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Question

Single High Card Flop BU bet, call Turn making 3 straights possible Bet 66, call River Brick Sizing? Approx bf? Value Region? Good Bluffs?

Answer 1

35-50% bf Brick * K: 66 and shove * Q, J : Pot and Shove Lower top pair will favour more betting + small sizing due to overpairs • Smaller Size ○ Strongest Top pair in bb range mixed 50% • Shove: ○ Essentially top 2, but there's a lot of mixing and top 2 usually goes to smaller sizing ○ Top set always wants to shove ○ Lower sets seem to mix about 50/50 • Bluffing tips • High card blockers e.g. 2 high card high card low card, missed sd + hc ○ Tend to all go to smaller sizing * Hands blocking top end of straight particularly missed oes much prefer shove * These are really high frequency shove without missed fd * Be careful over mixing shove with missed top side gutters on k high

Answer 2

Pure Pot and 140% raise ``` • PP below top pair + can go in pot • All top pair goes in pot apart from ○ TPTK check raises which is seriously baller • Straight: ○ Top straight mix 50/50 ○ Second straight pure x raise • Sets ○ Pure x raise • 2 pair ○ 2 pair with top pair bets 75%, checks 25% ○ All non top pair 2 pair x raises ``` X raise Bluffs • All rivered fd pairs which ○ Don't block second pp betting for value which will fold X calling river ``` • Pairs with ○ Ace ○ Blockers to both straights are pure x calls ○ Blocker to top strait mix 50 50 • Ace high with ○ Blockers to top straight ○ Blcokers to both straights ```

Answer 3

Value • In Theory, any second pair should be good if opponent is 1. Betting almost all top pair 2. Blocking almost all second pair * In practice, I would think sptk + is probably a more robust strategy * That being said, one of the major drivers of not betting second pair is the danger of x raise and x raise bluff which most people will not do enough Bluff • Good cards for bluffing ○ Blocking the straight in any way ○ Blocking missed fd in any way

Answer 4

Pot and Block, 140% raise Value • Pot ○ PP below top pair + ○ Almost all top pair § In practice, working more top pair into block to deal with raises is probably a good idea • Block ○ Flopped second pair+ ○ Strong value blocking bluff catchers e.g. top 2 or KQ on k high blocking QQ * Some 2 pair with top and non second pair is checked but is infrequent play * All 2 pair not blocking top and second pair is in x raise Check Calling ``` • Good check calling hands: ○ Low cards ○ Blocking missed fd ○ Some stronger ace high should be mixed 50/50 ○ Ace ``` • Bad cards: ○ High cards like kx qx tend to make pairs favour fold

Answer 5

Value * Any Rivered second pair * Stronger flopped still second pair Bluffing • Good properties for bluffing: ○ Low cards ○ Cards that normally bluff turn such as missed fd and sd

Answer 6

Flush • Pure 140% • Top 2 + • Really high EV • Bf ~ 45% • Tons of bluffing with low straight blockers even without flush blocker • High card + missed sd + now fd blocker now very bad to bluff •

Answer 7

Sizing = Pot • BF ~ low 30s to high 40s Value * Trips down to 9 is pure * 8 is 50/50 mix for k,q, pure check for J * All but underpair (second pp) directly below trips are pure bet * Quads is pure check * Overpairs essentially pure check (there's about 30% to weakest overpair) * SPTK is pure bet, but all other pairs check

Answer 8

``` • Pot + shove • BF ~40% • Even Split TPSK is 50% mix to either size Trips required to pot ``` Good Bluffs: Random cards beneath card beneath trips blocking unsuited trips

Answer 9

``` • Pot + shove • BF ~40% • Even Split TPSK is 50% mix to either size Trips required to pot ``` Good Bluffs: Random cards beneath card beneath trips blocking unsuited trips

Answer 10

* 66/140 * BF ~ 50% * 2/3 tp 140 * 1/3 to 66 * 66 * Trips with kicker 8 or high * Flushes blocking trips like this size * Houses blocking trips like this size * 140 * Mixed at top trips common for opponent * Unblocking flushes * Unblocking trips houses • Bluffs High cards with flush blocker are almost pure

