The Well: SEABEAST

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I have trouble sometimes with guys with nitty stats but who threebet a ton, you know the type - 19/12 or 18/15 but they manage to threebet or squeeze you once every orbit. After a while you can figure out how often they are reraising and adjust a bit but at first it's really hard to deal with

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Can you be more specific how you combat these types.

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If it seems like they are putting in more preflop action than their stats justify then I will start watching them more closely and paying more attention. If it becomes obvious they are exploiting their image then I will start calling their reraises a lot in position and bluffing on suitable flops, and fourbetting much lighter oop. Basically once I get suspicious I just ignore their stats and if they are reraising like a 30/25 would then I will treat them with the disdain I would treat a 30/25 with [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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thanks for doing this, i enjoy watching you play when i dataming nl400.

what were some of your favourite threads when you made the transition to NL?
what about all time favourite threads on 2+2 for whatever reason?

do you ever use the minraise postflop? if yes, can you give an example of a situation where you think a minraise would be good?

lastly, where do you see yourself in 5 years?

[SEABEAST]

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what do you think about donk bets, how do you combat them and when/what boards do you use them urself

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If they donk a decent sized bet onto a flop I hate then great, they can have it. If it's a flop I want to continue on with a midstrength hand then I will just call cos it's usually either bluff/bigdraw/set and vs that range calling down is good. But if they are incessantly donking especially with small bets then I will instantly raise with any two cards unless the board is really drawy like JT9ss or whatever. I like to bet/threebet allin a decent amount with sets and big draws, so I make sure to donk flops a reasonable amount with other types of hands to balance my range, I will sometimes decide preflop when I call OOP that I'm going to donk almost any flop (just not AAK etc) and I am careful to sometimes donk hands like middle pair, gutshots, overcards + backdoor draw, outright bluff etc.

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fourth: when do you overbet if ever and how do you work out whether to call one or not

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zeeeeeeeeeebo! i overbet when opponent is terrible or when there are likely hands that my opponent is never going to fold (like maybe i have KQ on JT9, and my opponent raises me... i would often just reraise absurdly big here because he will probably call with anything he will raise on that board). working out when to call overbets can be tough, because they are usually very strong hands, but some people know this and others are just terrible. it's always very important to figure out how your opponent thinks so you can work out his motivations.

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fifth: how do you deal with min bets?

thanks again

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i ignore them, and usually raise pot basically no matter what i have.

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best crown 10/20LHE regs? by description if you dont know names....

[SEABEAST]

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How do you approach c-bets in 3-way pots as opposed to heads up?

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I am much less inclined to cbet bluff on coordinated boards with two opponents. On something like J72 rainbow though I will still cbet any two cards because there is still a really good chance of taking it down, if one person calls there are a lot of good cards to second barrel on, and sometimes it can even work to your advantage - the first guy might fold a hand he would call you with HU (like say 44 or AQ on that flop) because he knows has to give up if the other guy calls, so he lets it go. So still cbet quite a bit but pay extra attention to the texture of the board and how likely your opponents are to have something.

[Oki-Oki]

Teach me everything you know about 4 betting.

You are literally the best I have ever seen at it. I know you prob dont want to give it all away but a few points on what most ppl dont do enough and are there any-ways to exploit it?

[Oki-Oki]

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best crown 10/20LHE regs? by description if you dont know names....

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No-one in this game is any good.

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How do you approach c-bets in 3-bet pots as opposed to raised pots, headsup, when you miss the flop? (AK on undercard flop, TT on KJ7 flop, 67s on QQT flop...) If your image is important, suppose you play 22/18, you have been 3-betting a wider range than just premiums, but you still get respect from the table. 100BB starting stacks, open raise was to 4xBB, you raise to 15xBB, original raiser called.

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I definitely cbet less in reraised pots than in standard ones. But I will also checkraise pretty good hands as well. I'm more inclined to just check when I have a decent chance of improving but will have to fold to a raise (like maybe AK on undercards, small-medium pairs will often check it down with you but will call if you bet, and you have decent amount of outs) and more inclined to fire a bullet when I have virtually no chance of winning if we check it down and they will fold a lot of hands if i bet (like 67s on QQT or basically any hand on an ace flop)

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best crown 10/20LHE regs? by description if you dont know names....

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No-one in this game is any good.

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wrong imo.

didnt know they had a casino in his city with regular poker, just assumed he was referring to crown

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[Oki-Oki]

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best crown 10/20LHE regs? by description if you dont know names....

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No-one in this game is any good.

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wrong imo.

didnt know they had a casino in his city with regular poker, just assumed he was referring to crown

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ok we prob have different opinions on what is good. Good is someone who could beat 20/40 online. And i dont think there are regs in that game that could. Compotent yes, good no