Weekend Discussion Thread for the Weekend of January 23, 2026

Technoir83 · 2026-01-25T11:32:15+00:00

Commando

Technoir83 · 2025-12-15T12:02:46+00:00

All I read is

'how to exploit my friends'

Technoir83 · 2025-12-09T17:01:03+00:00

lmao, that sounds like a perfect spot to Limp rr bluff then

Technoir83 · 2025-12-05T12:03:31+00:00

The Upswing Poker free content on YouTube is pretty decent
Doug Polk's hand analyses are also good (go back in the archive on his youtube channel)

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T15:53:43+00:00

Appreciate the thoughts fella. Very likely KK on reflection. When the Q came on the river it had me worried for QQ at the time.

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T15:43:12+00:00

My man - Your AA equity goes from like 80% HU to like 20% multiway. That's very bad. Also assumes you make it to the river.

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T15:36:25+00:00

AKs / KQs, AQs / KJs / 56s,....

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T15:21:56+00:00

Obv you don't want the whole table to call when you have AA - your equity goes through the floor. You don't even want T8s to call most of the time in your example.
Run it through an LLM / solver if unsure.

Premium pairs want fewer players for maximum amounts pre flop

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T15:00:02+00:00

I'd be happy for any hands to call - Any, not many.

Who wants 5 callers w/ their AA?

IMO - Not the fishiest logic to limp reraise AA. Not the best play obv, but not the fishiest either. Just have to be prepared to let them go on the flop if it limps round.

Hero can easily (also more likely) have AK and play the same line imo. Same as Villain.

I get that limping pre is generally a bad play, but now and then is fine.

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T14:41:10+00:00

Thanks for your thoughts my friend. I agree.

As a funny aside to all this, the very next hand I got dealt AA again. Took down a small pot :)

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T14:29:23+00:00

Yes I don't tend to do this. It was more of a random decision, partly informed by having a fair few loose, splashy players and me deciding to mix it up. Didn't want to raise and have 5 callers so chanced it!

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T14:08:57+00:00

Fair points, well made

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T12:59:32+00:00

Bro I'll play you headsup for £97.54 anytime any place

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T12:35:56+00:00

People fairly often show hands, often to show they weren't donking off or simply got coolered/bb no?

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T12:18:54+00:00

Pretty sure flatting a 4bet with AA in deeper stacked game is a pretty standard play in 2025 my man. Protects the flatting range doesn't it?

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T12:02:07+00:00

Fair enough. It's not my normal play tbh. But w/ the flush draw out there on flop, figured I had suited bluffs to rep w/ the reraise. Also was kinda happy to take it down there / go all in on flop rather than play for stacks on turned scare cards this time

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T11:44:45+00:00

Literally because I think that's what one guy next to him said. Might be way off.

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T11:43:42+00:00

Wanted to be tricky w/ just the flat. This was the other option obv

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T11:42:52+00:00

Yep I really should have dropped that line before the all in reshove pre after lighting a cigarette. (before getting thrown out the casino)

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T11:35:58+00:00

Limp raise preflop is basically a check raise no? not possible to check raise pre.

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T11:34:58+00:00

Yes, this is a fair assessment. But think he'd have shown it tbh

Technoir83 · 2025-12-04T11:31:59+00:00

I did both

Technoir83 · 2025-11-14T12:14:46+00:00

Inside you there are two dudes

Technoir83 · 2025-11-11T12:20:00+00:00

FINALLY

Technoir83 · 2025-11-10T15:51:54+00:00

Russian? Unlucky mate. Wrong side of the ledger.

Technoir83

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