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Originally Posted by A.Ertbjerg
Just to make sure I understand what you are saying:
The point is that against a player who opens a wide range in LP it is profitably to play ALL SCs, one-gappers etc. and as such we should be trying to play them all to maximize our profit.
The reason these hands are profitable is because our opponent opens a wide range AND that we are in position, right?
This might seem counter-intuitive to some people, but hands like SCs become more profitable as the villain's range becomes tighter, and they are less profitable when the villain's range is wider. This is because you have better implied odds when the villain's range is tighter (ie. stronger). Likewise, if the villain is more likely to auto stack off with TP+, your implied odds are higher and hands like SCs become more profitable. If your opponent is less likely to stack off in stupid ways, then SCs become unprofitable.
When the villain's range is something like 22+, Ax, Kxs, K8o+, Q8s+, Q9o+, J8s+, J9o+, T7s+, T9o, 97s+, 98o, all SCs, all suited 1-gappers, then you call with 76s and the flop is 762 or 663, the likelyhood of the villain holding something that he's willing to stack off with is so low. OTOH, if his range is more like 88+, AJs+, AQo+, KJs+, KQo, QJs then you expect to make much more on average when you do flop a monster.
As a corollary though, as the villain's range gets wider, hands that we might normally fold due to fear of domination become playable. For example, if a TAG opens UTG, we'd fold QJo on the BTN 100% of the time. But if the same TAG opens from the SB, we'd call QJo from the BB.
Last edited by Dazarath; 05-18-2008 at 04:45 PM.