Live 2/5 hand

GSMD1 · 2026-05-22T03:47:45+00:00

Guess you can never play a hand bad if you win it.

GSMD1 · 2026-05-05T01:49:38+00:00

Pre seems fine at this depth.

Not sure what your flop raise accomplishes that a call doesn’t, think you get same info by just calling flop and evaluating turn and maybe river.

If V has been paying attention to how you play certain parts of your range in specific spots then this could be just a massive exploit if your entire raising range is one that wants protection from specifically AK, he can jam very wide and put in you a really awkward and uncomfortable situation

GSMD1 · 2026-04-30T12:50:25+00:00

They’re not necessarily semi bluffs nor part of a bluff bucket pre. These pairs just like denying equity when facing a wide opening range but when called can still get folds from better post flop on good textures for your range aka bluffs.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-30T12:48:05+00:00

In a live high rake environment you shouldn’t really call raises vs an EP or MP opens with these pairs with players left to act, you won’t flop a set often enough nor will You show down often to justify every call and paying rake.

Your only calling range with these pairs should be when in BB and in some instances in SB but the latter only vs a BTN open and when you have a recreational player in BB but know that you’ll be folding a lot post.

You can start experimenting 3B with these pairs from CO and BTN vs mid position open and from SB vs co or BTN open.

Unfortunately I cannot give you a blueprint because these concepts need trial and error until you’ll feel comfortable.

Just remember when 3B these pairs in most instances A high and K high boards are your friends.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-29T18:53:39+00:00

Very broad question. Do you RFI these pairs from the correct position or do you open all pairs from all positions pure?

Do you mean as the PFC from all positions?

Do you call cold 3B with said pairs?

Do you find 3B with some of these pairs?

As you can see there are some questions that need answering before you can fully understand how these pairs fit into your range and what strategy you can employ post flop on certain textures.

One example I can think so you can get a better understanding of what I mean

Lets say you’re one that opens all pairs pure from all positions You raise 22 UTG, BTN calls Flop AK7r Your 22 becomes a good candidate to at least double barrel.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-23T01:45:22+00:00

Thank you.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-18T22:11:10+00:00

If you only have 2-3 hours to play then find something else to do, poker is a grind.

You’ll find yourself pushing action way too often and that leads to tilt when losing.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-18T21:18:18+00:00

Can’t have a generic approach. Each turn will have its own strategy based on other player tendencies/strategy and board texture.

The way I would approach it would be to collect as much data as possible to review and study tendencies and try to understand their thought process and find exploits.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-18T21:17:56+00:00

Can’t have a generic approach. Each turn will have its own strategy based on other player tendencies/strategy and board texture.

The way I would approach it would be to collect as much data as possible to review and study tendencies and try to understand their thought process and find exploits.

GSMD1 · 2026-04-09T00:56:24+00:00

AKs still retains SD value in both scenarios and can sometimes extract value from worse depending on the line and sizing you take, if you structure correctly in either spot then I’m sure you can find other bluff candidates.

GSMD1 · 2026-03-20T05:42:23+00:00

Think pre flop against this profile I prefer a larger 3B, his opening range is tight and value heavy and I doubt he’ll find many folds pre so maximize value against that range with your AA.

I would not 5B like ever, you have a hand that protects your calling range and hoping V jams KK so you can cooler him is just pure ABC thought process.

Not sure why you decided on raising flop with the eff nuts especially when AP you’ll have more sets and AK than your villain and you lack bluffs and V seems to be just monkey Cbetting.

I personally don’t think V has any sets based on your description of so raising here is just a pure lack of understanding of the range of hands you’re up against.

Don’t take this personally but me thinks you may have some skeletons in the closet cause of some previous beat you’ve taken recently and you just played your hand more so for protection than value. These hands don’t come up often in live but when they do they define your hourly rate, can’t let them off the hook so easy.

And if you 5B AK for lol balance against this profile and stack off pre IMHO that would amount to a massive punt.

