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FkCoolers on Sticking it to the Man! RFB Plays the Bigstack

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:35:48 -0400

Paired boards play pretty aggressive. The raiser can easily have a mid pair or flush draw here so I'd just jam and if we got flatted by AK or KQ and coolered then whatever but I feel like if we fold we're folding the best hand more than 50% of the time without very specfic reads.

mmfitter on Sticking it to the Man! RFB Plays the Bigstack

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:01:53 -0400

Yeah, that's the hand. It's so interesting that two successful pros like the Dog and HC have such opposing opinions about leading or checking the flop here.

Personally I've been checking more in spots like this in the lower levels, along with checking more hit flops if Im oop, esp vs aggro opponents.

When Dog talks about his line after his lead bet is raised, he says he prob shoves most of the time.

I have to incorporate that way of thinking more into my game. My default after being raised here would prob be a reluctant fold, just as Ron did.

RonFezBuddy on Sticking it to the Man! RFB Plays the Bigstack

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:35:31 -0400

This is the hand you wanted me to post right? iirc nerdenvy was giving me a lot of problems with his position all tourney.

Poker Stars $10 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t3500/t7000 Blinds + t700 – 8 players

Hand Conversion courtesy of Tournament Poker Edge

RonFezBuddy (MP2): BB = 51.5, t360564

nerdenvy (CO): BB = 28.3, t197900

WebWill (BTN): BB = 39.7, t277846

SqueakMidge (SB): BB = 49.8, t348806

elpasocosm (BB): BB = 19.1, t133865

the wa®den (UTG): BB = 18.4, t128827

5PercentTint (UTG+1): BB = 9.9, t69625

qwzej (MP1): BB = 45.7, t319774

Pre Flop: (t16100) RonFezBuddy is MP2 with T K

3 folds, RonFezBuddy raises to t17555, nerdenvy calls t17555, 2 folds, elpasocosm calls t10555

Flop: (t61765) K 3 3 (3 players)

elpasocosm checks, RonFezBuddy bets t32555, nerdenvy raises to t79645, elpasocosm folds, RonFezBuddy?

FkCoolers on Sticking it to the Man! RFB Plays the Bigstack

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:03:19 -0400

At the lower levels I think you can safely two barrel dry boards and shut down if they continue to call.

That's where the HUD becomes an important factor, too, You look at their fold to c-bet percentage and also look at their fold to Turn bet percentage. Hopefully there is a decent enough hand sample there to use the stats.

mmfitter on Sticking it to the Man! RFB Plays the Bigstack

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:15:15 -0400

The first time I watched this video I was playing at the same time and missed alot of the content. Really glad I went back and watched it again bec this is a great video.

BogDog and HC open with a discussion about their strategy when playing a bigstack and they talk about feeling out the players on the table - seeing how much aggression they can get away with.

And later HC talks about the necessity of two and three barrelling bec he will be opening more pots than normal and talks about not shutting down every time he doesn't hit a flop.

I find this could be pretty tough to do at the lower levels when some players could be so unpredictable and stationy.