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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
Keep in mind I don't play much live NLHE, but I feel like the problem there is so many flops are going to hit the villains' range harder than mine and they're not going to fold.
If you are playing a tight range of hands and your opponents are playing a loose range of hands then you are definitely winning this battle.
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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
For example 3 limps and I raise to $20 on the button with QQ, they all call (which happens a LOT at 1/2) and the flop comes Axx or Kxx. Surely I'm not shipping that flop? And 25% of my buyin is already gone.
Let's just look at this simplistically and say anytime an A or a K flops we lose with QQ and anytime it doesn't we win. If that is the case then anytime an Ace or a King flops we lose $20. Anytime it doesn't we win $60 (if we cbet and take it down)
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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
Or for another example 5 limpers, I raise to $25 from the SB with AK, 4 callers and I whiff the flop. Surely I'm not shipping that flop?
If an Ace or a King doesn't flop then you lose $25. If an Ace or a King flops you win $100 (if we cbet and take it down).
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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
Are those just possibilities a shortstacker has to accept?
It's still poker. There are still a bunch of idiots limping a bunch of hands with no regards to position, hand strength, game dynamics or anything else. Given our low implied odds we should be nitting it up in regards to calling raises, but that doesn't mean we should be playing like a nit when we limp, raise, or 3-bet ship it preflop. This is still poker and we still want to play pots in position if we have the opportunity.
Your exact overlimping, raising, and 3bet shipping ranges will depend heavily on your own comfort level and game dynamics..ie if the game is filled with a bunch of very casual weekend players then you should only be raising for value but that doesn't mean you can't raise hands like KJ suited for value against morons that are playing any 2 cards. It also doesn't mean that you shouldn't ship pocket 9s preflop. Imagine if a player is raising every hand and multiple players have called. You wake up with 9
9
. This is a super easy ship.