I was pretty clear.

Re “HJ vs BTN” you can’t look at it like that when comparing strat in two different formats. It’s not SB vs. BB. We’re effectively +1, in the context of this discussion. We’re going to be opening wider +1 6 max with only 4 people behind us compared to 7 in 9 max- for obvious reasons. As a result, we can reasonably expect V’s to 3!, in an effort to isolate us IP, wider.

In this specific hand it’s less of a factor since V is passive and likely unaware but my understanding is you’re talking in general.

It’s more complicated than this, but just addressing your rebuttal.

Browni, you’re smarter than that. 6 max VPIP>9 max VPIP. 6 max 3! %>9 max 3! %. Always, assuming all else constant.

Source: multi-table 200z on ignition for lolz

love you too, DC

What hands work best for a check raise? Hands that have showdown value in a x/x but can't beat value bets. We have that here so CRAI river

RTP - He's saying that your range in a position 6 handed is the same as your range 9 handed after the first 3 players have folded (thus resulting in 6 hands left)

Your arrogance really shines when you get some whiskey in you...I really hope for your own good that you don't play like that when you get back to live.

I was saying I wouldn't be shocked if AA/KK got checked back because there are people that are so terrible at value betting. I didn't say that's what's gonna happen every time. A bet doesn't mean it's a bluff...Again, it's gonna be a bluff so infrequently that it's terrible to default to x-c here.

X-shove is so terrible that I almost just ignored that part.

I said I was calling pre, but would rather 4 bet than fold. There's a huge difference between that and saying I'm actually gonna 4 bet. I'm saying I would rather turn our hand into a bluff and proceed than throw away that much equity.

Yeah, maybe someday I'll be able to play 25/50/100 like you LOL

Of course SH VPIP > FR VPIP! Because in FR, playing UTG, +1 and +2 generally lowers your VPIP. Same applies for RFI.

What's so hard to understand about that?

I like to bet very small on the riv to try and induce a light call from AK. However small that may be... even if it’s 20% or 15% or even 10% pot

When our opponents don’t bluff enough, it means we can’t profitably bluff catch. Which means we should be betting our medium value hands.

Which means he has less bets for value here.

I guess you're just basing that off this description: "He is fairly passive. He doesn’t bluff or semi-bluff enough." but I think this is probably the more relevant information: "Villain is typical of the losing players in this game. Drinking whiskey and playing too many hands."

A typical losing 5/T homegame player that is drinking. Sounds like the type of player that often doesn't bet when he should and does bet when he shouldn't.

Yeah, let's turn nearly the top of our raising range into a bluff when a bad fairly passive drinking recreational player 3bets us. This is definitely not Bart Hanson approved.

I’ve played with this opponent a lot. I can tell you, he is not positionally aware. He doesn’t play position. He is the kind of player who will limp call and call multiple streets to draw.

If you’re trying to insult me, you’re doing a bad job. Try harder.

I’m not trying to show you how good I am lmao, I’m trying to be helpful by engaging and taking you through exactly why your logic is flawed. Especially since you seem to think my lines are atrocious consistently.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m going to stop trying since I take it that you don’t respect my opinion? Would rather not waste my time then. I respect yours fwiw, just addressing the cookie cutter strategy (b/f, b/f, b/f!) you keep thinking is super standard. You’re completely oblivious to the fact that you’re leaving a ridiculous amount of money on the table in an effort to simplify things across the board. Learn to think for yourself dude.

Yeah I’m a victim of FPS sometimes (5 bet shoving J3s preflop) but I’ve also come pretty far in the very short time I’ve been playing. At least in my estimation.

It seems as if I’m not the only one leading 15% pot ($75) on the river?

venice is actually right in this situation. but I don't put a lot of QQs in his range. almost exclusively KK and AA.

How are you able to do that? OP could only narrow it down to: "a range of JJ+, AJs+, maybe ATs." I find it fascinating that you view his range as so much tighter than OP views it, especially considering this is a fun drinking 5/T home game.

The game is $5-$10 simply because all of the players are rich lawyers and businessmen. It plays like a $2-$5 game, maybe with more thinking players than you normally find at $2-$5, but they’re not as solid as the $5-$10 I’ve tried my hand at at Bellagio, for example.

You're telling me you can't just plug your general strat into every spot and assign population tendencies to every villain?

Interesting...

Call 60% pot flop, x/x turn, x/f river on T-6-4-7-T w/ jack-jack at a fun drinking mid-stakes home game smh.

V's range is the most important part of this hand. Thinking or not, we don't have a solid enough read to simply c/f river to a reasonable bet (see last few pages).

Based on: "I give him a range of JJ+, AJs+, [AQo+?], maybe ATs." he's going to have a ton of air on the river. ATs was a maybe and he doesn't have any ATo so in order words he has very few tens.

We don't have nearly enough info to justify calling flop and then folding to one more barrel, which is why c/f river is the worst option.

c/r river due to polarity advantage, c/c river, lead river super small>c/f

If his assigned range was tighter/more standard-ish and included less A-highs it would change things, of course. Basing our strat in this spot off of ranges that the average LLSNL player 3! pre (much tighter) doesn't make any sense to me.

This villain should know that I would open and call his 3-bet with a lot of hands. Suites wheel aces, 76s+, lots of middle pairs, etc. I checked the river, he bet $300. I called and took it down. He had whiffed AKo.
He then tilted.

nh man. pays to not be scared money.

Yes you can, and you should. Do you really have a different set of strategies for each of 3-9 max? That's 35 RFI strategies. I only need 8.

Sure it's a bit off topic but there's not a lot going on in the forum and it's important to understand that strategies should be based off of positions, not number of players at the table. Practically, playing HJ after one fold in a 6-max game is the same as playing HJ after four folds in a 9-max game. HJ is HJ regardless of number of players and it's important to recognize that when players can get up or come in between hands.

Shantiva, you played it great. Against a player type like this they 98% bet overpairs on turn.