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Originally Posted by TK1991
What would change if our position was SB vs. BB? Are there wider ranges or do you follow the same logic? well thank you
In BvB, starting ranges are much wider to begin with, so you'll have a lot more hands that connect with this board, and villain will have a lot more air, so you can bet more often (both for value and as a bluff). You should generally c-bet at a fairly low frequency when OOP though.
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Originally Posted by TK1991
thank you so much for reply, BTW ArtyMcFly said that he wil be checks a lot of top flush draw, this strategy I have heard for the first time, do you use the strategy in the positions on more types of board or especially the low boards?
Especially on the boards where you have few monsters, and the turn card will often radically alter the texture, you should be checking instead of betting.
e.g. on boards like 986tt, 975tt, 652tt, the turn card will usually change the relative value of many hands.
Imagine a 986 flop with two diamonds. If you have AcAh, that's a pretty good hand. You're beating hands like QQ, TT, 77, 55, JTs, T9s, 87s, 76s, KQdd but what if the turn is a T, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, Q or a diamond? A lot of bad cards can come that turn AA from "pretty good" to "fairly useless", since - if villain isn't already ahead - he can make sets, straights, flushes, trips, two pairs. Those same turn cards that destroy the value of AA could turn your jack high or KQdd in to the effective nuts. That's what I mean about
dynamic flops: Everything can change on the turn.
In terms of strategy, it turns out that the PFR should often tread carefully on such boards when he's OOP. This means a lot of checking. You don't want to start building a big pot OOP when the board is likely to get super-ugly on the turn/river.
One of the reasons to avoid betting a marginal hand on the flop, is that it means villain will fold all his air, and only continue with hands that have great equity. Your marginal hand is going to be in a world of hurt on many runouts as villain's range will contain so many strong hands (because he folded all the air on the flop).
P.S. I've just realised I didn't directly answer the quoted question. Regarding the best flush draws (AKs/AQs), one of the reasons to check with them is so that it's possible for you to have flushes on the turn after check-calling the flop. Another reason is that AK/AQ dominate the weaker Ax/Kx/Qx that villain has in his range, which means you could be good if you spike a pair. If you bet AKs on the flop and villain folds KQ, that's not a good result for you. You'd prefer him to check back and then hit the king, so you can get some value.
Last edited by ArtyMcFly; 06-03-2017 at 12:57 PM.