Blind Play

Flatting Vs. 3 Betting

How wide is my opponent opening?

How much are they folding to 3 bets?

If I 3 bet and make top pair am I

happy stacking off?

Flatting Vs. 3 Betting Contd

How much does my opponent 4 bet?

How aggressive is my opponent post

flop?

If I flat in the SB how likely am I to

get squeezed?

What Hands To Lead Vs.

Checkraise

How wet is the flop?

Is the pot multiway?

Is there a fish involved in the pot?

Does my hand get worse on a lot of

turns?

What Hands To Lead Vs.

Checkraise Contd

Whats my relative position?

How does this board hit my perceived
range?

Do I have backdoor equity if i lead air?

Is my opponent likely to pot control?

Multiway Vs. HU Pots

People are more likely to bluff and be nonbelievers in hu pots

Every action tends to look stronger in

multiway pots

You can rep wider (though not necessarily

stronger) ranges when closing the action
from the blinds multiway

Blind Vs. Blind Play

Dont 3 bet hands that play well in

position vs people who are able to 4
bet bluff

Can see lots of flops either by

flatting or 3 betting (punish people
who open too wide)

Blind Vs. Blind Play Contd

People tend to do a lot of one and

out betting blind vs blind, float a
decent amount

Check someones fold bb to steal

before opening marginal hands (80+
can open really wide)

The Difference Between The Co

And The Button

Co opens are a lot tighter, therefore much

stronger ranges

Much more profitable to 3 bet button ppl open

wider and fold to 3 bet similar pct of time

CO going to have a lot fewer bluffs postflop

due to tighter ranges, button going to have a
lot more semi bluffs

Floating In Pos Vs. Out Of

Pos

Floating dry boards can be effective

OOP vs good opponents because its
credible ex: a72 rainbow

Floating in position can rep tons of

hands on turns and rivers especially
BVB

Floating In Pos Vs. Out Of Pos

Contd

Want to float hands where we can

make big hands or hands where we
are going to hit when opponent barrels

Floating is best vs opponents who

arent going to fire lots of turns as
bluffs (low turn cbet) and who arent
suspicious (low wwsf/wtsd)

Dealing With Being 3 Bet

BVB

With mid pairs generally better off 4 bet

or folding because they play so poorly OOP
vs aggressive opponent who has lead and
position

Generally want to be flatting 3 bet with

hands like suited/unsuited broadway
because they flop good tps and overcards
that you can check jam if you want

Dealing With Being 3 Bet BVB

Contd

Have a plan if going to call 3 bet OOP

(am I going to bluff raise certain
flops? how tight do I think his range
is? If I hit top pair should i
checkraise/lead to induce?)

If happening a ton simply tighten

opening range

Flatting Big Hands From The

Blinds

Allows us to rep a stronger range when

check raising/leading
Can induce squeezes from bb

Makes our calling range tougher to barrel if

we chose to slowplay post

Generally makes opponent feel

uncomfortable playing against us (nondefined ranges)

Im Getting A Good Price

Fold because OOP, dont have

initiative, multiway means harder to
bluff/extract value OOP

Exception is if fish is involved

because theyre going to make so
many mistakes postflop

Fish Who Limp And When To Iso

Iso anything decent/playable if they

limp co or button except baby offsuit
aces (play badly)

Iso big broadway hands and mid

pairs + if they limp ep

Fish Who Limp And When To Iso

Cont`d

Look at their WWSF, if its low you can

iso much wider and just take down most
pots (also check fold to flop cbet)

BVB if they limp iso anything but the

junkiest hands so you can exploit your
skill advantage, positional advantage
and having the initiative in a bigger pot

Squeezing

Squeeze hands that you dont think

youll profitably play oop/ value
hands (dont go too light here)

Hands like kq, a10, aj are good to

squeeze because people dont
slowplay very often vs squeezes

Squeezing Cont`d

Squeeze light for value if fish

involved, any decent broadway hand
should show a profit

Once you squeeze and see a flop

make sure you think hard about flop
cbet often going to have to jam turn if
bet flop

Cold 4 Betting And What To

Consider

How wide is the original raiser opening? Is

the 3 bettor likely to notice these things?

How much does the 3 bettor 3 bet from

that position?

Do I have a blocker? (always nice to

reduce some combos)

Cold 4 Betting And What To

Consider Cont`d

Does the 3 bettor have a high fold to

4 bet? Does the opener have a high
fold to 3 bet?

10`s And Jacks Facing 3

Cold

Can flat vs straightforward opponents or 4

bet get in if either 3 bettor is spewy or he
folds to tons of 4 bets (given LP scenario)

Absolutely fine to fold in this spot, no one

knows what you fold

If you flat your hand is going to look a lot

like what it is, not going to make much
money if stacks go in

How To Defend Vs. Button

Minraises

Can flat really wide range in bb if

confident in postflop game/ button on
more passive side post

If 3 betting need to go bigger,

roughly 4x open to cut down odds
button gets on his call

How To Defend Vs. Button

Minraises Cont`d

Generally means button is opening

really light so mess with them
postflop

Can peel more small pair type hands

instead of 3 bet or folding them
because the investment is so minimal

3 Bet Bluffing EP Raisers

Take hands that arent likely to get

you in trouble (56ss, 75ss) as
opposed to bluffing with kj, kq hands

Need to do it occasionally so that

you can 3 bet big hands for value
otherwise its just always strong

3 Bet Bluffing EP Raisers

Cont`d

Be careful, lots of people slowplay/

play cautiously with hands like
queens vs your 3 bet in this spot

No need to do this vs opponents who

dont fold to 3 bets anyways
(below/around 60% F3B)