Re: \"Outplaying\"
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This is fantastic post. The flip side seems to be that people forget you can outplay people preflop as well. If the CO open raises and you push from the button with KQ (instead of say calling 1/6-1/7 of your stack) there are ALOT of hands your opponent will fold that he should call with. 22-66, AJ-A2. Guess what, you've outplayed your opponent.
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He isn't making a mistake folding 22 if your push range is QQ-22, AK-AJ, KQ. What is interesting here is that KQ belongs in the same push range as big pairs because 22-66 has to fold. This is because KQ does much better against 22-66 than 22-66 does against bigger pairs. Of course, the value of pushing JJ comes from getting calls from 99 because you push frequently enough with 77, 88, AK, AQ, KQ. And if everyone is playing optimally, it all comes out even in the end. But when you're opponents making exploitable mistakes like raising 22/A4 when stack sizes are such that they'll often face a reraise push they can't call, you can "outplay" them with hands like KQ.
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