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Originally Posted by Summoner500
I have seen this concept , if i assume correctly it means that a texture or turn/river has hit someone's range harder? basically do you use this concept for overfolding or bluffing?
Your assumption is correct.
How you apply it is tricky though.
Example of the concept:
You raise UTG (6-max) with 66+, AJ+, KQ, suited broadways, some Axs. You get flatted by the BUT.
Flop comes 854tt.
You only have 3 combos of sets (88, but not 55 or 44) on that board and no straights, because you don't play 76s UTG.
Villain by contrast, could have all 9 combos of sets, 4 combos of the nuts (76s), and various pair+draw combos.
Villain has a range advantage, since he has more nutted hands than you do. He also has the benefit of position.
Since you can't credibly rep much with a bet, and villain has many hands that can continue on this board, you shouldn't have a high c-bet frequency in this situation. You should be checking very often.
The bulk of your continuance range will be mid-strength hands (even AA isn't very strong in this spot), so you'll effectively be bluff-catching, by check-calling (or check-folding) and seeing what happens on later streets.
If the board was much better for your range (A92r for example), you'd have more "value hands" and villain wouldn't be able to defend so often, because he'd have very few top pairs, no draws, and should never have top set. Since he'd be folding at a higher frequency, you could bet more often, including with bluffs.