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Originally Posted by momo_uk
My only question is - is stealing $20 pre really worth it that we open ourselves up to risking our entire stack postflop in a marginal spot with a marginal hand vs an aggressive opponent?
It's not a marginal spot or a marginal hand, we have a monster vs villain's range.
And yes 11bb is worth everything. You rarely get more valuable spots in poker.
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Originally Posted by momo_uk
1) I know this is only relevant to this exact scenario but are we really cbetting this flop with our hand?
Yes. I'm not cbetting large. Probably 30-40% with my entire range. I think that's preferable to cbetting 60-70% with fewer hands, causing you to risk more on bluffs, causing you to require a check-call range, causing you to place some of your value hands in your check-call range for balance. Plus, you hate having to check/call down with a capped range against an aggro opponent, and so do I
Generally you should be cbetting more often when your range is tighter, and it's not like we are 3betting airballs here. AJ might be one of our weakest hands. We have KQ, AK, KJ, JJ and AA too.
Because V is opening far too loosely preflop, you can exploit him by 3betting a correct range. If V defends those 3bets at a balanced percentage, so that your 3bets don't immediately make money, then you can exploit him on the flop because his range will be far too weak.
Suppose T4s is the absolute bottom of villain's range. So he has all better suited combos, all pairs, let's be generous and say he's fairly tight with offsuit hands and only calls broadway combos.
If your range is AJo+, ATs, TT+, KQ, KJs, QJs, QTs, you have villain absolutely buried on the flop. He shouldn't even be continuing with most of his paired hands. Every additional dollar he puts in the pot is lit on fire.