tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207694267965942223.post8001428133999765750..comments2024-01-11T04:34:33.017-05:00Comments on RecessRampage - Poker and other stuff: Few concepts floating in my headAlan aka RecessRampagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00544791207717813141noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207694267965942223.post-1021960754554113922008-08-08T09:32:00.000-05:002008-08-08T09:32:00.000-05:00Check-raising flops becomes less profitable if you...Check-raising flops becomes less profitable if you don't balance your range. Once you start check-raising with things like second pair, you'll get action when you check-raise with sets and other monsters.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say leading out with monsters is bad, I'm just saying that balancing your check-raising range is important in setting up action for your check-raised monsters.SimpleStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11262911781654177301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207694267965942223.post-20897632646732132612008-08-08T09:21:00.000-05:002008-08-08T09:21:00.000-05:00Some of this sounds very familiar and yet no shout...Some of this sounds very familiar and yet no shout out. Poor form. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207694267965942223.post-24846066449705027732008-08-07T19:21:00.000-05:002008-08-07T19:21:00.000-05:001) Things like positional awareness and cold call ...1) Things like positional awareness and cold call percentage are closely related to profitability. Evidence of this can be found in the "Plugging Leaks" articles in Holdem Manager. Cold calling can be more acceptable with deeper stacks in position, but most of the time you want to be reraising or folding with hands like suited connectors. I prefer to cold call with low pocket pairs, and occasionally premium pairs (to set up a resqueeze) or various other weakish hands in position.<BR/>2) Suited connectors are great 3-betting hands. They make up a significant part of my 3-betting range, especially heads-up.<BR/>3) I'm not a huge fan of check-raising on a Kxy flop with top pair, but it can be a good move at times to balance your range against the times you'll be check-raise bluffing or check-raising with 2nd or 3rd pair. I also think check-raising with a set is sometimes OK because an opponent holding a King may have a hard time getting away from it, at least on the flop.Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181215527323378978noreply@blogger.com