merged flop raising

Question 1

why do we need to employ a merged raising range? ie mediocre pairs BB vs BTN

Answer 1

because equity denial is so important and being IP equity realization is advantage so we need to cut back on that

Question 2

why is raising vs someone cbetting range important?

Answer 2

because they will have to call wider than they should often

Question 3

the 2 reasons we are incentivized to raise medium strength hands

Answer 3

1. protection
2. thin value

Question 4

betting for protection is solid because ? ( 3 reasons)

Answer 4

1. our hand is best very often
2. our hand is vulnerable to a large part of villians range
3. villian is betting improvable air