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Originally Posted by checkraisdraw
Seems hard to add any more hands and my range already feels too loose.
We always used to tell people not chase stats, but instead work on the parts of your game that cause your stats to be "wrong". One thing you have to consider is your ability to play post flop and not make huge errors with these additional, likely marginal hands.
You might think that you can't play those hands very well now, so you keep your less LAG style and profit at your current stakes. As you improve, maybe you'll naturally play a little more aggressive poker? You could also consider that making mistakes now, at lower stakes, is cheaper than in the future. So get in there, mix it up, take your lumps, and learn stuff before you get to the mid/high stakes?
All of that to say that if I wanted to open up my game I'd add hands on BTN and CO way before I'd open up my BTN+3 range in a 6m game. In general, we want to play hands in position and against known weak opponents. I'd want to correctly 3 bet vs potentially non-premium opens. I'd want to isolate limpers and push edges against cold callers. One thing, going for more thin 3 bets against a LAG means you'll be in spots where he's comfortable and you're not. Consider that if you start bloating pots you have to be showdown bound enough based on these larger pots.
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Thanks Doug! I'm getting up to speed again after being out of poker for 6-7 years (you may not remember me, reaper6788). I was playing lagtag 32/27ish (can't quite remember) but definitely don't think I was 3 betting as wide as rodeo... maybe will try.
I do. TBH, I'm not as LAG as rodeo. He's a pro. I'm not. He plays better post flop than I do.