Join Date: Apr 2010
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pre loses money
when they make it 2x you can peel with this type of hands but you'd still want a bit more card quality, say Q8s+ and K5s+
also depends on positions, so while you can call a small btn open with Q6s, you can't vs ep opens because the ep range will be much stronger than yours, coupled with the lack of position means it's extremely hard to make money postflop. in a perfect world with no rake, maybe, but rake is a huge factor at microstakes, much worse than you'd think. this is a big reason why at small stakes people default to 3b a lot pre and there's less flatting, pots won pre are not affected by rake.
you raised the flop, 3b flop is smth your opp would be able to do once you raised
you might not want to have a x/r range on a dry flop that heavily favors your opp. x/raising flops with nothing is never a good idea, the choice of hands you typically x/r should have some sort of equity (gutshots, bdfd the least). it's ok to fold garbage and you are supposed to fold everything that fares poorly vs a strong ep open. there is simply nothing you can do when your opp's range is so much stronger than yours on a flop.
you need to understand that within the flow of this game, everybody is entitled to their own small victories and just like when you open pre, cb an Ahigh flop ip and take it down a lot of the time, so should your opponents. this game is really a contest of who can realize the most of their equity. if you simply have little to no equity, you are better off not trying to capture 100% (the pot), a huge step up from your 10-20%. this would very much be forcing +ev situations, as opposed to letting them come naturally to you. one day you'l understand what I mean.
back to the hand, if you are not interested in balancing your x/r range on this flop, you can get away with x/r your strongest hands. now unfortunately for you, because your opp has a narrow range and AA/QQ and AQ make up a decent % of it, you cannot raise some of your 2p for value. Q6 and not even A6 are very valuable hands on this flop relatively to your opp's range for calling a flop raise. a "balanced" x/r range, believe it or not, would be 66 and AQ, together with your 6x with a bdfd (because these are too weak to x/c multiple streets but have some chances when x/r to hit trips and runner runner flushes). honestly, AQ and 6x are only there to balance your set. so when balance goes out the window, 66 is the only hand you should x/r for value on this flop vs this opp's range. your 2p are bluff catchers here and can at least call a turn bet.
on the turn, A6 and Q6 are not strong enough to bet imo and should be used as bluff catchers. your opp will have some straight draws at this point which fold to a bet so there is value to bluff catching. AK and turned fds prob bet so you're not missing out on much value.
same on the river, A6/Q6 not strong enough to bet for value and because you also bet the turn and further narrowed your opp's range, your weak 2p are now just check/folds as part of the bottom of your range. AQ and 66 should x/c river imo.
