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Studying for these "wild games". Studying for these "wild games".

03-14-2023 , 06:00 AM
I'm relatively studied and do ok in live settings, but there is a home game I play in with wild swings, etc. I'm a winning player there, but variance is all over.

1. None study poker
2. Older farmers and business owners.
3. Rarely fold even bottom pair.

Is there any material out there that specifically targets these types of games where these players have ranges of 50 to 85% hands?

I've heard Bart Hanson mention these "juicy" games on his YouTube channel on occasion, but would like to see pointers of the best approach to them.

I play tighter is about the only notable adjustment I've made. Any help is appreciated
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03-14-2023 , 07:45 AM
there are two approaches you can take with these sorts of spots:

a) tighten up, sit back, wait for good hands, and milk them
b) assuming you are playing roughly a "normal" amount of hands, loosen up (knowing you still have a range advantage), and use the range advantage you have in more hands than normal with caution

obviously option a is automatic and it is the logical exploitative thing to do, option b also makes some sort of sense in that you are generally going to be having a better hand than your opponent pre, but will naturally require you to have some level of postflop skill to properly realise that advantage, so will naturally involve a lot of variance
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03-14-2023 , 01:00 PM
Pm me invite pls.

My strategy amounts to this and only this:

Make a good hand put them in a position to make a big mistake.

Sure theres some nuance to how that is accomplished, but thats what it boils down to.
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03-14-2023 , 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sixfour
there are two approaches you can take with these sorts of spots:

a) tighten up, sit back, wait for good hands, and milk them
b) assuming you are playing roughly a "normal" amount of hands, loosen up (knowing you still have a range advantage), and use the range advantage you have in more hands than normal with caution

obviously option a is automatic and it is the logical exploitative thing to do, option b also makes some sort of sense in that you are generally going to be having a better hand than your opponent pre, but will naturally require you to have some level of postflop skill to properly realise that advantage, so will naturally involve a lot of variance
Option b might also help you get invited back to many more home games, so there might be some implied-odds in loosening up a bit
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03-16-2023 , 10:51 AM
I would look at option b and just play ABC poker post flop. Outplaying players at this type of game means waiting to flop big hands and getting maximal value. It does not mean winning every, or even many pots. Take small risks for large rewards. If they call a lot but rarely raise, you can limp in and see cheap flops intending to fold to most aggression unless you catch your big hand. Rarely bluff - it doesn’t make sense to bluff players who rarely fold and they will usually call you when you have big hands anyway, so no real need to worry about balancing your range. And yes, be ready for a fair amount of variance; you will get beat by some ridiculous holdings. Just remember it’s a marathon, not a sprint; you will be on the winning side of big pots more often than the losing side.
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03-16-2023 , 02:25 PM
the best thing to do is just review hands that you played or that other people played. playing tighter is a good adaptation, but also invest that time you have when u folded to study your opponents.
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03-27-2023 , 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob148
Pm me invite pls.

My strategy amounts to this and only this:

Make a good hand put them in a position to make a big mistake.

Sure theres some nuance to how that is accomplished, but thats what it boils down to.
Good to hear this (and similar posts from others). I thought there was another way out of it in NL2.
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