kerpowski's minraise open

[Parlay Slow]

kerp gets 2+2 aggro idiots to do really dumb stuff by incorrectly adjusting to his minraises

[FlyingStart]

I agree that the limp-reraise was a bad analogy. I dont think it was entirely useless though, but I am having troubles putting alot of different thoughts into text right now.

Btw, how does the minraising fans feel about a min3bet back? Do you like that? I did that a few times when I played kerpowski just for fun, but I think the two plays are equally silly.

[El Diablo]

kerp,

I like this a lot in LP.

[trplthrt]

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I agree that the limp-reraise was a bad analogy. I dont think it was entirely useless though, but I am having troubles putting alot of different thoughts into text right now.

Btw, how does the minraising fans feel about a min3bet back? Do you like that? I did that a few times when I played kerpowski just for fun, but I think the two plays are equally silly.

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Just like the above discussion, it depends on what you intend to accomplish with it and what your plan is post it. In a box, hard to comment.

[berserk]

If theres a limper are you switching to a ~pot raise or still keeping it small (maybe 2x+1bb/limper)?

[Statutory]

I gave opeining for 25 a try for all reasons stated in this threasd. Its a fine way to play. I was successful with it, however, it puts you in so many crappy spots post flop. I quit it because this style took about 200% as much effort to play for the same winrate.

[Phresh]

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It just puts you in so many bad spots. I remember when I played you I would CC your minraises with a ver wide range, and then usually 1-3 more people came along. If you have aces in that spot, you have essentially ruined the value of your hand since you can't do much but fold if you get alot of action.

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So basically all he has to do is mix up his minraising range with a 4xBB raising range and he's much harder to play against?

I don't like specifically outing player's strategies, but it's valid to the discussion, so whatever. Player Kelisitaan on Stars has a VERY effective strategy which involves playing many pots for small amounts preflop. He'll minraise and limp tons of hands (I think he's like 32/20 at full ring) and play postflop very well. It's been very succesful for him because so many people either overadjust or don't adjust at all. He's capable of minraising and limping AA/KK preflop (I think that's just too tricky as he has a LAG image, so why not pump up the big hands like you do the crappy ones?) and he's very annoying to play against.

[catcher193]

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I gave opening for the min a try for all reasons stated in this threasd. Its a fine way to play. I was successful with it and it puts you in so many awesome spots post flop.

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[kerpowski]

KoD,

I don't really want to go into detail about adjustments beyond what I've already done (e.g. hand range adjustments, postflop adjustments, and adjustments vs deeper stacks) as I think that would give too much away on how I play both with this strategy and in general.

[SlowHabit]

I love it when in LP; not so much in EP.