Introduction
If you've been working the low limit, No Limit (NL5-NL100) to the higher limits (NL200-NL1000), you will occasionally come to sit at tables where good tight aggressive poker play no longer works. It is time to add additional tactics to your arsenal. These tactics of course should not be applied to bad players, because they might be to your disadvantage to work. These tactics are mainly at very tight conservative players that you see at much higher limits and will help you get a few extra pots to address during your session. Apply only when players play with a big stack (100BB) and very selective in their starting hands, but poor play after the flop (weak-tight, rocks).
1. Deferred bluff
If you've been working the low limit, No Limit (NL5-NL100) to the higher limits (NL200-NL1000), you will occasionally come to sit at tables where good tight aggressive poker play no longer works. It is time to add additional tactics to your arsenal. These tactics of course should not be applied to bad players, because they might be to your disadvantage to work. These tactics are mainly at very tight conservative players that you see at much higher limits and will help you get a few extra pots to address during your session. Apply only when players play with a big stack (100BB) and very selective in their starting hands, but poor play after the flop (weak-tight, rocks).
1. Deferred bluff
Opponent raises in MP for 3-4BB. You defend your CO / button with a suited connector, low pocket pair or AXS or something similar.
The flop is the trend of Q64, J82 or 1073.
He raises.
Normally you would now fold but instead you just call his raise
If he then checked on the turn you put 2/3 of the pot in the pot, even if you have nothing.
If he raises your raise you'll have to fold (unless of course you've got a good hand now).
If he makes a cowardly bet you'll have to raise to the full extent of the pot (for deployment).
2. You have a straight draw on a 2-flush flop
The flop is the trend of Q64, J82 or 1073.
He raises.
Normally you would now fold but instead you just call his raise
If he then checked on the turn you put 2/3 of the pot in the pot, even if you have nothing.
If he raises your raise you'll have to fold (unless of course you've got a good hand now).
If he makes a cowardly bet you'll have to raise to the full extent of the pot (for deployment).
2. You have a straight draw on a 2-flush flop
The flop comes and you have a straight draw, but there are also 2 cards of a kind on the flop so you have 6 real outs Opponent bets the pot but you have the best position.
Normally you would fold but you're going to raise!
If he calls your bluff if there is a card of the same species, or an Ace. raise even if you get the straight If he calls your bluff and he checked the river put 1/3th of the pot in the pot. Don't bet if you hit the straight If you have missed both the straight and the flush on the turn check your bluff also narrow your cards on the river and you bet when you get the straight If you miss all "draws" you check
3. Keeping the Heat with AK
Preflop you raise a flop or bet OOP BBx where B = AK broad ways and not get called
turn comes a card which doesn't make the draws and doesn't help you
Normal Play: check
The Plan
bet and fold to a raise
the actual range of hands that calls you here on the flop esp. on a twoflush board is high. the range that calls on the turn is very low. there are a hell of a lot of "I might have the best hand and if I do not I have 2 or 4 or 5 outs to a monster" kind of hands that semi-ok players will call you with here. you very often hold a monster draw or 7-10 outs and can get most hands to fold firing two barrels. if you make your hand on the river with an a or a K and check call a small amount. if you make the utility straight obviously bet unless it also completes the flush in which case check and decide how much to call
If these tactics are properly applied at the right opponents, you'll see what your extra money will make. It is as if you have a money printing machine. Also be on the wrong application or apply on the wrong (bad) opponents leads to a counterproductive effect. Against good opponents at higher limits, the average pot is smaller, so these tactics are a good way to get a few extra jars to tackle, so you still make profits with ease.
4. Combo Draws
Something else should be a standard game is to play combo draws. Hands where you say 13-15 outs have on the flop you need to fight until the bitter end. Play these hands aggressive and reckless. You get a lot of fold equity, and if they decide to go you usually, at least have a 50% chance to win. The profit is in the fold equity, all the pots you pick up because they fold
Normally you would fold but you're going to raise!
If he calls your bluff if there is a card of the same species, or an Ace. raise even if you get the straight If he calls your bluff and he checked the river put 1/3th of the pot in the pot. Don't bet if you hit the straight If you have missed both the straight and the flush on the turn check your bluff also narrow your cards on the river and you bet when you get the straight If you miss all "draws" you check
3. Keeping the Heat with AK
Preflop you raise a flop or bet OOP BBx where B = AK broad ways and not get called
turn comes a card which doesn't make the draws and doesn't help you
Normal Play: check
The Plan
bet and fold to a raise
the actual range of hands that calls you here on the flop esp. on a twoflush board is high. the range that calls on the turn is very low. there are a hell of a lot of "I might have the best hand and if I do not I have 2 or 4 or 5 outs to a monster" kind of hands that semi-ok players will call you with here. you very often hold a monster draw or 7-10 outs and can get most hands to fold firing two barrels. if you make your hand on the river with an a or a K and check call a small amount. if you make the utility straight obviously bet unless it also completes the flush in which case check and decide how much to call
If these tactics are properly applied at the right opponents, you'll see what your extra money will make. It is as if you have a money printing machine. Also be on the wrong application or apply on the wrong (bad) opponents leads to a counterproductive effect. Against good opponents at higher limits, the average pot is smaller, so these tactics are a good way to get a few extra jars to tackle, so you still make profits with ease.
4. Combo Draws
Something else should be a standard game is to play combo draws. Hands where you say 13-15 outs have on the flop you need to fight until the bitter end. Play these hands aggressive and reckless. You get a lot of fold equity, and if they decide to go you usually, at least have a 50% chance to win. The profit is in the fold equity, all the pots you pick up because they fold
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