Answer 11

``` • 140% Size • Overall Frequency is very linked to quantity of overpais ○ On J high, bf ~ 45% ○ On Q high bf ~37% ○ On k high bf ~ 30% ``` Value * Pure: Overpairs+ (there is 25% x back top set sepcifically) * 80%: Tptk * 50/50: Tpsk Good bluffs • Very dependent on whether there is FD FD • Ace high with fd blocker and kicker not 1 beneath top pair e.g. AQ on k high ○ On J high, ATo with fd blocker bluffs anyway • Random overcard undercard tends to be about 50% • Wheel ace gutters are almost pure • Suited low gutters blocking folding pp tend to mix about 25% • Oes about 50% • KQ is pure on J high • QJ works in about 50% on k high • K high + other bw needs fd blocker to barell on q high • Baby Oes pure bluff Rainbow * Strong Ace high rarely barells * Gutters and OES barell a lot more * High low cards Barell a lot more * Random bws still need to barell, but now suits are unimportant and they are often mixed 50/50 if they are candidates like QJ on k high or KT on Q high

Answer 12

Size = Pot BF ~ low 30s to high 40s * Trips down to 9 is pure * 8 is 50/50 mix for k,q, pure check for J * All but underpair (second pp) directly below trips are pure bet * Quads is pure check * Overpairs essentially pure check (there's about 30% to weakest overpair) * SPTK is pure bet, but all other pairs check

Answer 13

* Pot + shove * BF ~40% * Even Split * TTSK is 50% mix to either size (This value region could do with more fleshing out) * Trips to pot Good Bluffs: Random cards beneath card beneath trips blocking unsuited trips

Answer 14

* Pot + shove * BF ~40% * Even Split * TTSK is 50% mix to either size (This value region could do with more fleshing out) * Trips to pot Good Bluffs: Random cards beneath card beneath trips blocking unsuited trips

Answer 15

``` 40% Size • Overall Frequency is very linked to quantity of overpairs: ○ On J high, bf ~ 45% ○ On Q high bf ~37% ○ On k high bf ~ 30% ``` Value: • Pure: Overpairs+ (there is 25% x back top set sepcifically) • 80%: Tptk 50/50: Tpsk BLUFF: FD • Ace high with fd blocker and kicker not 1 beneath top pair e.g. AQ on k high ○ On J high, ATo with fd blocker bluffs anyway • Random overcard undercard tends to be about 50% • Wheel ace gutters are almost pure • Suited low gutters blocking folding pp tend to mix about 25% • Oes about 50% • KQ is pure on J high • QJ works in about 50% on k high • K high + other bw needs fd blocker to barell on q high • Baby Oes pure bluff • Turned bottom pair top kicker is basically pure Rainbow * Strong Ace high rarely barells * Gutters and OES barell a lot more * High low cards Barell a lot more * Random bws still need to barell, but now suits are unimportant and they are often mixed 50/50 if they are candidates like QJ on k high or KT on Q high * Turned bottom pair top kicker is basically pure bet and will often go to large sizing on river

Answer 16

• 66 and shove * 40-50% bf * 30% ish to 66 * 10% sih to shove • 66 ○ AK, AA • Shove 2 pair +

Answer 17

140% Value@ * Theoretically tptk without blocking fd should always check * In practice probably fine to bet because there is little danger of x raise bluff in this line Bluffs: Lower aces, ideally blocking straights K + low card, hands like k8,k9 mix about 50% on q high even not blocking straights KQ mixes about 50% on J high Turned bottom pair is almost pure bluff

Answer 18

``` J high • Pure pot • Overpair + • KQ is main bluff (around 50%) • Low wheel aces also near pure ``` Q high * Pot and shove * Around 30 vs 10 split • Pot ○ Overpair + • Shove ○ 2 lower sets mixed 50/50 ``` Good bluffs ○ K high low card ○ Ace high low card ○ Bottom pair ○ Under sd can be shoved but not potted ```

Answer 19

Q high 66 and Shove * 50% ish bf * Split half and half ``` • 66 ○ Rivered top pair from FD specifically should mix 50% ○ Always Rivered top set • Shove ○ Top 2 is 50% mix ○ Non top sets ALWAYS SHOVE ``` K high ``` • 66 and Shove • Similar to Q high BUT FAR MORE SHOVING • Bf 60% ○ 35% shove ○ 27% 66 • No bluff is ever giving up ``` ``` • Shove ○ All but second set ○ 90% top 2 • 66% ○ Rivered top pair from fd 50% mix ``` J high * 66 + shove * 50% ish bf * 40% to 66, 10% to shove ``` • 66 ○ All top pair on none ace ○ All fd ace on ace ○ Weakest aces check • Shove: ○ Set ``` Overpairs check as they don#'t block rivered 2 pair

Answer 20

