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I think that is a little off and a good LAG is merging their range in EP and opening up with some % of lower pp's, SC's, suited broadway cards, and other crap (I throw in axs some % of the time).
Obviously this is not something you do 100% of the time you get JTs UTG (especially dependent is table dynamics) but it allows for a level of trickery that is kind of the point of this "he can have anything" discussion. This allows you to be very difficult to play on low boards like 874 where people can't just "hurr durr he never has a straight here".
Also the SB/BB is completely wrong imo
Split's heat map was constructed for online play. The reason the SB is so high is that so many hands online fold to the button or the small blind that small blind vpip/pfr wind up looking very similar to button ranges. Just as a for instance, online, my attempt to steal from the button is 52% and from the small blind it is 57% My VPIP/PFR from the button is 31/23, and from the small blind it is 22/14.
Similarly, because FE goes up when facing a 35-50% button range (standard Tag online), 3 betting stats online look ridiculously high from the blinds to a live player. It's pretty routine to wind up 3 betting 10 or 12% of steal attempts, and 7 or 8% of hands overall. My BB vpip/pfr is 12/7, whereas my UTG range is 7/7.
Bottom line is that for online play, split's heat map is dead on accurate. It would require some revision for live play, but, really, not all that much.
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Enjoyed reading the thread; particularly the posts by Sabr42 and Grunch, which I thought were terrific.