Great idea to bring this up Robb, Fnord´s post hasn´t been discussed enough yet. Pure gold.

Its mostly not about stealing the blinds right there, but about playing a raised pot with initiative in position. We don´t loosen up in LP, because we want to steal $0.75 or $3 or whatever stakes you play, but because the later our seat, the more likely will we have position.

I´m not saying Robb is wrong, of course its never great to bluff the unbluffable, but vs many villians raising 65s on the button isn´t a pure bluff, it´s more sort of a semi-bluff.


Regarding Fnord´s post:
For me it had an eye-opening effect. I am one of the guys that will mash the bet button once you check to me, I am the guy that can´t give up on a blank river and I am the guy that will bleed a ton of chips to you, once you start checkraising my cbets. I´d almost always be creative and figure out a range for you that justifies thin value bets, when I´m actually toast. I frequently turn hands with SD value into bluffs. I frequently destroy the value I have preflop by 3betting your possible blind steal.

I am not yet at the point to start exploiting these weakness-attacking guys, first I must stop being one of those exloitables.


And everyone who doesnt believe me, clicky the link in the OP.