[Fish Fodder]

AK PF is situational for me. If the table has a bunch of loose PF raisers and I'm not getting respect; I'll 3-bet it PF in EP with a good chance of taking it right there or at least cooling LAG jets for fear of getting re-raised. That's about 20% of the time. The majority of the time I bet it heavy right up front to extract maximum value while holding the best hand and put loose players behind the Odds 8-Ball right off the bat. If they want to play catch-up Post-Flop, fine, but they'll have to put their whole stack at risk long before they reach the River because I'll be betting the Flop heavy 90% of the time if it's not SUPER-threatening. Same on Turn.

It's been my experience that loose players, especially at lower stakes, don't consider pot odds, draws odds, or SPR's hardly at all. What they're looking for is that miracle catch or bluff where they can runner-runner a big pot. In other words, they're playing for Implied Odds alone and even then incorrectly. They're thinking "2:1 for a draw to the River!" when in reality it's 4:1 on the next card. If you can get most or all of their money in the pot on the Flop or Turn they get VERY uncomfortable and quite often compound their mistake by folding right there or by going AI on the Turn when they're 4:1.

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