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Originally Posted by wangtangkiki
Thank you for your advice.
When you say I'm giving up on too many pots, do you mean I'm folding to c-bets too often? I know when I first started, I almost always fold 2nd pair and sometimes top pair w/ a bad kicker.. Do you suggest calling with 2nd pair if I have backdoors? I'm starting to call with straight+flush backdoor draws..
It depends on the opponent.
First of all, most of the time YOU should be the c-better. The basic principle of preflop play is that you DO NOT CALL. You fold or raise. Te only hands to call with are speculative hands that have high implied odds. That means lowish pocket pairs and suited connectors.
As for folding to c-bets: if you have 2nd pair on an Kh8s2d board with your 8h7h, look at your opponent. Is he c-betting 70%? Then he is c-bettting a huge amount of air, so likely you are folding the best hand.
I'd still fold out of position (but how in the hell did I get on that position?), but call in position. You are likely ahead.
Also RAISE a fair amount of bets. A pair and a flushdraw is an excellent semi-bluff bet.
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I've started to use position a lot more.. I'll definitely widen my range; For this month, I'm still at ~20% VPIP OTB, I'm raising any SC, pairs, Ax.. I just checked PokerStove and I didn't realize how wide 30% is.. I need to loosen up a lot..
My button raneg against unknowns:
22-AA, any Ax, Any Kxs, 45s-98s, 75s-T8s, any 2 cards 9 and higher.
Against nits in the blinds this goes to 100% until they start playing back.
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To ramp up my aggression, what type of situations should I be raising? I'm starting to raise nut flush draws a lot.. c/r too.. I don't know if it's smart to only raise the nut flush.. I never raise them before.. It's fine to raise with straight draws too I'm sure..
Thanks again for your help.. I ask a lot of questions because I want to get better.
Also opponent dependent. Against rabid c-betters, bluff c/r with some regularity, both with strong made hands and any draw.
It's fairly hard to balance this -- if you overdo it, you quickly start spewing. But if you spot a player that just bets all the time, you can basically raise some of his bets at random. Your fold equity will be huge (That is, he is folding almost his entire range).