Originally posted by loop2troop
I would like to know how the preflop raise/reraise range was calculated. Why dont we go all in with TT?
Well, the raising ranges are made up so that you have equity advantage over limpers ranges and the average best hands behind you.
That's why the earlier your possition, the tighter is your raising range since there is higher chance that someone will have better hand than say 77 behind you.
I don't think there is an exact calculation to find these ranges, it's too complex, because you have to take a large number of factors into consideration.
For example in the advanced SSS, the ranges are wider than in the basic strategy. Hands like TT or AQs are raised from every possition. But the thing is, it's not just 'better' to raise them (they would be in the basic strategy range, if it was that easy). You have to be more experienced, you need to be able to play better post flop, even out of possition, you need to be able to evaluate flop textures, you should probably have some reads or stats on your opponents etc. to make raising AQ in EP profitable.
The thing is a little easier with reraising. Here you just go all-in over the villains raise, so you have no postflop situations to consider, you just need to find out whether your equity is good enough to justify the reraise.
Your EV of folding is 0.
Your EV of reraising is (pot + stack)*fold% + equity*(final_pot)*(1 - fold%) - stack, where
pot is the current pot
stack is your current stack
fold% is the probability that opponent folds
equity is the probability that your hand wins a showdown against his calling range
final_pot is the pot after his call of your reraise minus the rake
(these calculations ignore the fact that another player behind you can have a strong hand and call as well, but in most cases this won't change the result in a significant way)
You can figure some of these numbers by using stats (such as pfr and foldto3bet).
The looser your opponent is with his original raise, the more hands you can profitably reraise.
There is an article about reraising with some charts in the gold section.
Against some opponents you can reraise with TT, but without read it isn't recommended. The problem is that many people will call you with a tight range of JJ+, AK, or maybe TT+, AQ+, and your equity here is poor, because you are so often dominated.
Originally posted by loop2troop
At the moment I am trying to calculate when it is OK to call in the preflop with suited connectors and one gapers. I know how to calculate pod odds when making call on the flop and future streets.
I very rarely play them except from SB where I complete if there are multiple limpers in front of me. (I complete small pairs after a single limper as well and play it for set value.)
I don't say that they can't be played profitably from late possition with multiple limpers but first of all these situations (no raise and many limpers) are pretty rare and even if you find yourself in one, it will be hard to make more than a fraction of a bb on average. I just save myself the trouble and fold. Think about it - even if you flop your draw, you are still an underdog against anyone who has a pair and decides to play with you.
Originally posted by loop2troop
At the moment I am also trying to implement stealing range to my play, could somebody help me to build it?
Well, there is a whole article on stealing and restealing in the gold section. I know that you can't read it yet, but I don't feel that I can just copy that here.
In general, the more the opponents fold to steal (foldBB2steal, foldSB2steal stats), the more you can steal. Also if they just call your steal and then often fold to continuation bet, it's fine as well (fold2cbet flop).
The more the opponents steal, the more you can resteal (the calculation is the same as above with reraising).
I think that with your attitude towards improving your game, you will be reading the gold articles in no time.
Originally posted by loop2troop
Another problem I am trying to solve is multitabling SSS and BSS. What monitor should I use? At the moment I have 19 inch monitor, but I am thinking of buying 22 inch. What stats of monitor should I be looking at?
Sorry, no good advice here, I still play on 15.4" notebook screen myself. Let me know if you find the best multitabling setup.