``` Pot + Shove Approx bf ○ 50% ○ 40% to Pot ○ 10% to shove ``` Value ``` • Pot ○ Weakest pair in bb range exactly • Shove ○ Depends on how much 2 pair bb turns and rivers ○ Safe to just shove top 2 + ``` Bluffs * Missed sds, ideally not containing 2 broadways * Random low cards * Low missed fds * Really low cards like the larger size

Answer 21

Size = Pure Pot is close enough ~50% BF Value Strongest common pair in bb range - 1 Bluff • NOT KQ on J high flop • High low cards • Missed sds with as few broadways in as possible • KQ, KQ sds have SDV and don't want to bluff, same goes for K9 Low missed fds

Answer 22

K high: 33% Q high: 66% J high: Pot Almost all top pair bets apart from KQ on K high TPTK doesn't really want to check Weaker ace highs pure bluff • Very familiar strat ○ 2 pair unblocking top pair pure x raise ○ Sets pure x raise ○ 2 pair with top pair mixes mainly bet

Answer 23

IP vs Bet Very Very Blocker Dependent Against all but overbet, need to mix in calls with strongest ace high unblocking missed draws Really hard to get second pair to fold if it doesn't block draws

Answer 24

IP vs X • 66% • All, but weakest top pair (basically can't be a mistake to bet top pair) • Very little bluffing • Really looking for cards unblocking folds • Or hands that should have barelled turn • Some weaker ace x pure bluffs if it blocks low straights In general, qx bluffs at lower frequency as AQ will often be a high % x fold Low cards preferred for bluffing, Cards which block turn draws

Answer 25

OOP vs x bet • Good cards to hero call ○ Ace ○ Low cards like low pairs are very good ○ Not ace high almost ever in these positions ○ Missed fd hands, but this is a super minor effect In theory xQ pairs are good because Qx shouldn't bluff blocking AQ folds... in theory

