sb is not terrible..

id recommend looking at your blinds and/or overall gameplay rather than implementing some new strategy for utg/mp

It's just a pre-flop strat, ofc ranges change a lot and opponent's range will change too, but it's still poker. I'll keep working on all spots and posting hands here. The thing is that if I get better at SB, it will probably increase the winrate in that position in 5-8bbs, but we worked on that already and I think I've improved a lot in that position after your first coaching.

My MP/UTG strat will be the same, so if I manage to get an extra 5bb/100 on each position, the results will be doubled, so will get an extra 10bb/100 (divided by 6 it's around 1.7bb/100 overall). Also I expect a balanced limping range strat post-flop play to be close to BB vs UTG, but with different opening ranges and defending ranges.

Ofc first I'll try to play what makes most sense to me rather than try GTO tactics while using a limping strat, will see how opponents will adapt and if they're adapting well, then I'll play a less explo limping strat.

So played my first session with my limping strat, also played some 200z that didn't go well. The tough thing about limping is that I got into a lot of new spots and pretty weird stuff was happening, specially vs fish. I overdid it in a lot spots, like limp-raising as a bluff vs a fish, but I think it's good to try that stuff and learn with that. That's why I'm testing that in 50z.

I think it's a very good strat from what I've seen today, but it will take me way more time than I thought to learn how to play well with that strat.

Some hands(only hands with limping involved ofc)

H1: One thing I said to myself was that I was 5-bet-jamming all AK/QQ vs 4-bets, but this guy snap 4-bet and he was really tight lol. Will try to do that vs reasonable people. Should I still jam if I think he has QQ/AK in there? So you expect me to have FE in that spot?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 88.56 BB
SB: 361.62 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 127.98 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 111.72 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, CO raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, CO raises to 32 BB, fold, fold

CO wins 32.5 BB


H2: this just blew my mind lol. Limping induced a lot of calls and BAM! VAAAAAMOOO haha. It's such a big victory to take sooo much dead money down lol

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 107.4 BB
BB: 66.52 BB
Hero (UTG): 100.5 BB
MP: 114.7 BB
CO: 101.5 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J A

Hero calls 1 BB, MP raises to 3 BB, fold, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB calls 2 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, fold, fold, fold

Hero wins 12.5 BB


H3: very confused in this one, I'm such a pussy vs min-raises, we can't ever fold vs a fish, right? OTT it was obvious he didn't have me beat ever, so vaaaaaamo. Should I just jam flop? Was afraid of AQ/sets, meh, I have so much to learn in these spots vs fish

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 139.02 BB
SB: 123.96 BB
BB: 62.84 BB
UTG: 119.88 BB
Hero (MP): 100 BB
CO: 56.1 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K Q

fold, Hero calls 1 BB, fold, BTN raises to 4.5 BB, SB calls 4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 14 BB, fold, SB calls 9.5 BB

Flop: (33.5 BB, 2 players) 8 2 Q
SB checks, Hero bets 10.52 BB, SB raises to 21.04 BB, Hero calls 10.52 BB

Turn: (75.58 BB, 2 players) 2
SB bets 1 BB, Hero raises to 64.96 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 73.7 BB


H4: snap 4-bet, soooo ******ed, easy fold, right?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 148.46 BB
SB: 248.16 BB
BB: 127.64 BB
Hero (UTG): 115.54 BB
MP: 108.2 BB
CO: 39.64 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J J

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero raises to 9 BB, SB raises to 16 BB, Hero calls 7 BB

Flop: (33 BB, 2 players) 6 3 Q
SB bets 232.16 BB and is all-in, fold

SB wins 31.36 BB


h5: good jam, right? calling will allow him to fold on a lot of turns that will be scary, right?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 95.88 BB
SB: 108.36 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 157.12 BB
CO: 70.9 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K A

Hero calls 1 BB, MP raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 3.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 14 BB, fold, SB calls 10 BB

Flop: (33 BB, 2 players) A J T
SB bets 16 BB, Hero raises to 86 BB and is all-in, SB calls 70 BB

Turn: (205 BB, 2 players) J

River: (205 BB, 2 players) 2




H6: guy snap-called the min-raise and the small bet OTF, so thought I had close to 0 FE vs him, good give up?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 43.98 BB
SB: 125.44 BB
BB: 53.74 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 123.14 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q K

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, CO raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 12 BB, CO calls 8 BB, BB calls 8 BB

Flop: (36.5 BB, 3 players) J 9 9
BB checks, Hero bets 5.2 BB, CO calls 5.2 BB, fold

Turn: (46.9 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (46.9 BB, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, CO checks




H7: simple spot, but interesting to see villain's iso lol!

