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[TheBeloved]

first off a quick thanks for such a wonderful thread.

Playing 6max what adjustments do you make as the table gets shorter and shorter.

e.g opening requirements/flop-turn aggression when you miss/how thin you will value bet etc.

for 5/4/3 player tables (Do you continue to play HU ?)

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[DWarrior]

Do you mean "broughted"?

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[Isura]

MilkMan,

Showdown value simply means how strong/valuable your hand would be if it was forced to showdown against villain's hand. Say for example you were semibluffing the flop and turn with a flush draw; If you don't have a pair, A5s has greater showdown value than 87s. As a consequence, the 87s would be a better hand to bluff the river with, incase you can get villain to fold a small pair or ace high. But if your 87s pairs on the river, it may be worth it to just check since your hand now has some showdown value.

[Isura]

PokerChobo,

In this situation, check/raising is certainly not a horrible play. The tough thing about check/raising here is what to do when villain calls. Now, against a tight/predictable player, we know exactly where we stand if the c/r gets called or reraised, so it is okay to check/fold the turn unimproved. But the problem I run into is against loose players. When I check/raise and get called, a loose player could have a draw, a monster, overcards, or a pair. You'd be amazed how often a player will take a card off with something like a whiffed AK after you put in a big flop check/raise. So against this hand range, it is correct to bet again on the turn. But by this time, the pot is much bigger, and it can become expensive to get him off his hand, or find out whether your hand is good. The general principle is that you don't want to build big pots out of position with marginal hands.

[Isura]

theblitz,

Tough question. I think people's opinion of ABC poker varies a lot. IMO, ABC poker is not a negative label. I think of ABC poker as solid TAG poker. This includes:
- playing solid starting hands
- playing more hands preflop in position
- betting your made hands correctly
- making appropriate semibluffs
- not slowplaying big hands
- not bluffing too much

A purely ABC style is very effective at the small stakes (and this style is under-rated imo). Things that are not so ABC are:
- playing very aggressive/loose preflop to build a LAG table image
- slowplaying/trapping against aggressive opponents
- taking multiple lines with the same type of hand

There are others, but the main theme is using your reads on the players to make plays that deviate from the "standard" plays. For example, it is a common theme here to not play huge pots with one pair. But if your read says that villain is very bad, you should be happy to get lots of money in with hands like overpairs or TPTK.

[Isura]

mistermuni,

The cardrunner videos are great. I have watched most of the small stakes NL ones. It has really helped my aggression and positional play. But note that there are a few free videos of 2+2ers (mostly 6-max vids) floating around. Check out this thread.