Early in a session of 3/6 LHE HU on ACR vs seemingly competent American opponent (I only say American because the last thread I posted asked if the opponent was Russian for those geography reads).

Hand 1:
I raise J2o on btn, opponent calls.
Flop A27, I call a check/raise.
Turn 9, I call a bet.
River K, opponent bets, me?

Q's: Btn opening range near 100%, right? Ok to call the check/raise? And then call down when flush and straight draws miss?

Hand 2:
I 3bet J9 pre from the bb.
Flop KK7r no diamonds, opponent calls my cbet.
Turn K offsuit, opponent calls my bet.
River 8, I figure I can bluff him off Qhi and prevent getting bluffed by firing a bet, but I get called by Q6 of spades. Fine bluff line?

Early in the match I would expect my opponent to err on the side of loose passivity.

I'd fold preflop but I don't think it's a big mistake to raise. Then I like the hand as played and I'd call the river. Standard imo.
No, 100% is bad poker. I raise about 82% vs unknowns.
I think it's closer to a check call than a bluff, but that's neither here nor there cus I'd check call the turn.

82% seems a little tight imho

Fold the bottom 12% of your range our for hand1. See why ?
is bottom pair in the lower 12% of your range ?

Hand 2 is more interesting. pot is laying you 7:1 on a bluff. You should balance here. Figure out how many combos of made hands which you bet for value and then throw in appropriate mix of bluffs. Face villain with a range where he is getting 8:1 on a call, but 11% of your range is a bluff and the rest is value.

Im over simplifying things a bit, but this is the general thought process I apply to hulhe.

Hero 3bets pre which narrows his starting range. I don't think we will induce a bluff from villain ott. I'm assuming villain is afraid we will c/c with a lot of our range.

Hand 1 I'm by default not folding a pair on that board and action sequence

Hand 2 this is a check call for Cepheus, but I'm suspect that flesh and blood human players won't have the hands in their range that Cepheus carries in its 3 bet / bet flop / check turn line to where J9s is particularly high up in the distribution. Since I also suspect people will underbluff this spot since it looks like we're checking to call with A hi, I may lean towards a fold.

This is unimportant. What's important is the villains value:bluff ratio on the river, which determines the profitability of bluffcatchers.

That's even more reason to check the turn.

Then we should fold because villain is likely to be underbluffing on this texture; it looks like we have a showdown hand quite a lot when we check.

If that's your read, I can't fault a fold on the river, was just pointing out that looking at our own range isn't what's important.

No, but the less you know about villain's range, the more you should look at your own and adjust accordingly

How so ?


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If they don't bluff because my hand looks like Ace high that's gonna call, then that means Jack high is gonna win more often than it should vs a better opposing strategy on the button that includes bluffs. The button has decided to double my effective odds by not bluffing, which only benefits my bluffcatchers.

This isn't the correct method for choosing which hands to call. There is currently not a mathematical method that tells us which hands to call here.

Instead, you should be thinking about which line is the most profitable.

I'm rusty on my gto, but I believe calling down has to do with the pot odds villain is receiving. We have to balance our calls with our folds.


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That's the old view of indifference. Early street play is much more complex than once thought. Even correct river play doesn't use minimum defense frequency based on pot odds.

Suggested reading:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/15...62/?highlight=

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...10/?highlight=

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/15...t=mdf+bucky104

I would think that anyone that sits with a limit holdem gamestarter should have some knowledge of what makes up a decent strategy. Otherwise you're just playing for the fun of it.

I play for fun but also for education. Paying my tuition so to speak at 1/2-3/6 online to prepare for higher stakes games against less good people. And compounding the educational effect by sharing hands with more knowledgeable people, like here on 2p2.

There are people that can beat high stakes at 3/6 online.

I'd go as far as to say if you can beat 3/6 on ACR, you'll beat live 40 without issue beyond bankroll concerns.