I am still on my second read of the book. I have comments and questions about some of the items that other posters have written above.
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Originally Posted by excession
On page 31 we are told there is nothing wrong with keeping a standard open raise size throughout of 3-3.5BB and then in the next sentence that in EP we should make bigger raises to discourage callers (as we will be OOP if called) - directly contradicting Pg 269 which says we should bet less OOP.
I really liked your post overall, but in regards to this point I think you made an error. On page 31, the advise on making bigger raises when in early position refers to preflop play; but on page 269, the advise on making smaller bets refers to postflop play: “Make smaller bets or raises when ... You’re out of position after the flop.”
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Originally Posted by excession
There's a whole area of exploitative play and balance issues around the optimal way to play OOP in a raised pot (usually when defending blinds) that is just swept under the carpet here.
Could you please give an overview of the types of exploitative plays you are thinking about here? If you use any HUD stats, can you give some actual stat ranges as well for when you make those plays?
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Originally Posted by whysoawful
for example at higher stakes (but I've even seen as low as nl200) you'll see some players right now play a style I call "**** tease" they make it appear through just stats alone they're really loose, but when you actually study their hand history you realize they're way more nit than 75% of people playing them understand, and who appear nittier.
Could you give some more detail on how players manipulate their stats like this, and how you recognize when it is happening and how you adjust to it?
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Originally Posted by MyTurn2Raise
don't like the 3betting/4betting information. it's wrong IMO. I found it interesting to read, but the theory is not as well done as other attempts in DVDs, videos, and books.
It is funny that I wrote above that I was “impressed by the method used to decide on a 3bet value / call / 3bet bluff range,” but you wrote that it is wrong. The reason why I was impressed is that it was one of the most in-depth analysis of ranges that I had seen which applied directly to preflop play; however, I still have much to learn about these areas, and so I do not have the knowledge yet to know when the analysis, given the method that ranges are applied, is done correctly or incorrectly.
Could you give some information about how you approach your 3-bet/4-bet ranges?