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Originally Posted by rubixxcube
+1 to what QuadJ said.
@Hawk, i have been trying to do the same thing, have a pretty taggy solid game but recently working on opening it up. Have had decent results. The easiest way to do this is to ease into it. Lots of times people think Lag=Spew chips all over the table and just bet bet bet, that's just going to lose you money.
The first step is to change your button play, no more limping behind, at all, if there are limpers and you are playing your button, raise it up with Any suited Ace, any pair and your suited connectors, dump everything else.
If there were 2-3 limpers and you would limp behind, raise it up to 15-17 instead with T9s. Sizing is game dependent.
Lots of times you pick up a free $10 if everyone folds, other times you get 1-2 callers and sometimes they all call, but then you have a good multi-way hand in position and often can get a free turn when you miss.
You need to get good at reading boards and players and good double barrel spots. If you get 3 callers and completely whiff, just give up, don't force it.
As you know Position is huge in this game so start by widening your range in BTN, as you get comfortable move on to CO etc... Mistake people make is they start opening things like 76s UTG, get 3 callers, miss and just bet bet bet. Not saying you are doing this. But ease into the new style.
I like this advice, and it should definitely be eased into. Another thing I'd suggest is taking note of your flop cbet frequency. The old one and done cbet on dry boards too often gets looked up by today's fish.
Cbet less and when you do, double barrel more. Keep cbetting with air to a minimum.
As quad J said, look for double barrel possibilities aka true semibluffs, or flops that can bring double barrel equity on the turn.
It's also been my experience that cbetting scare cards on the turn gets more folds than the typical flop cbet.
Give us some hand histories and let's see what's up