50NL: Playing more pots against weak players

[a breath of air]

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $49.50
BB: $74.65
UTG: $74.45
MP: $50.00
Hero (CO): $192.35
BTN: $96.90

Reads: <font color="blue">BB is playing very badly, 76/6/2(50); MP looks like a decent TAG, 19/15/2(309). This is almost always a fold pre-flop, but BB is playing so badly that I want to play as many hands as possible against him or her.</font>

Preflop: Hero is dealt 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $1.75</font>, Hero calls $1.75, 2 folds, BB calls $1.25

Flop: ($5.50) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif (3 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">MP bets $3.25</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $15.25</font>, BB calls $15.25, <font color="red">MP raises all-in to $48.25</font>, Hero ???

[Reup Gang]

callobv anything else is a cooler

[ajmargarine]

Call, you got an out if behind. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[siccjay]

Is this preflop really ever ok?

[corsakh]

If you want to play more pots with BB, you should isolate him, not call raises from MP. As played call.

[ajmargarine]

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Is this preflop really ever ok?

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Hero thought so. He got the perfect flop and people are going all in and he doesn't know if he wants to go all in or not, so it makes you wonder about PF. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I would say auto-fold PF unless MP was as deep as Hero.

[a breath of air]

I have seen BB get all-in w/ J high, shouldn't I be trying to play as many pots as possible against him or her?

[Mingdu]

obv. call, turn card 4 spades then vomit when he shows 76 spades

[a breath of air]

A hand to illustrate the way the villain is playing.

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter (http://www.legopoker.com/hh))

SB: $99.75
Hero (BB): $50.00
UTG: $50.00
MP: $66.95
CO: $241.45
BTN: $49.25

Preflop: Hero is dealt Qhttp://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif 9http://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif (6 Players)
UTG folds, <font color="red">MP raises to $1.75</font>, CO calls $1.75, 2 folds, <font color="red">Hero raises to $7.25</font>, MP calls $5.50, CO calls $5.50

Flop: ($22) 2http://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif Ahttp://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif (3 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets $17.00</font>, MP folds, CO calls $17.00

Turn: ($56) 3http://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif (2 Players)
<font color="red">Hero bets all-in for $25.75</font>, CO calls $25.75

River: ($107.50) 9http://legopoker.com/hh/images/diamond.gif (2 Players - 1 All-In)

Pot Size: $107.50 ($3 Rake)

CO had Jhttp://legopoker.com/hh/images/diamond.gif Thttp://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif (Ace Jack high) and LOST (-$50.00)
Hero had Qhttp://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif 9http://legopoker.com/hh/images/club.gif (a flush, Ace high) and WON (+$54.50)

[gimmetheloot]

still not with 32s...
also, OP hand is super standard call hes prob trying to take u out and keep the fishies all to himself with a good ace. if he overflushed you, sooooorrry.

[a breath of air]

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still not with 32s...
also, OP hand is super standard call hes prob trying to take u out and keep the fishies all to himself with a good ace. if he overflushed you, sooooorrry.

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Well if villain is playing that badly why not try to play hands even as weak as 32s against him or her?

[gimmetheloot]

cuz uh...its just too weak and sometimes he actually has a pair too?

[DerrtySlime]

preflop with 32s is NEVER FINE. so he is weak and we are better , ok. what makes us better? playing solid postflop and getting in money with greatsituatoiuns and the bottom line is that if you didnt flop a flush there is no way your capable of winning apot against a loose calling station. so i guess you cancount onflopping fluishes but your not applying your edge at all.

[a breath of air]

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preflop with 32s is NEVER FINE. so he is weak and we are better , ok. what makes us better? playing solid postflop and getting in money with greatsituatoiuns and the bottom line is that if you didnt flop a flush there is no way your capable of winning apot against a loose calling station. so i guess you cancount onflopping fluishes but your not applying your edge at all.

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What hands should we be raising with in late position to try to isolate the weak player?

[orange]

easy call if you call pf.

[HojoMofo]

lol, are you playing 76/6 also?

[a breath of air]

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lol, are you playing 76/6 also?

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18/16

[Capone]

yeah flop is a call.

but pre-flop is hidious i dont play 32s ever to a tag raise. Wait for a better PF spot.

[a breath of air]

To make this more helpful I will present a more focused question. What adjustments should one make when playing against an opponent who is playing so badly that they are certainly about to go broke?

[Capone]

You can isolate him that is totally correct. But with that hand, it is -Ev. Wait for a better spot your just spewing away $.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

The problem with calling here preflop (well besides the obvious) is that you don't even know if BB is coming along. So 24% of the time here, you're just playing hu vs. a tag with three high.

[ssdex]

im 3 betting this a lot with position postflop

as played, im felting this, mp probably has A and a redraw or maybe a set, if its ks qs, you have an out /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Big Poppa Smurf]

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To make this more helpful I will present a more focused question. What adjustments should one make when playing against an opponent who is playing so badly that they are certainly about to go broke?

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Try to isolate them a lot, which involves raising after they limp to try and get hu vs them, and maybe make a little bit looser calls with hands like suited connectors and AXs when they are in pots. I also limp a lot of hands like 9To, etc., when I have the button and there are limpers besides the super bad player.

[infinite_loop]

Huh? This is how you play a hand with the BB by calling the solid TAG's raise with 32s? I don't like it at all. You can do this if you plan on trying to outplay the MP but I hate flat-calling because it tells the TAG his c-bet is usually going to work and you can't really afford to raise with this hand pre. And even if you decide to raise, BB is going to call enough to make this a big pot on the flop and your hand is rarely going to have a good option.