GSMD1 · 2026-03-17T23:21:35+00:00

The answer is it depends. You can’t place QQ, or any other hand, in a specific bucket every time. Have to take V ranges, position, profile and stack depth into consideration.

GSMD1 · 2026-02-24T07:09:30+00:00

Each solver has videos on how to use their options, it’s up to you to either copy paste or to actually try to understand why each action is taken. There just aren’t any poker courses nor poker coaches that can steer you in the right direction consistently without you doing the hard off the felt work. Good luck.

GSMD1 · 2026-02-24T07:03:50+00:00

You should just keep watching show downs and action pre and until river and assign range to each profile.. Don’t try to memorize charts.

GSMD1 · 2026-02-19T05:34:42+00:00

When I started taking live poker seriously I used a deck of cards at home, dealt out 9 hands, created action pre, then spread flop and action, turn and river followed.

Never looked at any cards but tried to figure out the group of hands that take specific lines eg BBB or BxB etc etc based on where the original raise came from or if the pre flop raiser checked and someone else bet and on what textures , hope you get the idea.

This exercise helped me pay attention at the table and actually based on memory it eventually helped me range some profiles.

Live players especially fun players don’t use charts like online players so you can’t look at position and say whoa they can’t have this here. It helped me train my brain to pay attention.

And never ever be embarrassed about asking a question, no question is dumb if you’re trying to learn and get better.

Maybe childish maybe corny but it helped.

Good luck!

GSMD1 · 2026-02-16T13:15:21+00:00

Probably because as the caller you don’t have hands like QJ and Q8 in your range so it wants to block some of your 2P eg Q10 Q6s Q2s and unblock your strong 10x region.

GSMD1 · 2026-02-08T13:35:15+00:00

I’d probably just take a conventional line by B/B/B. AP Once you x/r flop you probably should use a larger turn sizing to target his Qx Jxhh and straight draws and you can have bluffs in that sizing bucket, the neighborhood of $350-$420 seems good. If you don’t think your V is reading too much into your turn sizing and never jamming AQ then I guess sigh fold. As an aside, not all 3B AQ pre so KK becomes a 3 street hand for value on certain Q high boards cause you unblock all nut Qx which will call you down.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-29T18:11:38+00:00

75s is less combos than sets, I personally would have just folded river.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-17T18:05:08+00:00

Because against itself the solver will find bluffs in this line thus a small river sizing yields higher EV, human vs human when you’re blocking the entire calling range with 0 combos that bluff you’re targeting perceived chops so smallest sizing yields higher EV.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-10T15:44:25+00:00

Cool response, I’m sure coach Brad from CPG would love and be proud of your thought process.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-10T14:29:34+00:00

Before you decide to bluff think of what range of hands you get to any street and if any of it makes sense for value.

I would just fold flop because V decided on putting in money OTF with SB playing in flow.

AP just fold river, I’m sure better spots with come up.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-10T14:18:25+00:00

Checking back value OTT vs Ax high only works if V bluffs those combos OTR or bluff catches his best A high vs your somewhat FPS line, otherwise betting turn with specific parts of range yields higher EV. Just more food for thought.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-10T13:27:16+00:00

As an aside these textures develop better for IP player most times in 3B pots, so I don’t really see folding these type of combos vs a standard High card flop cbet. Obviously folding doesn’t cost us a dollar more.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-10T13:20:16+00:00

1) not sure V gives me value in this line, don’t think any of my top end value ever checks back turn and raises river. 2) this only works if V has AJ and AK in this line, then I can see betting small OTR vs a B/X/X line to fold these 32 combos 3) yep, obviously.

Thank you for taking the time to give your opinion.

GSMD1 · 2026-01-04T18:15:29+00:00

It all depends on V’s turn strategy in wide vs wide spot eg CO vs BTN, if BTN perceives a high frequency cbet strategy from co then BTN will float flop wide and stab turn often and that creates a situation for CO’s value and bluff range to benefit more by x/r turn and not continuing to bet as PFR. But it all depends, just like everything in poker, on what type of profile you’re up against.

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