No Limit Hold'em
Theory and Practice
Week 5
Absolute
and Relative Position
(pg.91)
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Absolute position is position relative to the button. The closer you are to the button, the better your absolute position.
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Relative position is position relative to the likely bettor. The closer you are to the right of the likely better (acting directly before the bettor), the better your relative position.
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Example:
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You can have both absolute and relative position at the same time. If a couple of players limp, you limp on the button, and the small blind raises, you'll likely enjoy both kinds of position on the flop.
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As a good player, you'll bet, call, and raise more often when you have position...Unfortunately, your observant opponents know that just as well as you do.
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Being out of position can force you to tip the strength of your hand earlier than you'd otherwise like to.
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Before you enter a pot, think about who the likely flop bettor will be.
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A Preflop Strategy
(pg.122)
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In deep stack no limit, preflop hands have value based mostly on how well they extract money after the flop from your opponents. They don't have value based on how likely they are to win a showdown.
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If you like to think in terms of A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] "beating" J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] because ace-high beats jack-high, or even of Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] "beating" 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] because a pair of queens beats a pair of fours, stop now. These notions are worthless in deep stack no limit. Indeed, they are worse than worthless, because they lead you to the wrong (sometimes to absurd) conclusions about how to play.
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I'm not going to include the whole preflop strategy here but I think posting the percentages for our UR, UL, and UF(Usually Raise, Usually Limp, Usually Fold) hands is important.
UR - (raise/limp) Idealy 80/20 but between 85/15 and 70/30 is fine.
UL - (limp/raise) Idealy 80/20 but between 85/15 and 70/30 is fine.
UF - (fold/limp/raise) 80/10/10
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Some macho types will tell you never to limp first in from LP. But that advice belongs to limit games or tournaments. In deep stack cash games, limping, even on the button, will frequently be a fine play.
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Adjusting to
Stack Sizes - An Example
(pg.131)
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Blocking Bets
(pg.135)
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A
blocking bet is a small bet made by an out of position player designed to keep the street "cheap."
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If your opponent is a consummate bluffer, she might bluff with far more hands than she'd call with. Against such an opponent, making blocking bets isn't nearly as attractive, as you preempt your opponent from bluffing off her money.
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Against such a "calling station" player, you might want to bet the river, but no longer as a blocking bet; you'd no be betting for value!
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Like the aikido master, you must use your opponents' strengths against them.
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Defending Against the Blocking Bet
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Raise. The blocking bet hates a raise.
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Week 1: pp. 1 – 32 (32 pages)
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Week 3: pp. 61 – 90 (29 pages)
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Week 5: pp. 91 – 97, 122 – 142 (26 pages)
Week 6: pp. 143 – 167 (24 pages)
Week 7: pp. 168 – 182, 228 – 230 (17 pages)
Week 8: pp. 183 – 198, 231 – 237 (21 pages)
Week 9: pp. 199 – 213, 214 – 226, 238 – 240 (29 pages)