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(Heros exploit)
As it gets later into the night, rebuys and new players bring new money
onto the table faster than the rake and departing players can take it
off. Stacks inevitably grow deep and this changes the nature of the game.
Tonight, we find most people on the table are 300+ Big Blinds deep.
Standard lines with top pair top kicker at 100 Big Blinds need to be reexamined at this greater depth.
We will go over an example to help illustrate this 300+ Big Blind stack
situation.
$2-$5
Parx
Casino
Saturday
3:00am
Hijack
Image:
Action:
Hand:
Starting
Stack:
Hero
$30
$1600
Cutoff
Aggressive
Call
$2000
Button
More Aggressive
Call
Covers
Even in late position you can end up out of position. The Flop comes:
Pot: $97
Hero
(Hijack)
???
Range:
Starting
Stack:
$1570
Aggressive
$1970
More Aggressive
Covers
(Cuttoff)
(Button)
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Hands
Check/
Call
Check/Fold
More Aggressive
$65
(Hijack)
(Cuttoff)
(Button)
Range:
Starting
Stack:
$1570
$1970
Covers
Once we induce the bet from the Button, our plan is to check-call the
Flop and play poker on the Turn and River. However, the plan to checkcall on the Flop does not give us the license to check-call all remaining
streets. We need to make decisions based upon the information gathered
later in the hand. Future cards and bet sizes, or the absence of bets, will
allow us to further gauge where we stand. Notice that your opponents
tendencies will influence your decisions on every street. You will face
opponents who are capable of firing three barrels with a missed draw, and
others who will not. This information is crucial in the decision making
process, and therefore it is important to pay attention to your opponents
actions in prior hands.
Pot: $227
Hero
(Hijack)
More Aggressive
(Button)
Check/
Call
$150
Range:
Starting
Stack:
$1505
Covers
The Three of Clubs Turn card brings in the flush. However, our
opponent should not have many flush combinations in his range. With the
Ten and Nine of Clubs accounted for, our opponent cannot have 89, J9,
J10, or Q10 of Clubs. We do however expect our opponent to continue
betting his bluffs that picked up equity, such as KQ with one Club and 44
with one Club.
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We also expect our opponent to bet worse Aces on the Turn for what
he perceives to be value or protection. We assume hands such as AQ and
AJ, both with and without a Club, will bet enough of time to justify a call.
There is a common misconception in poker which states: if we call the
Turn and the board does not change on the River, we must also call the
River. However, this thought process is flawed as something did change;
our opponent bet again. Even when the board does not change, we must
take a crucial factor into consideration:
We may be ahead of our opponents Turn betting range,
but yet may not be ahead of his River betting range.
If our opponents River bluffing frequency is low, it should further
sway us towards folding our marginal holdings. We must also consider how
likely our opponent is to overvalue his hand and bet. If our opponent does
not bluff often enough and will only have with the strongest of ranges
when betting the River, we should fold.
Pot: $527
Hero
Check
Starting
Stack:
$1355
More Aggressive
Check
Covers
(Hijack)
(Button)
Range:
The Seven of Diamonds does not bring in the four-flush and does not
complete any straights besides J8. It is unlikely that our opponent has any
of the offsuit combinations of J8. Therefore the available combinations of
this hand drop from sixteen to four.
On the River, we ask ourselves if our opponent would turn 76 into a
bluff. Would he also continue bluffing with hands such as 44 and KQ with
one Club? Also, we must question how often our opponent will continue to
value bet worse hands such as AQ and AJ versus checking them. If we
assume the frequency of our opponent doing either of these actions is low,
and therefore a third barrel signifies a hand better than AK a large
percentage of the time; we should fold. Vice versa, if the frequency of our
opponent doing the above actions is high than we must hold on and call, as
folding would be a mistake.
Our opponent checks back his hand and we win at showdown.
However, the thought process throughout the hand, especially the Flop
decision, is the important lesson in this chapter. Deviation from standard
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Hands
lines will help us combat stronger more aggressive opponents, who may
otherwise cause us to make mistakes. The strategy when facing more
sophisticated players will differ from the lines we take versus a more
predictable opponent. This awareness will allow us to become a more
dynamic player and in turn avoid mistakes. Always be on the lookout for
situations where separation from the standard may be necessary for success.
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