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Originally Posted by Bubblebust
Hmmm. If you are going to take this strategy based on your image, I assume you are opening lighter than GTO? Because if you are opening tighter, you want those marginal hands to call.
So maybe a better exploit for your image would be to min open at 15 bbs, as you will still get people to overfold to your OMC image, and then have a chance to bail when they come over the top (again based on your image, meaning they have assumed strength)?
I am jamming fairly wide <15 bb's.
At the WSOP Circuit Main Event in March (2nd buy in after AA got cracked all in preflop vs AKs) I must have jammed like 8 times with < 15 bb's before I got called jamming with Q7s HJ by AQo BTN by a young GTO/Solver type who tanked before he called. LOL. The previous jams were KQo UTG, KJs UTG+1, AKo UTG, AQo UTG, T8o BTN, 43s CO, T7s BTN, KQs UTG). I managed to survive the Q7s hand when the river was a 7. So I cashed.
At the Borgota in one of their seasonal series I had 14 bb's and jammed with 32o on the BTN and got called by AK in the BB. 2 on the river and I survived.
At the Venetian 2 day tournament I jammed with A4s in HJ with 14 bb's and QQ called on BTN and I managed to flop an A. Finished 3rd on Day 2.
And yes there are a number of times I get called by better hands and lose. So be it. Overall though I prefer it to min raising and getting called by somebody in position and then having to bluff on the flop if I have any draws or pairs or the board favors my range. I do this with > 15 bb's and its not easy (or particularly profitable). If I am called only by a blind then it is better. But with < 15 blinds a lot of times hands that would call a min raise will fold and it helps me avoid getting knocked out. There have been times when a guy will show me AQo or TT/99 and I will always say "good fold".