**Official** uNL Microbrew Thread - October

[Sean Fraley]

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vix, im pretty much a calling station too, controlling the pot like that works so well at 25nl cuz when u wanna actually make the pot big its so easy to manipulate against most of the weaker players

sean, wow, maybe i will steal more than but what limit are u at?

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I'm playing 50NL. For 25NL it netted me 30PTBB/100. Seriously, if you are on the button you should be raising any two broadway, all suited aces and kings, all suited connectors down to 54s, all suited one and two gappers down to 53s and 52s, all non-suited connectors down to 54. If the guy to your left is tight and it is folded to you in the cutoff, play the cutoff the same way. If he is loose, pare the cutoff down to any two broadway, suited aces, and suited connectors. The thing to remember is that even if the blinds are loose preflop and likely to call the raise you still are making them play a raised pot OOP. If you're current winrate is due to good play and not due to running hot, then this really will be a significant boost.

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Id have to imagine ur doing other great things to have a 30ptbb than just raising the button more

do u by any chance have ur button vpip/pfr handy?

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I didn't mean that my overall winrate is 30PTBB/100. I mean that if you filter you hands in PT and check your winrate in regards to those hands where I raised in steal position, this is what mine was at 25NL. If we look at all hands where I made any raise whatsoever in late position it is 34PTBB/100. As for stats, I run about 31/28 on the button and 30/25 in the cuttoff. The key thing to remember here is that position really is an absolutely huge advantage in hold 'em, and when you have it you should be looking for almost any reasonable excuse to be in the hand taking advantage of it.