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 112.12 BB
SB: 145.32 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 113.82 BB
MP: 95.2 BB
CO: 175.42 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 9

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, CO raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (7.5 BB, 2 players) 5 J 2
Hero checks, CO bets 3.56 BB, Hero calls 3.56 BB

Turn: (14.62 BB, 2 players) 4
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (14.62 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero bets 10.42 BB, CO calls 10.42 BB




H8: that's what I was talking about bad squeezes, meh, I wouldn't squeeze a short stacking fish, but went for it just to experiment. Should I just call pre?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101 BB
SB: 49.26 BB
BB: 70.34 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 166.08 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8 9

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, CO raises to 4 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 3 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, fold, BB calls 10 BB

Flop: (32.5 BB, 2 players) Q 5 J
BB bets 56.34 BB and is all-in, fold

BB wins 30.88 BB

H9: good fold? Meh, MW and his sizing is sooo nutted, and he could have AK as well, right? Guy was nitty

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 119.38 BB
SB: 101.5 BB
BB: 192.26 BB
UTG: 112 BB
MP: 108.18 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A Q

UTG raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, Hero raises to 6 BB, fold, BB calls 5 BB, UTG calls 4 BB

Flop: (18.5 BB, 3 players) K 7 Q
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: (18.5 BB, 3 players) A
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets 5.82 BB, BB raises to 26 BB, fold, fold

BB wins 28.64 BB


H10: vs good reg, OTT I barreled because I blocked a lot of his AK, Should I fold the river? Good turn barrel?

PokerStars - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 111.54 BB
SB: 165.18 BB
Hero (BB): 102.7 BB
UTG: 100 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 74.57 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K 4

fold, MP raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) J 2 J
Hero checks, MP bets 1.41 BB, Hero raises to 5 BB, MP calls 3.59 BB

Turn: (14.5 BB, 2 players) A
Hero bets 13.78 BB, MP calls 13.78 BB

River: (42.05 BB, 2 players) K
Hero checks, MP bets 13.43 BB, Hero calls 13.43 BB

Instead of spewing vs uncapped ranges, why don't you ****ing fold pre?

just check fold K4ss turn

H1. You need to call. You have 41% equity vs AK QQ+ and you are getting 27.5% pot odds. Ofcourse your ev will go down from being oop but its sooteed so realization better. You are limp reraising so much you are gonna be too exploitable if you fold that.

H2. Congratulations. You took a pot down

H5. You are worried about value when you could be drawing dead or to 6 outs. Well sometimes villain is a ****** and you get max value. Good explo shove

H6. Where did you get that 17% sizing? Triple that **** in his face.

H9. Your flop check and turn sizing caps you so bad villain could have anything. The fact he pressed the 2/3 pot button doesn't necessarily make him nutted. It does smell like a trap but I think you have to call 1.

H10. A OR K of diamonds is a better bluffraise. If you pick this bd you will have to triple him off of a diamond draw more often and you are blocking his bd spades which are high frequency cbet/folds . Only reason you can get away with raising this flop fairly wide is you most likely have a good amount of jacks if you are calling wide and mp is range betting. Don't let it be an excuse to spew.

Blocking AK is not really that big of a deal just c/f.

Do not call river lol it's obvious hes milking you. You check raised him potted the turn. Thank god you didn't shove river

I'm uncapped too


yeah, it was too wide in there, my blocker reason was just bad, should have a lot of KdQx that are way better bluffs

villain snap called my limp-raise and was likely to be a fish, how can I triple barrel bluff?
15% sizing, I use it for thin/value/cheap bluffs/mw pots on some textures

OTR he will have some busted draws that he will bluff with, vs some people I fold in there

Yea I guess he could be bluffing with 67 78 89 diamonds lol

Snap call just means fish wants to see a flop with a pp. Hit him with the 3 piece!

VAMOOOO

cmon, man, I learned how to not bluff fish 50 pages ago
and with my 15% bet I realized all my equity, so it was a big win for me already

H1. No serious poker player folds AKs for 100bb pre flop. Flatting would be awful as well Jam it like a man.

H5. I hate these spots, pretty marginal whatever you do there. Don't mind the jam vs a donk.

