[Surf]

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so what does one do when they wont call if you raise more PF?

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You keep the pot really small pf (standard 3x raise-ish) but raise with a wide range of hands. Play 1pr/overpair hands for pot control / bluff inducing(think bet flop, ck turn, call river; or ck flop, call turn call river or bet turn bet river) and to cover your weak drawing hands and "give up hands" to help you get cheap cards. This is all assuming you want to be really un-exploitable.

IMO being un-exploitable in most online nl games (up through say 1/2 or 2/4) is really not as important as maximizing value. Know your opponent - there's nothing wrong with getting to the turn and folding to a c/r after putting 1/3 of your stack in, assuming the villain only c/r's better hands and will call worse ones. There are so many 50/5s who will happily c-c all 3 streets with TP or worse and will only come to life if they make 2pr or better that it is a crime to give them free/cheap cards when they will pay you off so consistently.

Of course, if you try to valuetown every tag this way you will get into trouble since most are tightish OOP and wont call multiple barrels unless they have you beat - or they will c/r you when they think they are beat but can get you to fold. In this case playing a more balanced game has its benefits.

Surf