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Originally Posted by kankius
1)I often get confused playing AJ and AQ when facing raises. If i am facing a raise from EP/MP, i fold almost everytime. If raise comes from CO i reraise from BU. Is it correct? i would like to stick to some default play for such hands, because nl2 is not the right place to improvise.
I would peel most of the time irrespective of where the raise comes from. Don't worry too much about being dominated, as long as you're not going to be paying off big turn/river bets when you flop top pair, it's going to be fine. You're going to have decent equity against a standard UTG range and with the advantage of position, I think it's a mistake to be folding these hands for a single raise.
Against a CO open, I would 3bet against bad players who I would expect to call too often with weaker/dominated hands but I wouldn't 3bet it against better players who I would expect to be playing a 4bet or fold strategy (not sure how many have that mentality at 2nl but nevertheless, it's good for you to start thinking that way and about what you want to achieve with your 3bets in general).
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Originally Posted by kankius
2)My second problem is related to the first one. How should i play in blinds? If steal comes from CO/BU i reraise with AJ/AQ (keep in mind that playing other hands is really clear for me) If SB steals i add AT and KQ and reraise with them. Well this problem is not very specific, i need to learn everything about blind defence. Should i defend my blinds with wider range of hands? I also find it really difficult for me to play from SB when facing a raise.
I wouldn't worry too much about defending blinds. Regardless of what others might say/think, it's not such a big deal and more often than not, many regs probably lose more by spewing from the blinds as they might if they just played tight from the blinds.
If you don't think you can overcome the disadvantage of being out of position post flop with your hand, then just fold it. People don't fold to resteals too often and the hands they are folding, you're probably crushing, so you might not be getting what you think you are by 3betting hands that crush a BTN open range but don't do as well in bloated pots when you have to act first on every street.
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Originally Posted by kankius
3) I recently learned to cbet quite good and now i am pretty confident knowing when to cbet and when the board is good. But i fold to cbets way too much. Its 75% according to HEM2 So if my opp has my stats he may think he can fire with almost any two hands.
I wouldn't worry about being exploited. People probably don't want to hear it much but even up to $100nl, most people aren't very good post flop. You're not going to find too many regs barreling air, especially at 2nl. I see so many regs that cbet flops with top pair hands and then go on check/call lines. A lot of players are incapable of betting 3 streets out of position when they feel they have showdown value, so most turn/riverbets are going to be polarized and heavily unbalanced to value hands, so just fold unless the bets are small enough where calling down wouldn't be a huge mistake.
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Originally Posted by kankius
Since i know how to cbet quite good, i have tried in many ways to rethink every move my opponent makes and why and how is he cbetting to certain flop, but i failed and as i said before, i dont want to improvise and find the correct way to improve this skill, because i dont know where to start.
In a video years ago, Baluga Whale gave out his 3 mantra's for winning at poker. They were:
Get value
Don't pay off
Don't bluff
They stand as true now as they did back then. ABC always has been and always will be the best strategy to beat micro stakes. Fancy plays and theories come and go. These are usually filtered down from high stakes games and IMO rarely apply at micro stakes.
Just play tight/solid poker and you'll blast through the micro's.
