Super sweet thread. I love the answers you have given so far. Thanks for doing this.
If you have time to answer more questions, below questions are ranked in order of importance to me:
Q1. If all you have is stats on a reg, how do you know if you can profitably flat hands like 56s QTs T9s KTs KJo(marginal hands)? If you go by raise 1st %, how do you know what % is loose enough for you to profit? I realise this is kind of difficult to answer because it depends on squeezy/recreational players behind, but iv been flatting stuff all over the place, like QTs OTB vs an 11% UTG opener which iv been told is wrong but i still don't have too much of a clue. Is it a difficult decission for everyone? or are there ways of figuring these problems out away from the table? Any advice you could give would help
Great questions clown table
I would rly love to hear the answer for his final question, if you have time(Q2 below)
Q2. "What's your general thought process like in spots where you 3bet for value but don't flop a pair i.e. you 3bet AK (or AQ) both IP and more importantly OOP. Mine tends to be "**** now what" which can't be optimal :P I feel like if I 3bet AQ for value there have to be a bunch of worse unpaired combos in villains range so I should be thinking "bluffcatch" but somehow I can't quite pull the trigger often. "
Q3. Your answer to this hand kind of confused me. You talked about being able to bluff in all spots you value bet. To be gto here, if we vbet AK+ my math says we could bluff 14 combos and be gto. Are you saying hero's play is bad because TJo would not fit into your bluffing range(say you would rather bluff missed hearts to give a better bluffing frequency and betting 14 combos of air here is fine till you find out if he calls too wide), or do u not bluff in this spot at all, because of an exploitative general read you have for this spot. Would you vbet KQ here?