What range of hands to defend BB with against a UTG raise?

[JJH3984]

I defend with a lot of those marginal hands (small pairs and suited aces and suited connectors) unless I think the guy is a good TAG as opposed to a "I know what hands to play preflop but suck postflop" TAG.

[NIX]

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I wanted to focus here on preflop in this topic (and yes, I understand postflop and preflop are related). But if he is a somewhat decent tag he is going to c-bet 100% of the time and 3-bet and calls (and raises the turn) with both worse and better hands.

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I guess what I wanted to get at is that if I've been at the table long enough to know he's a decent TAG, I should have some idea on how he plays postflop, which is going to cause me to widen my range against him since I have a handle on his play. The exception would be if he's quite tricky and I'm just going to end up spewing against him often or folding the best hand quite a bit.

I suppose my default TAG defending range is something in the neighborhood of 22+, ATs+, AJ+, 76s+, some suited one gappers, but that's pretty flexible.

[tyler_cracker]

i realize this is a math thread, but here is what i do:

if i have something i like, i call and play poker postflop.

[BigBadBabar]

hielko, this just occurred to you?

[Hielko]

Not really, but I think my defense ranges can be tweaked and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

[BigBadBabar]

yea, i agree, me too

the main thing i look for is stats/read on the pfr guy...if he is super nitty mcnit i can fold a lot, even bad aces, and be more likely to play other kinds of hands...

if the guy is loose/overstealy i can way open up my 3b range

and so on

[Point Blank]

in general I play any suited ace, pairs, and a lot of suited and connected hands ... mostly - anything that is out of this guy's range

and depending on how this fellow plays post flop - I try to steal depending on the flop

[stoxtrader]

35% is ONLY a rule of thumb and most applicable to steal ranges where domination is less of a concern.

using 35% equity against tight ranges is a loser, you definitely need to be tighter than this because of exactly what you said - domination and the reverse implied odds that result.

[00Snitch]

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if i have something i like, i call and play poker postflop


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My favorite quote of all time. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

LDO TYLER! WE ARN'T GUNNA CHANGE TO TIDDLY-WINKS POST FLOP, ARE WE?!

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But yes, this is what I do. I play "decent" hands. Adjusted by:

- how tight the raiser is
- if anyone cold-called

Plus some other things like if he looks like he might be tilty, if I know/think he is positionally aware, what his wtsd is, history with the player, etc.

[Xhad]

I just skimmed the thread, but there is no way 22 is profitable against a decent UTG open-raise. (you really can't play it for set value, and have serious RIO problems if you play it as a pair). I would say the worst I would go in a tough fullring game is something like 77+, AJs+, AQo HU. It's not "defending" if he's not stealing.