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Originally Posted by chrischtian
ok. player 2 is a solid reg running at 22/18 and he knows that u are a reg...so he opens utg/mp and ure in the blinds with sth. like 99-JJ, AQ, T9s-QJs. i would usually don't flat pairs smaller than 99 because they haven't enough showdown value and calling for set value vs. a good player oop is obviously -ev. AQ is close imo, bceause it could be a value 3b but i am unsure about this hand. i prefer flatting vs utg/mp opens without futher history. in another video i saw a guy suggesting to flat high sc's vs. tag utg/mp opens to merge your range. (99-JJ, AQ, maybe AJs) he argued that high sc's have a lot more post flop potential than the lower ones and that u should c/r a lot of flops w your draws, TP, obv. 2pair+...i should mention that this video was a small stakes video showing some 1/2 or 2/4 action. don't remember exactly...i really like to c/r a lot of flops, also it is high variance...what's your opinion to this spot?
well it obviously depends on villains post flop tendancies, because standard tag regs who are 22/18 can vary a hell of a lot with what they do after the flop.
you want to try and flat call with hands that can dominate some of the ones he is opening. AJs is probably the worst hand i would call an EP/ MP open with and that is pretty close against most players.
even if they open a lot of hands such as A9s etc, it doesnt mean they are going to be going crazy on an A high flop, most will play pot control and try for 2 streets of value, but they certainly wont be calling any check/raises.
you want to try and note whether you see a reg stack off with an overpair in a single raised pot for 100bb. they are really good signs of what you can flat from the blinds, because if a reg literally cant fold AA on a 459r flop despite getting check/raised on the flop, led into on the turn and shoved into on the river, then you want to be trying to set-mine vs him as the opportunity to win his stack is there.
you wont go wrong at all playing really tight out of the blinds. despite thinking people are 'always' stealing, they wont be. most wont even notice that you fold you big blind say 90% of the time, because they will just have certain ranges they raise from certain positions.
i wouldnt be 3betting EP or MP openers light from the blinds either, i will be sticking to QQ+ and AK for the most part.