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What do you guys think about when to put the strongest parts of your range into your checking ranges?
Mostly I just try to think about the most plus EV line for my individual hand and how that fits into the range of hands I would take the same action with.
Two big factors are trying to determine who has the range advantage and whether your opponent is going to bet if you check.
On the extreme end if your range has the clear advantage you might as well bet and force villain to defend vs your extreme value hands and your bluffs.
On the other end when you have a range disadvantage but hold one of the best hands in either player's range, it makes more sense to induce your opponent to bet and keep your checking range protected.
When ranges run closer together is when mixing becomes more common for every hand and randomization would be necessary.
In terms of sizing I think that is based on whether you have the range advantage now and you're likely to have the range advantage on future streets. The more likely your range will be best by the river the bigger you should bet and vice versa if you are at the disadvantage.
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I have a deep, slow live MTT coming up (first live MTT in a while) where over a large sample I think solid regs could exploit something like a capped checkback range (obviously vs weak passive players > value bet).
How large of sample can it be? I would be more inclined to bet live depending on the level of competition.
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Online I do slow play monsters some of the time however have never given thought to the exact frequency to do so.
If by exact you mean GTO you won't be able to do it properly. No human can. You are better off exploiting opponent weaknesses any way.
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Hero raises on the BTN and BB calls. Flop is JhTh6h. Are you c-betting all ace high flushes here for value, surely that makes your checking range too weak?
Probably. You should have plenty of non A high flushes with which to defend and the board showing JhTh is pretty big for blocking villain's nut combinations.
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Would it make sense to check AhKh and AhQh as you block high one card flush draws for villain to chase and bet the rest of your A high flushes (all suited aces would be in my pre-flop range)?
It depends on the opponent. It's likely you have the board and bluffing candidates so crushed at that point that you make villain make mistakes and is forced to defend with his bluff catchers.
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Similarly, surely you need to check some sets/2 pair combos here to leave your range uncapped if the board pairs? Maybe check JJ at some frequency as you block top pair combos to extract value from and c-bet TT and 66?
I think checking and betting could be mixed with any of those. Your range is protected from bluffing by having the nut combos in your range so villain can't over bluff, but it does depend on how aggressive villain is with the nut blocker.
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Example 2:
Hero raises UTG, BTN calls. Flop is 722r. Are you betting your entire range here with a small sizing due to your range advantage?
You probably could in reality. Depends on what you expect button's flattish range to be based on the blinds.
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Are you checking some hands with weak showdown (eg. A high) and balancing that with some overpairs? Does it make more sense to balance the checking range with QQ+ due to the fewer combos of turn and river that can reduce your hand value (ie. less need for protection). Or does it make more sense to bet QQ+ due to their higher equity vs villains range and check 88-JJ (wouldn't 88 be too vulnerable to check)?
You could probably mix with any hands on that flop and induce bets from astute opponents. Later streets are harder to get as much value with the top of your range by c/c flop as opposed to b/b/b.