Aaron plays 2 tables of 2,000 NL 6-Max on Poker Stars. He explains how to deal with unique situations (like facing a min-raise and a 3-bet in position with a medium strength hand) and how to deal with various 40 big blind stack types.
i have real trouble playing 40 BB players who min raise -- commit in situations where i have a medium-strong hand. e.g. KQ on a Q95 --- 4---9 board with no flush dynamic and a min raise on the river.
I hate sitting down at a table with more than 3 40 BB players as 3 bet bluffing becomes very difficult to get away with as apposed to a 100-80 BB guy
another thing, what do you think about playing low to medium pocket pairs in a 9 max game UTG+1 as you did around 13 minutes in? will it depend on the dynamic of the game, e.g a ton of LAG's who 3 bet early position raisers frequently probably best to wait to play those when in position
i have real trouble playing 40 BB players who min raise -- commit in situations where i have a medium-strong hand. e.g. KQ on a Q95 --- 4---9 board with no flush dynamic and a min raise on the river.
I hate sitting down at a table with more than 3 40 BB players as 3 bet bluffing becomes very difficult to get away with as apposed to a 100-80 BB guy
does it though? i mean it depends on the player, but 40 big blind stacks are sometimes good to 3-bet bluff with because a 4 bet literally means all in-- there isn't room to 4-bet bluff really (well, in tournaments where tournament life is important you can do some really small 4-bet bluffing) so if it goes 2.5 bigs 7 bigs or something your opponent might have to decide if he wants to put 40 bigs in or not-- that is a decision with much bigger implications than your 7 big blind decision had.
will probably only work if you're talking about a guy who is opening wide an not 4 betting a lot, but passive players like that exist, an they won't be getting anywhere near the implied odds they need to defend marginal stuff (unless they're plnning on just calling and shoving over a bunch of cbets).
another thing, what do you think about playing low to medium pocket pairs in a 9 max game UTG+1 as you did around 13 minutes in? will it depend on the dynamic of the game, e.g a ton of LAG's who 3 bet early position raisers frequently probably best to wait to play those when in position
i would never fold 66+ an would look aroun the table to see where the weak spots are when deciding if i should open 22-55. a more passive table i'd be fine opening wider, a tighter table im also fine opening relatively wide, but anytime i could mistake someone for being aggro i am going to tighten up for sure.
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So if I get it right, 3-betting offsuit broadways OOP is fine if villain doesn't 4bet much? And how do you decide to call or 3-bet if villain doesn't 4bet much, since you likely crush his range?
does it though? i mean it depends on the player, but 40 big blind stacks are sometimes good to 3-bet bluff with because a 4 bet literally means all in-- there isn't room to 4-bet bluff really (well, in tournaments where tournament life is important you can do some really small 4-bet bluffing) so if it goes 2.5 bigs 7 bigs or something your opponent might have to decide if he wants to put 40 bigs in or not-- that is a decision with much bigger implications than your 7 big blind decision had.
will probably only work if you're talking about a guy who is opening wide an not 4 betting a lot, but passive players like that exist, an they won't be getting anywhere near the implied odds they need to defend marginal stuff (unless they're plnning on just calling and shoving over a bunch of cbets).
i would never fold 66+ an would look aroun the table to see where the weak spots are when deciding if i should open 22-55. a more passive table i'd be fine opening wider, a tighter table im also fine opening relatively wide, but anytime i could mistake someone for being aggro i am going to tighten up for sure.
thats definitely a good take on 40BB guys and their stacks to a 4 bet being an allin or an amount where they are shoving any and all flops. I guess it is really player dependent as their are some other 40 BB guys who will potentially 3 bet and fold to a 4 bet with a hand as strong as JJ.
So if I get it right, 3-betting offsuit broadways OOP is fine if villain doesn't 4bet much? And how do you decide to call or 3-bet if villain doesn't 4bet much, since you likely crush his range?
this depends... KQ =/= QT, because he's defending with QJ, so there's a sliding scale for sure. also depends on our position, i would rather 3-bet them from the sb than the bb because there's no one left to act from the big and we're getting a better immediate price.
factually though it's better to 3-bet just about anything if our opponent isn't 4-betting a lot (although some players who are really advanced like kanu defend 3bets really wide and don't 4bet much and have it work really well for their style, which is a bit more passive on early streets), is calling 3-bets way too much or is just folding to 3-bet too much. with face cards we have some blockers to hands that even the tightest players will 4bet.
