Comments: Renton's 169 hand SS-NLHE ring strat: Postflop I

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great post renton

Originally Posted by Renton

Donk bets- There’s a special scenario that happens sometimes. We call this the donk lead. This is when someone who played passively (checking/calling) preflop makes a lead bet from out of position into the raiser of the previous street. It’s sometimes very difficult to interpret this bet, but there are a few commonalities:

- Somewhat aggressive player leads into you from out of position for 2/3 to full pot after you raised preflop on a dry board such as 479 rainbow. This is usually a bluff, thinking that you have large unpaired cards that missed the flop. If villain is capable of laying down a hand, I usually raise to 3x his bet with any two cards, but I am much more likely to do this when I have a few outs, like a gutshot.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP1 ($576.30)
MP2 ($600)
MP3 ($573)
CO ($436.10)
Hero ($970.05)
SB ($632.40)
BB ($582)
UTG ($766.10)
UTG+1 ($2123.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, A.
4 folds, MP3 raises to $12, 1 fold, Hero raises to $42, 2 folds, MP3 calls $30.

Flop: ($93) T, 7, T (2 players)
MP3 bets $60, Hero raises to $200, MP3 folds.

f'n eh!!

Also, if they call your raise and a blank comes on the turn you can usually bet again with confidence if checked to.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP ($652.50)
CO ($276.25)
Hero ($197)
SB ($34.40)
BB ($51.85)
UTG ($175)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, Q.
1 fold, MP raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero calls $8, 1 fold, BB calls $6.

Flop: ($25) T, 6, T (3 players)
BB checks, MP bets $16, Hero raises to $42, BB folds, MP calls $26.

Turn: ($109) 8 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $64, MP folds.

Final Pot: $173

aggression.
only when you play against competent/good players will aggression not be shown the respect it often is at small stakes, simple because it is just that: aggressive.

anyone have anything to add to the list of common postflop nuances?

Originally Posted by Renton

anyone have anything to add to the list of common postflop nuances?

Min-raises on the flop (say $2.50 pot, I lead out $1.50, it comes back to me at $3 or $1.50 more) typically mean Top 2 or a set or more rarely TPTK, and even more rarely OESD or a FD. But almost always top 2 or a set.

Someone leading out on (say) a 10 high board on the flop and turn who checks the river to you can quite often be pushed off the hand -- if they weren't firing a first or second barrel at best they have TPTK and are showing they're aware enough that it's not always good. Pot it and watch 'em fold (read dependent, obviously).

Originally Posted by Renton

anyone have anything to add to the list of common postflop nuances?

...pressure points/implied threat ?

Thx for some great articles, learnt a lot in a very short while. Now if I remember it all lol... Well I have to go back and read it a few more times I think.

"Oftentimes it is right to even fold AK. A substantial portion of a weak players reraising range includes AA and KK, so if you call you are behind his range typically. Plus you will likely get shut out on the flop and won’t get the full value for your AK by seeing the turn and river cards. AK is a strong hand, but in a cash game it’s typically a clear fold to a reraise if you will be out of position after the flop. If you beat at least 50 or 60% of the reraisers reraising range, then you should call with AK and sometimes even re-reraise."

so, how do you tell what his range is? does pokertracker help with this? you just have to watch him?

can someone please explain the reasoning behind "Be more willing to c-bet when you have outs, (like AK on a QJx board where you have at least a gutshot and tainted overcards). "

Another nice post. I'm starting to look for your articles now, lol. Seriously, very nice job. I'm learning a lot from you. Thanks for taking the time to do these.

Candy

read and re-read!
thanks

Originally Posted by Apitome_spade

read and re-read!
thanks

It's cool that you're going through the Beginner's Digest and reading the posts- it'll help you no end. But you probably don't need to bump every one of them just say thanks.

Happy learning.