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Originally Posted by spacecakezzz
i think if you take this more as an abstract theory question and not a strategy question...if he were to open and cbet 100%, it would prob be better if you had 80% range at this point so when you xr you are always ahead of his range. the 80% number would have to be altered based on his folding frequencies and to factor in being oop, and factor in the times you fold preflop. not sure the exact equations to use...but my intuition tells me I'd want to be at like 80% or maybe less calling range. I would give up some blinds and cbets and when we got into medium and large pots, I would have stronger ranges and hopefully make up my money there. It would also be altered based on how he cbet turns, rivers etc etc. and I would prob be adjusting in game as well as I could.
but if you have 100% of your range by the time he cbets flop and he has 100%, you will have the same exact range strength AND be oop in a pot that's already 10bb or so. So I don't think that's going to overcome saving the 1/2 bb.
As far as the part where you mention that we will have the exact same range at the point where he cbets but will be oop, this does not mean that we are at a disadvantage. In fact this could be a huge advantage for us because although our ranges are the same, he has invested more money in the pot and we have the choice as to which hands we would like to call, c/r, etc... Its similar to saying that we have no advantage to a player pre-flop that is opening 100% of his buttons because our ranges are the same and we are oop.
I do agree with the fact that we would do better against him if we flatted less hands pre flop though.