Tag opens in the CO, it's folded to me in the SB. The BB is an average reg. What do you do with these?
1) QJo
2) 44's
3) 9Ts
I would virtually always 3bet. The exception is if you have a BB who will never fold her blind to a 3bet (rare, but I have seen it), in which case I would consider calling all 3 hands.
Maniac opens UTG. He is opening any two. He is four betting a three bet. He'll put in lots of action on the flop but will slow down on the turn sometimes when he has absolutely nothing. He is usually getting to the river drawing to anything.
It's folded to me on the button. Equity wise there are a ton of hands I can three bet here. Assume the blinds are tight. At what point is it not profitable to iso the maniac? There will obviously be times that the blinds wake up with a hand. I won't be able to bluff him out of too many pots.
1) T8o has about 50% equity. Does equity even matter? Is the idea more about getting heads up, hope to hit a piece and get paid off?
2) K2o has about 50% equity. I'd think all Aces would be played. Do we want at least a bit of a kicker with the K like K6+?
Maniac opens UTG. He is opening any two. He is four betting a three bet. He'll put in lots of action on the flop but will slow down on the turn sometimes when he has absolutely nothing. He is usually getting to the river drawing to anything.
It's folded to me on the button. Equity wise there are a ton of hands I can three bet here. Assume the blinds are tight. At what point is it not profitable to iso the maniac? There will obviously be times that the blinds wake up with a hand. I won't be able to bluff him out of too many pots.
1) T8o has about 50% equity. Does equity even matter? Is the idea more about getting heads up, hope to hit a piece and get paid off?
2) K2o has about 50% equity. I'd think all Aces would be played. Do we want at least a bit of a kicker with the K like K6+?
3) J7o has about 50% equity. J5o has 47%.
5) Q5o has about 50% equity.
I would say since he is going to be 4betting often it’s not going to be that fun to be isolating with J7o and getting popped again then feeling lost on most flops. We probably want some playability given how aggressively he plays on the flop. I would probably just treat this like a straddle and play my hand accordingly, since he is doing this with atc.
LA 20/40. One EP limper, MP raises, BTN 3bets. We have 77 in the BB. Call or fold?
Not a fold. I think it's between call and cap. (I'd be less inclined to 4b in a 5b cap game than to cap it at 4 bets.) I'm more inclined to just call the tighter and tougher the opposition is.
Has to be a call. Way too much equity to fold this hand for 1.5 bets.
I was considering a call or 3 bet. I usually 3 bet 88+ here. I was trying to dial in on when a 3 bet becomes a call. 77's seems like it could go either way. 66's probably is too low to 3 bet.
I was considering a call or 3 bet. I usually 3 bet 88+ here. I was trying to dial in on when a 3 bet becomes a call. 77's seems like it could go either way. 66's probably is too low to 3 bet.
Are we calling all small pairs here?
No, I think 22 is a pure fold and 33 probably is too, especially so if the game is raked. 44 feels close.
I've noticed recently a few winning TAG players open limping in EP. Is this coming from lessons learned from solvers? Too me it makes a lot of sense in some table configurations with certain hands. Lets say there are a couple players to my left who will be calling 100%. there is usually about 5 and sometimes more players seeing a flop. There is still a chance someone with be raising but it sometimes ends up being a limped pot Would open limping small pairs, small Axs type hands be reasonable? I would normally fold these and open 77's+ and A8s+. I would still open any hand that has value.
Are any of you seeing this or employing an open limping strategy?
I've never seen a full ring preflop solve, but open limping is not a thing at 6 max, and I'd be surprised if it is a thing at full ring. Whether you can come up with exploitative justifications for open limping is open to debate.