Answer 26

``` • 66 and Shove • BF ~ 45% ○ 10-20% Shove ○ 25-35% to 66 • 66 ○ AK • Shove ○ Top 2+ ``` • Good bluffs ○ Missed sd § Less broadways the better but Jt should be 50% ish mix § No broadways should always bluff ○ Turned weak second pair without fd can shove river ○ Low ax Lower hands tend to want to rip more

Answer 27

• Pure Pot (This may be worth revisiting at some point, there should probably be a lot of 140 and some pure shoving on very low runnouts) • BF ~50 ○ TPTK ``` • Good bluffs ○ Missed SDs § Directly connected (89, 9T) OE under board are only ones that tend to give up § Don't bluff k high missed sd ○ High lo K and Q ○ Weak Ace highs are fantastic ```

Answer 28

* Sizing = 140% * Bf 35-55% depending on how bricky Value ``` • Super Bricky ○ TPSK+ pure • Middling brick ○ TPTK: 80% ○ TPSK: 50% ``` Bluffing Total of bluffing dependent on overall agression from brickiness of turn card Really high % bluffs (75% +) * A2s, A3s * Unsuited overcards + BW Gutter * Unsuited BW OE * Suited Lower OE * Low suited K K6s, K5s (K7-K8 prefer to give up) * Turned second pair * A9o blocking fd High (50% +) * Suited (non fd) Ace high BW gutter * Suited (non fd) BW OE * Wheel Draws * A5s -A8s * Lower suited gutters

Answer 29

* Size = Pot * BF ~ 30-35% Value ``` • TPTK ~ 50% • Overpair essentially pure • Top set 75% bet • TP + fd ○ A, K kicker: pure bet ○ Q, T kicker: 50 mix ``` Bluff High % (75%+) * OE blocking straight is essentially pure * Ax + one card gutter is 75% + * On J + Q high A+undercard +nfd blcoker is 75% + Medium (~50%) * One card gutter is about 40% bet * Mid OE two card ~ 50% * Wheel aces 25-40% * KQo on J high is 50% + * Qj and s on K high about 40% Very Low (<25%) * Non nut fds without 2 overs * AT + fd unless on J high * Gutters that don't block straight are basically pure x * Draws to bottom end of straight ~25%

Answer 30

Brick Flush Card * Sizing = 66 * BF = 40-55%, mainly dependent on protection Value High % ``` • Low Sets • Flushes ○ Super Super block like AK flushes check about 50% ○ Hi lo flushes can check ~10% • Overpair ``` Mid • 2 pair 50/50 Top Pair Top pair + over +nfd = pure check On J high, we have way more overpairs to barell so top pair paired card fd is also pure check Other high cards tp+non fd over = pure bet 50% mix point Kicker at which top pair without redraw is 50%, almost all above is pure bet, below is < 25% bet For undercards • J 9ish is 50% mix point • K 9 is 50% mix point (below is pure x) • Q is about 7 as well Undercard + redraw ~= 50% bet Bluff * Axo * Trump ace pure bet * Second card fd 8 or lower pure bet, higher pure check * Random 2 cards Directly below top pair 75%+ bet * Random other fds 80% * Random other undercards 20% bet * Oes are 80% + bet * Unsuited gutters with overs to second pair is 80% * Suited gutters about 50% bet * KJ no connection on Q high and KQ on J high 80% but other random high card overcard are fairly low frequency * No suit wheel is about 40%

Answer 31

Sizing = 140% BF ~ 50-55% K Value * All k > 6 pure bet * K <=6 25% bet (75% with fd) * All else check is probably easiest Q Value * Top pair is pure * Top 2 pairs of second pair are 75% Bluffing • Q and K high tend to react very similar Very High (75% +) * Ax < 7 and A7 blocking fd are 90% + * K2-6s all pretty much pure on Q high * Overcard + sd (apart from AT) * Unsuited Gutters are about 75% * On KJ, Q2-6 is 80% + bet * Ace high broadway gutter + second card = 75% * BW OE is almost pure * On KQ, random suited cards below third pair are 75% bet Medium • Suited Gutters about 50% Low • Ace high broadway gutter + T = pure x A7+

Answer 32

• Pure Pot ○ Strongest pair common in bb range - 1 ○ For Q can go down to -2 Bluffing • Really simple rules Pure * Random really low stuff * Hi lo such as K2 on q high and Q2 on k high Very high (75%+) * Very dependent on how much random low crap is in there to bluff with * Missed BW gutters and gutters under bw Never * Ace (okay not really but it's fine) * BW OE * Pair

Answer 33

K, Q high • 66% ○ Almost all top pair ○ SPSK with flush blocker + • 2 pair ○ Betting when has top pair ○ Check calling without • Flushes ○ Only betting total 30-40% ○ Ace high + lower than 9 is pure check ○ Two low cards (8 or lower perhalps) = pure check ○ Middling flushes tend to bet ~60% ○ Blocking pairs = more check Sets Checking to check raise 140%, maybe only pot on straighty rivers • Bluffing ○ Normally starts at about A2, A3, can go higher when more stuff gets there J high * 33 and 66 * 33 needed to bet almost all second pair

Answer 34

IP vs Check Value • Down to PP above second pair ○ In Pio can bet strong second pair, but it's not something to worry about Bluffing • Blocking Flush • There is a really important element to unblock and that's the stong ace and king highs that floated flop and are just trying to check down • Usually this means that K, Q, J, T, 9 are really bad cards to have both of ○ In particulat, two Broadway cards really kills bluffing ○ Having a Q9 or T9 usually leads to a 50/50 mix ○ Having just one of these cards usually makes something a pure bluff

Answer 35

OOP vs bet • Good calling hands ○ Ace high + flush blocker, espcially nut flush blocker ○ Low pair + low card, especially with flush blocker ○ Ace • Good x raise bluff ○ Ace with nut flush blocker is excellent bluff raise ○ Low pairs blocking rivered straights + flush blocker are excellent check raises Having middling cards or high non ace cards is awful for playing so middling pairs are usually check fold

Answer 36

Brick • Strats for J high and Q, K high are different K, Q high ``` • 140% and Jam • 140% ○ Top 2 • Jam ○ T high Flush ``` Bluffing • Mainly from non-ace flush blockers ○ K and Q and J high blockers prefered and use the larger size more often ○ The height of other card is very important for some reason so § Kx9c will be pure bluff § Tc9x will be pure check ○ In general want to mix best cnadidates evenly between jam and 140 • Really really low bollocks bluffs 75% + for 140% OOP Vs 140 OOP has to defend all 2 pair + and some top pair + blocker Vs Jam OOP has to defend only a little 2 pair and sets, but and 50% of top pair + blocker J high • 66 and 140 • 66 ○ AJ ○ Top card 2 pair + Bluffing * K, + fd blocker are 75% if * Q high + fd blocker is pure unless also have missed bdfd card then 50% * T,9,8 high + blcoker are 50%, favourring the larger sizing not blocking strong top pair

Answer 37

Unique Straights • Need to add shove size • If small number of straights get there we only shove 10% ish vs 30 pot ○ 2 pair with top pair required to shove • If loads get there Same value threshold but much more shoving and Smaller size goes to 66 Thresh for small size goes to strongest tp commonly in bb range

Answer 38

Sizing = 66% BF ~ 55-65% Value • Top pair ○ Half point is 3rd kicker (All above pure bet) ○ TPTK, TPSK with fd side card checks 50% ○ Like bu vs bb, random top pair + fd is 50% • 2 pair ○ Blocking top pair is 50/50 ○ Low = pure bet • Top set is ~50% bet, all other sets are pure • Flush ○ Mix about 10% check globally ○ Really seems to want to check >=50% flushes with top pair and a weak kicker • Overpair ○ Pure bet Bluff High • All one card fds are pure bet • Top 2 cards available (e.g. AK are pure bet) ○ Mixing starts at top and second card no fd at 50% ○ AT, A9 no fd are pure check • Random broadways are 75% + • Two cards directly beneath K or Q high are pure bet • KQ on J high is 90% + • Turned bottom pair is pure bet, bluffs 4 flush rivers, along with lots of the random wheel aces • Underpairs are pure bets Mid (~50%) * Random wheel aces are between 50 and 75% depending on overall bf * Top and second card on board no fd V low • AT, A9 no fd are pure check • Gutters are very linked to global bf and blocking properties ○ On J high can get away with 50% ○ On K,Q high gutters blocking folding mid pairs are pure check ○ Under OE and gutter can be 50%

Answer 39

