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Originally Posted by DUCYdonk
About 200bb deep in position against whale playing VPiP of 100. Playing 2/5, he will lose at least 1000bb a day, sometimes 2000bb. He finds away to get stacks in ~50% of pots.
When I have position against him (like today), I've been playing 100% VPiP. I'm sure this is profitable, but I'm wondering if it is the best strategy. Other players seem unwilling to exploit and I've only been 3bet a handful of times in about 15 hours.
So, is there a better strategy?
I don't like the above strategy.
Playing 100% VPIP is spewy, that is leaking way way wayyyy too much money and putting yourself in way too many marginal situations not to mention you getting sucked in to multiway raised pots.
You can still take advantage of the whale by getting in hands with him with a 25% - 30% range.
That is still a boatload of playable hands, SCs, S1Gs, all pockets, all broadways, Axs and Kxs.
Any adjustment beyond a 30% range imo is just wayyyy too wide and too spewy. Effectively that is nothing more than bingo poker and I just can't see how that would be profitable longterm.
Lastly, eff stack sizes are important. You'd both have to be at least 250bb deep in order to be trailing the whale with a 25% - 30% range trying to get it in with him.
This is/was one of my biggest leaks. We see a super drooler whale splashing around and we can't help but want to get a piece of the action. But if we aren't careful, we end up becoming just as big a drooler as the whale...