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Originally Posted by donk mcReetard
as i get better and more confident in my game I find myself occasionally calling big raises pre with position. i often smack the flop hard and the original raiser can't release because he thinks he already put so many chips in the pot and he 'deserves' to win it.
am i basking in the warmth of the equalization program?
No. If you are deep and in position calling ep raises with speculative hands, especially against tight openers is profitable. They play like AA, KK, QQ most of the rest they will limp call from early position and they are damned if they are going to let it go post.
S/c, small pairs, suited one gappers. Calling a 4 or 5x pre to win 200bb makes sense. Don't get married to one pair hands and when the flop gives you a draw, don't expect to be able to raise them off their hand.
When you hit the flop hard, bet it hard, very unlikely they will ever fold post flop but will storm off moaning about rigged poker (on line) or rigged auto shuffle machines / **** dealers / unlucky dealers.
They will also call you all sorts of **** for calling so weak pre, smile sweetly at them as you count their chips into your stack.
Don't do it against a lag, their range is rarely strong enough to continue so you lose as you can't get paid when you eventually hit it hard.