Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Poker Talk; about exploiting regs I guess

I watched a 2 part series from a 1-2, 2-4 reg on deuces cracked today. The valuable content of the videos was, "taking non-standard lines to extract, and thinly overbetting for value with a polarised range." I really liked these two videos as the instructor went into depth about extracting value against regulars who you know, or assume will expect you to do something in a standard spot. (though i think the instructor was swedish and his accent made the word "here," sound like "Heyah." very annoying)

For instance, You raise KK in MP or earlier and the button/CO just calls (he 3bets QQ+ And AK), everyone else folds. Lets say button is a good reg who expects you to ch/fold w air hands a lot on boards like 334ss or 678 type boards. And will bet assuming to take down the pot a good majority of the time.

The flop comes 344 with a heart fd, you hold the KK with a heart. You check the flop and he bets.

Now, the button will think (we have reads on him, or assume he expects this), you would probably just bet a FD+overcards, your overpairs, and any type of straight draw you could have. So he bets, and you go for a C/R.

If villain thinks you would bet all your made hands, and big draws (maybe you could c/r with a big draw), then i think he's not likely to believe you have a strong holding and this will leave room for him to make a mistake.

If he has a hand like the backdoor NFD, or AQ/AK, or 56, 78 1 heart, or even made hands like 55+ he might feel his hand is best and shove or make a small raise. He might say ehh its a cooler if he shows me the nuts. and justify his play. If he has like 55+ he might just call, evaluate -call/fold turn/river.

Now the whole point of making this play is because:
1. It's unlikely you will get 2 or more streets of value against a thinking reg with your holding, on this board, (and still be good).
2. Villain can think that your line is Full of shit and make a play back.
3. It forces the reg to not put you in a shitty spot out of position. (if you took a bet bet bet line, he could bluff raise turns/rivers in position and force you to bluff catch un-improved out of position-which is shitty.)
4. Villain might not steal away the pot as much when you are checking the flop to check fold next time (allowing you to improve on turns/rivers.)
5. Villain thinks you will bet/play more aggressively out of position with all your strong hands like 1010+ or big draws.


That said, reasons to NOT make this play are:
1. Villain will call down 3 streets with a lower underpair
2. Villain is NOT capable of raising turns or rivers with semi bluffs- draws/missed draws (causing you to bluff catch or ship it uncomfortbaly against his range.) I.E.Villain plays his draws passively.
3. Villain will check back this board with a high frequency and try to get to show down with a small overpair -in which case betting is better.
4. Villain is a passive fish, or a fish uncapable of making a play here.

Just some thoughts im throwing out there. There was alot of situations where the instructor was against a reg, which the reg would assume Hero to bet or check with a high frequency. Also, the instructor was in situations where the reg would always be stabbing at a pot with a high frequency in which the reg would assume to take down the pot a ton.

So when your in a situation with a big hand where if you check villain will bet a high frequency, it's great to check/raise in order to get that extra bet from villain and induce. (unless villain will call call call anyways, or will be afraid of your c/r -which seems unlikely against good regs).

I feel like im repeating what I'm saying so imma stop and post it.

Let me know what ya think, PEACE.

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