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Originally Posted by ChiefBlackfoot
This hand is indicative of nothing about OPs post flop game or anything. I am pretty sure OP is trying to get live players to make big mistakes on turn/river, and on plenty of runouts the guy who flatted JJ is going to call a c-bet then fold to a 2nd barrel. If hero uses proper sizing and has a good read on opponents, opening close to ATC UTG 7 handed is probably justified at some of these really soft tables. If you don't agree then you must consider players like Selbst, Mercier, TheGrinder, etc. to be complete luckboxes since this is how they play in order to accumulate a big stack.
This is a bunch of bullcrap. Rec players folding top pairs or god forbid overpairs in 560$ mtts? Good luck with that. Opening ATC utg? Good luck with that. Players that you have mentioned are not poker elite by any means, and they still don't open T8o utg. Not a single decent player does.
Soft field means that you can value town people easily and wider and that you can get away from tough spots easier because opposition is playing predictably and usually telegraph their hands strength. Somehow some players think that "soft field" = I will open ATC because I am a poker god and will outplay those noobs. Then embarassing hands like this happen.