet shove (because these villains will 5-bet shove the very top of their range)

Or am I completely misunderstanding?

in general you're right-- we'd rather flat vs a polarized range than a depolarized range. if we have a hand like AA or AK or AQ it might be better to flat against both types of ranges.

Andrew

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In the JJ hand.

Do you really expect a reg to stack off here with worse overpairs when she's raising into 4 people? I mean if I were in villains shoes there I'd fold 88-JJ right away (too nitty?) as a raise there looks superstrong and I don't expect most villains to ever bluff there. In a heads up spot I would not be too happy to get the money in either, so against a raise there I'd probably just flat and even consider folding on later streets depending on villain.

Thoughts on that?

+1

In the JJ hand.

Do you really expect a reg to stack off here with worse overpairs when she's raising into 4 people? I mean if I were in villains shoes there I'd fold 88-JJ right away (too nitty?) as a raise there looks superstrong and I don't expect most villains to ever bluff there. In a heads up spot I would not be too happy to get the money in either, so against a raise there I'd probably just flat and even consider folding on later streets depending on villain.

Thoughts on that?

1) clearly some regs will stack off with worse overpairs (see how the hand actually plyaed out)
2) you're probably not wrong to fold those things right away againsit most opponents
3) your line for later streets again seems fine vs most regs at ssnl

Andrew