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Originally Posted by TheGodson
The problem is I'm betting too much. AJ looks good. Then pretty soon I'm thinking ehh AT is close to AJ so I can bet that too. Then I'm doing A9... A8.... etc... until I'm opening crap. I've decided to stop betting so much and that has solved the problem I am winning again.
when people limp how much should that affect your button betting range by as a standard? Right now I am doing my UTG range which is roughly 11% of hands. This is too tight, but will sufficce for now.
Honestly it's all about your table and who you are playing with.
Ill use my casino as an example in how I play position against the kind of opponents THERE.
So it's usually a pf limp fest. I figure out who's the omc limp-3! type, who's the ATC type, who's the fit/fold type. A good weak-passive table will have mostly fit/fold players. If so, i widen my opening range to any suited/or not connectors, and suited face cards etc. I make sure I get the right number of players calling my raise preflop. Usually ~2 is the best. I adjust my amount to get that accordingly. But if there are like 6 limpers already when it gets to me then I narrow my opening range significantly.
Now, you get those two fitfold Vs in the hand with you, im going to bet 90% of the flop when checked to with any draw any pair and board with any kind of backdoor equity. It really depends on how sticky your villain is. Dont do that against calling stations. it's also good figuring out your opponent's calling range. If the board looks like it hits that then I wouldnt be cbetting light.
When I set up the right table dynamic, I can open like up to 50% of hands in LP and go orbits without a showdown and knowing when to fold. It's incredibly profitable because you rake in all these small pots, then you pick up some big hands and no one folds to you once they hit something because they are just dying to see your hand.
Note that I didnt mention a specific hand even once above. I hope you can see that the point im trying to get across is really try to think more about your opponents than your own hands like "oh I keep on getting Ax so I must play them".
The fact that you still havent been able to post some reads on your villains show that you havent been paying attention at all.
Generally playing in position is advantageous, but the kind of hand and line will depend on who you are at the table with.