Strategy Deviation For Bad Beat(Aces Full)
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 9
The place I play has a bad beat of 4500 if you lose, 2700 if you win and the remaining players split up the remaining 2800 dollars. You only need to lose with aces full of anything. The question is should my strategy deviate in utg,utg+1,utg+2 and Lojack positions to account for the bad beat? My normal range for utg/utg+1 is 77+,suited broadway, aqo+,t9s-98s and a5s. Utg+2 adds 55+ etc., and lojack adds 44+. In 1/2 My standard open is 15 dollars. Should I open my raising range to include all pocket pairs? Or should I open to a smaller amount such as 6 or 10 dollars. My open raise of 15 utg only gets folds 25% of the time. Also only 10% of villains are capable of three betting light if I raise smaller than usual.
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 37,553
No, it should not deviate. The expected winnings per hand for this bad beat are fairly small, and are generally outweighed by the value (or loss) inherent in the hand+position combo.
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 5,678
No deviation. That’s a fairly small jackpot and the bad beat is extremely rare.
Exploit other peoples deviations.