I have a somewhat weak player on my left side. 42/8. I guess he calls an open raise with abt 32% of his range OTB. His strategy OTF is simple: If I bet he calls with 3:rd pair or better + decent draws. (So he can’t be bluffed profitably with a C-bet) If I check he will add poor draws and two overcards to the list and bet himself otherwise he checks behind and hope for a lucky turn card.
My feeling is he’s picking up the small pots way to often and I find it surprisingly hard to beat guys like these with my normal game.
I probably need to change some things in it to exploit him.
My revised postflop strategy against this particular villain is basically that I bet 2:nd pair or better for value. I checkcall one street with good draws.
Now to 3 Questions:
Q1: Betsize. My normal betsize Preflop is a potbet. Argument for increasing it would be that Villain calls with a range that is weaker than mine and I like to get as much as possible in while I’m ahead. One argument for a smaller bet is that it’s mainly postflop where a weak player does the expensive mistakes. (And hopefully I’m not the weakest of us)
Q2: Starting hand category. My normal opening range from the CO includes small PP, Weak Broadways, K6s+ ,54s+, 86s+. Is there any of these hand categories that should be excluded from my range when trying to exploit this villain? Is there anything that should be picked up from the trashcan? Like small Offsuited Aces or Kings?
Q3: Does my revised postfop strategy make any sense?
