** Official June Chat Thread: The Flush **

[diebitter]

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I sometimes post odd raise sizes against decent players just to mess with their thinking. It works well against all types.

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How does it mess with them and how do you know? I think raising different hands to the same size is a much better approach as it restricts their odds, but still mixes up your PF range enough to confuse them. I raise to diff. amounts, but never anything to give them great odds to call. It's awesome when I make it 4xBB UTG with 22 or 33 or something, get reraised small enough to call, and stack Aces on a 357 board. The perks of raising small pairs UTG. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I should have said, I meant postflop, and usually when HU. For example, I'm cool with minraising what looks like a cbet. I usually have to be ahead here, and only do this to players with brains enough to know I'll be taking it all the way down most of the time (not always though of course - someone who doesn't bluff in poker now and again isn't playing well).

I find there are assorted spots you can do non-standard bets, often less than a typical bet or raise in that spot, and you get exactly the same leverage - sometime more than you get with a full raise/bet in fact.

This is extra useful when the pot/stacks are such even an underbet is still a clear path to stacking by the end, and the board is raggy.