H6. Your sizing is too small to accomplish anything properly. You are never using that sizing with over pairs multi way, so its just garbage sizing.

H9. Call turn, he's not raising AK on turn.

H10. simple XF turn, so naturally you pot and proceed to get owed on river.

Lol we got a serious poker player right here

Lol, you play in the micros for so long and havent realized AK/QQ arent the nuts preflop yet?

I wish I had jammed in there, but only to see what people are actually doing vs my play. I was pretty sure it was AA/KK given how fast he min 4-bet. Calling could be better thanfolding if he is reraising AK/QQ, like the guy said here, messed up in there.

It doesn't have to be the nuts, to be a jam pre, its strong enough. Pretty sure AA KK just because of a fast 4bet? lul. What happened to the blockers you always crap on about? its AKs you nit, whats your range look like if your folding that.

Why 3b a hand like AKs that's pretty high up in your range if you're just going to fold to a 4b?

The line you took doesn't seems good imo with AKs

What was his stats with hand sample?

18/14, he had 0 3bets, sample was low, like 80 hands

80 hands is enough to fold AKs preflop here... 200 hands and KK is fold also

BTW RAPI. Are you sure your low winrate is due to getting 3bet oop? It could be due to opening wide and having an inferior cbet strategy vs tight ip cc ranges.

I range check OOP vs tight cc ranges, and my RFI are usually tight vs people that are defending enough.

trash hands like 92o, 72o are printing a lot in my sample when I RFI them over a good sample

tbh, I think that my winrate isn't higher because I don't protect my ranges pretty well, like in cbet and check behind scenarios, I overfold in a lot of spots and still manage to make bad calls lol, worst of both worlds

Wat, do people raise these in 6max games these days? I'd have thought they'd be autofolds even HU

vs people that don't defend enough, you don't need cards to win the blinds

in my sample I think that trash hands are making more when I open them than hands that are decent, like 9To, A5o, even solid opens like K4s. 50z-200z still has a lot of nits, like 14 VPIP guys, today I saw one guy with 2% 3-bet over 500 hands lol. Gotta steal their blinds

Btw, played with my limping strat again today, it was a good idea to play 50z because My quality of play was terrible lol. No way I could be +EV on 200z(not even sure if I was on 50z tbh). Learning a lot with that strat, also some regs are adapting with weird lines vs my strat, one guy decided to isolate for 11bb LOL! Some snap fold vs the limp-raise, like really fast haha.

fun times!

Some hands

H1: vs nit BUM!!! VAAAAAAAMOOOO! such a sick hand lol

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 106 BB
SB: 107.28 BB
BB: 117.72 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 121.98 BB
CO: 103.52 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 4 A

Hero calls 1 BB, MP raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, SB calls 1.5 BB, BB raises to 9 BB, Hero raises to 23 BB, fold, fold, BB calls 14 BB

Flop: (50 BB, 2 players) T J 9
BB checks, Hero bets 15.72 BB, BB calls 15.72 BB

Turn: (81.44 BB, 2 players) 5
BB checks, Hero checks

River: (81.44 BB, 2 players) Q
BB checks, Hero bets 61.28 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 77.44 BB


H2: vs unknown, is my sizing OTT ok? With this strat I should play exactly like if I 3-bet from BB vs UTG, right? Trying to get close to 1 SPR OTR on most textures?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 119.36 BB
SB: 199.22 BB
BB: 191.82 BB
Hero (UTG): 105.56 BB
MP: 101.58 BB
CO: 68.58 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

Hero calls 1 BB, MP raises to 3.4 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, MP calls 7.6 BB

Flop: (23.5 BB, 2 players) A 4 T
Hero bets 7.38 BB, MP calls 7.38 BB

Turn: (38.26 BB, 2 players) 7
Hero bets 18.88 BB, MP calls 18.88 BB

River: (76.02 BB, 2 players) J
Hero bets 68.3 BB and is all-in, MP calls 64.32 BB and is all-in




H3: sick spot OTR, good fold, right? I think it's always a 9 in there, also I block some of his bluffs, meh

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 94.42 BB
SB: 84.08 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q Q

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, CO raises to 4.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 13 BB, CO calls 8.5 BB

Flop: (27.5 BB, 2 players) K 4 9
Hero bets 8.64 BB, CO calls 8.64 BB

Turn: (44.78 BB, 2 players) 3
Hero checks, CO checks

River: (44.78 BB, 2 players) 9
Hero checks, CO bets 78.36 BB and is all-in, fold

CO wins 42.54 BB


H4: OTT used this sizing to set a river jam, better to just use 33%, right?