``` • Pot + Shove • 35% bf ○ 20% to pot ○ 15% to shove • Pot ○ Top 2 + • Shove ○ Second nut flush + ``` Bluffing • A9 + fd blocker is pure, mixing sizings Splitting Aj-AT + double braodways with blocker 50/50 between bluff and not bluff and 50.50 between sizes is probably going to get somehwhere close to balance Be really careful balancing lower bluffs on k high especially where doing 50/50 with QT JT is wayyy too much and these should be used sparingly

Answer 40

OOP • Vs pot ○ Usually has to defend a lot of top pair + blocker and a lot of other random catchers such as low card + low straight blocker ○ Never folds 2 pair ○ Calls mid pairs with flush blocker almost pure ○ Shoves 3rd nuts + • Vs shove ○ Calls all flushes Adds in an absolutely tiny amount of hero with pair + blocker at super low frequency

Answer 41

* 66 raise 140 * 30-45% bf * There's some real minutiae about what to do with 2 pair, in general I think it's best ignored Value • Flushes ○ Blocking cards 9 or lower really incentivizes almost pure check raise (especially with an ace) ○ Having a 2 negates this ○ Having broadways really makes the hand want to bet • Sets ○ Basically pure bet (there's some weird mechanics here I can't figure out which makes checking a thing) • Two Pair ○ Pure bet all but top 2 which can mix evenly (and then call obviously) • Top pair ○ Pure bet side card T+ ○ Some checking mixed in with strongest top pair NOT blocking flush Bluffing * AT seems to be the fulcrum * If the board has run out really well for bb, AT is always bluffes, AJ can be bluffed as well * If there is another high card, AT prefers to check, bluff all lower aces

Answer 42

IP vs Check * 66 % * BF ~ 30-35% Value • TP 10k seems to be pure bet and below seems to good to either mix half at 9 or check Bluffing • Very dependent on how high river is • Always bluff with flush blocker • Don't want to double block 88-99 without a flsuh blocker which should fold a lot • Good to block low straights • Still have to be careful on high card runnouts to not double block folding mid pairs • Wheel aces are often used as bluffs • Air wants to have about a 30% bet frequency in total on low cards • On high cards the better bluffs can become pure such as unblocking broadways and wheel aces

Answer 43

Hero Calling • Mid pairs with a flush blocker • Just low pairs in general tend to mix about 50% call • Really strong ace high with flush blocker can mix call Bluff x raising • Mid pairs with flush blocker are extremely high frequency • Strong Ace high with flush blocker is very high frequency Mixing in Nut flush ace high and 99 with flush blocker around 50% is probably pretty decent