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Originally Posted by Solomon_Peabody
Back to basics with bet sizes and ranges: a survey and a discussion.
It's 1/3 and it's Friday night, 9-handed. You know the other eight players, and they are ALL loose-passive players with varying degrees of inebriation. They have a VPIP of about 45/5 each. They rarely fold to a 3-bet. Everyone has 100bb ($300). People find it hard to fold top pair here.
(1) You are under the gun with AA. What do you raise to?
(2) What is your raising range under the gun?
(3) You are in the hijack with TT and there are 3 limpers. What do you do?
(4) What is your raising range in the hijack with 3 limpers?
(5) How do you maximize your profit on this table and what should your VPIP/PFR approximate overall?
1) $20. Given the dynamics you described we might even be able to go bigger but I'd start there.
2) Fairly tight. The game you're describing is going to get beat by you putting in money while you're ahead and value betting like crazy. ATsuited+, AJo+, KQsuited, 88+.
3) Raise to $30. I expect to get called by at least one player and maybe all 3, but we get to play in position against bad players.
4) I would limp a large part of my range here as a lot of the value will be in playing pots in position against players that can't fold. I'm raising 99+ AJ+ and limping suited connectors, suited aces, smaller pocket pairs, and off-suit broadways.
5) Recognize when your opponents aren't price sensitive and pump it up. You stated that 3-bets almost never get folded to so make sure all of your 3-bets are for value, not bluffs. Don't be afraid to overlimp in position with hands that play well multi-way (suited A, small pp, broadways, etc.).