AKs deep HU

Originally Posted by daviddem

You adjust your 3b size according to your position, not according to your hand strength, so how are they supposed to tell if you have a big hand or not?

That's exactly what I am saying. To 95% of 2NL players, a big raise means a big hand, I was wondering if 5NL had the same perception.

Originally Posted by Cobra_1878

That's exactly what I am saying. To 95% of 2NL players, a big raise means a big hand, I was wondering if 5NL had the same perception.

Do you want to be in the 5%?

Originally Posted by Cobra_1878

...To 95% of 2NL players, a big raise means a big hand...

or, Coby, as the Good Book puts it:

"When I played 2NL, I spoke 2NL, I understood 2NL, I thought 2NL: but when I moved up, I put away 2NL things."

Praise be.

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Originally Posted by DoubleJ

or, Coby, as the Good Book puts it:

"When I played 2NL, I spoke 2NL, I understood 2NL, I thought 2NL: but when I moved up, I put away 2NL things."

Praise be.

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I like.

I don't think most players at NL5 qualify as 'thinking' players (and almost certainly not this particular villain so I do agree with sizing it bigger pre. Can probably get a little bigger on flop and turn vs. this player too I guess.

But as to the decision in question, I'm having trouble grasping exactly why it's a flip-a-coin decision. I guess we don't expect this players stats to change a WHOLE lot as sample size increases. Maybe it's because bad players play bad and bad players do stupid/unpredictable things at stupid/unpredictable times?

Originally Posted by Cobra_1878

That's exactly what I am saying. To 95% of 2NL players, a big raise means a big hand, I was wondering if 5NL had the same perception.

I think you're the one overthinking things. If a 2NL player sees a big raise and has a pocket pair they'll call to hit a set, suited connectors because they flop well v aces and Ax because they can always hit an ace. Low stakes players hate folding so you want to make your sizing as big as possible without making it too big for them to call.