preflop heads up against passive players

[Sponger.]

I'm wondering if you guys could answer a few questions based on your read of this player.

Villain is 30vpip/6pfr from the Big Blind. He is 75/40 from the Small Blind. 20% of the time he raises from the small blind it is a min raise. He is passive postflop and shows down a lot, but will bet when you check to him, especially in position.

What kind of calling range do you have for his min raises?

What kind of raising range do you have for his open limps?

How much does your raising range from the small blind change as their VPIP increases, as well as PFR decreases.

[Big_Jim]

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What kind of calling range do you have for his min raises?

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very very wide

Any two suited, any two reasonably connected (T7o), any hand with any high card strength

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What kind of raising range do you have for his open limps?

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vs this guy, probably not that wide, probably limit it to big cards, some suited connectors, suited aces, pairs

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How much does your raising range from the small blind change as their VPIP increases, as well as PFR decreases.

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Stop raising a lot of the real trashy hands like offsuit gappers, Kxo and the like and start limping them

[Sponger.]

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any hand with any high card strength

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As low as say Q4o and J6o?

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probably limit it to big cards, some suited connectors, suited aces, pairs

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So something like two cards 9 or higher, 87s+, Axs and pairs?


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Stop raising a lot of the real trashy hands like offsuit gappers, Kxo and the like and start limping them

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What about limping a significant majority of your suited hands against people who won't raise? Or raising a normal ammount but having a 80% vpip. Does this stuff work against this type of player?

[Big_Jim]

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As low as say Q4o and J6o?

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Usually not, but definitely as weak as like Q8o and J7o. Depends a bit on how easy he is to move off hands post flop.

Try to play hands that have at least a little bit of playability post flop.

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So something like two cards 9 or higher, 87s+, Axs and pairs?

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Yeah. You can go a bit looser sometimes, for variety, but as a general range, that's not bad.

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What about limping a significant majority of your suited hands against people who won't raise? Or raising a normal ammount but having a 80% vpip. Does this stuff work against this type of player?

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You can probably limp any two suited profitably, against this guy. I also like limping hands like Kxo and Usually save your limps for your trash hands. You probably shouldn't be open folding much of anything, except for true garbage.

Don't be afraid to mix up your PFR size here, either. These guys don't adjust.