Originally posted by zolaman
I hope it's OK to continue on to Lesson 2:
Lesson 2:
Question 1: What do you think you could play differently than suggested in the BSS Starting Hands Chart and why?
I find myself deviating away from the SHC and this is also detrimental to my game a lot of the time. I feel like I am bleeding cash unnecessarily too often but must say some it has also probably won me a lot of my bigger pots as well. As for hands that I play a little differently, I tend to play my low PP in all positions while always trying to follow the Call 20 rule. I am also a little more aggressive on the button depending on the type of players at my table.
Question 2: Do you have questions about your preflop play? Post your hand for evaluation.
I find my preflop play is pretty solid although I need to work on my 3bet/4bet sizing.Postflop is where I get into trouble most often; especially if I do not connect with the board and playing OOP. Oftentimes a cbet will take down the pot but I think I need to work on dealing with putting my opponent better on a range when I am called or raised.
Question 3: What is the equity of AKo against the top 5% range? 5% means 88+, AJs+, KQs, AKo.
I must admit I used Equilab for this:
AKo = 46.32%
88+, AJs+, KQs, AKo = 53.68%
Well done, homework 2 complete !
Q1: Ideally you want to start with a default/standard range until you know more about your opponents. As soon as you have some information we should use it to make better decisions about what ranges we should play. Thus the stack size of our opponents, the play style of our opponents, the number of players at the table, etc are all important in deciding what ranges to play.
Q2: When it comes to the size of our bets I normally 3-bet to 8-10 BB IP (based on villains open size, and here I'm assuming 2.5-3 BB) and 10-12 BB OOP (based on 2.5-3 BB raise). If they open 3.5 or 4 BB we can add a couple of BB to our 3-bet.
As far as 4-bet goes, we should focus only on 4-bet for value at these limits so we can make them larger at 25-30 BB (or even larger versus big fish).
Q3: Using equilab is better than using nothing and it's a great tool to use and learn equities.
Best of luck at the tables,
Bogdan