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 108.8 BB
SB: 109.4 BB
BB: 227.46 BB
UTG: 114.62 BB
Hero (MP): 101 BB
CO: 236.62 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J Q

fold, Hero calls 1 BB, CO raises to 4.5 BB, fold, SB calls 4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 15 BB, fold, SB calls 10.5 BB

Flop: (35.5 BB, 2 players) 2 4 4
SB checks, Hero bets 11.16 BB, SB calls 11.16 BB

Turn: (57.82 BB, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets 8.22 BB, SB calls 8.22 BB

River: (74.26 BB, 2 players) A
SB checks, Hero checks




h5: guy tanked a lot OTR, lol! Sooooo sick, love this one

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 90.98 BB
SB: 157.82 BB
BB: 182.24 BB
Hero (UTG): 101.2 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 114.08 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T A

Hero calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 4 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, SB calls 7 BB

Flop: (23 BB, 2 players) 2 J 5
SB checks, Hero bets 7.22 BB, SB calls 7.22 BB

Turn: (37.44 BB, 2 players) T
SB checks, Hero bets 11.76 BB, SB calls 11.76 BB

River: (60.96 BB, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero bets 19.18 BB, fold

Hero wins 57.92 BB


H6: vs whale, going for the vamo!

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 170.08 BB
BB: 174.06 BB
UTG: 183.58 BB
MP: 87.68 BB
Hero (CO): 103.18 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K Q

UTG raises to 2 BB, MP raises to 8 BB, Hero raises to 24 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, MP raises to 87.68 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 63.68 BB

Flop: (178.86 BB, 2 players) K Q 9

Turn: (178.86 BB, 2 players) 4

River: (178.86 BB, 2 players) 4



H7: I'm so ******ed to make these plays, specially when I 4-bet-call KQs some hands earlier lol. Tbh I don't know why I'm so ******ed in these spots, it seems like I suddenly turn into a big nit out of nowhere and see AA/KK everywhere lol. But RFI was a 20/13 and 3-bettor had 2% 3-bet(4% re-steal) over 500 hands

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 102.4 BB
SB: 101.5 BB
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 132.06 BB
MP: 457.12 BB
CO: 101.72 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, MP raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BTN raises to 8 BB, fold, fold, fold

BTN wins 6.5 BB


H8: good fold? I don't expect him to bluff like ever with that line, right? specially MW Also I block his worse valuebets

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 100 BB
SB: 199.2 BB
BB: 185.34 BB
UTG: 147.72 BB
MP: 96.52 BB
CO: 134.34 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9 5

fold, MP calls 1 BB, fold, Hero raises to 4 BB, fold, BB calls 3 BB, MP calls 3 BB

Flop: (12.5 BB, 3 players) 4 2 9
BB checks, MP bets 5 BB, Hero calls 5 BB, BB calls 5 BB

Turn: (27.5 BB, 3 players) Q
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets 19.6 BB, fold, MP raises to 87.52 BB and is all-in, fold

MP wins 63.36 BB


H9: All my other super nitty folds pre with AK/QQ were at least ok, but this one was soooo bad, not because we actually got to see people's cards, but like BTN vs SB vs BB, so ******ed by me, gotta man up a bit

PokerStars - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101.5 BB
SB: 103.88 BB
Hero (BB): 105.5 BB
UTG: 308.02 BB
MP: 162.82 BB
CO: 85.46 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A K

fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.44 BB, SB raises to 9 BB, fold, BTN calls 6.56 BB

Flop: (19 BB, 2 players) 7 A 6
SB bets 8.3 BB, BTN calls 8.3 BB

Turn: (35.6 BB, 2 players) 4
SB bets 18 BB, BTN calls 18 BB

River: (71.6 BB, 2 players) 9
SB bets 68.58 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 66.2 BB and is all-in

why are you 3betting so small once you limp?
H2 river shove seems waaay too thin, think x/f is the play on this runnout

It's not a thing in theory but zoom is weird where fishes are extremely tight and instead of punting money due to being impatient they're just punting because they overfold massively from blinds so you get to steal with any 2 cards

man folding a flush on turn vs a fish has to be a pretty big mistake, don't hate folding the AKs and AKo pre if we have a sufficient sample on villain and it's something ridiculous like 2% 3bet