Today was just thinking about ways of getting more value out of hands. I have been working on creating situations where I can represent different ranges than I actually have in order to exploit villain's tendencies and make him spew that extra bet or two where he normally would have gotten away cheap. Like chess, sometimes if we spend a few more seconds formulating a plan, we can come up with slightly better ways to extra more money.

Here are a couple situations I am finding to exploit:

1. The reverse float- I am noticing there are a lot of serial floaters in 25NL. They notice people c-bet typically 60%+ (even 100%) and decide to float and hope I check the turn so they can bet and take it down. The reverse float is when you call his turn bet and then bet or raise the river. It doesn't really matter what is on the board, it seems to be working 90% of the time. I guess 25NL regs know people like to slowplay big hands so I guess they are assuming I have slowplayed a set or something against them and since they have air here a lot anyways, it doesn't really matter.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($24.65)
SB ($20.25)
BB ($24.30)
UTG ($18.50)
UTG+1 ($37.20)
MP1 ($5)
MP2 ($9.85)
MP3 ($21)
Hero (CO) ($32.95)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2, A
5 folds, Hero bets $1.25, Button calls $1.25, 2 folds

Flop: ($2.85) 3, 5, J (2 players)
Hero bets $1.80, Button calls $1.80

Turn: ($6.45) 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $3, Hero calls $3

River: ($12.45) K (2 players)
Hero bets $6.45, 1 fold

Total pot: $12.45 | Rake: $0.60

I only try this on players who I notice have been floating a lot to make them back off. To balance this you need to your made hands like this as well sometimes. And that brings us to:

2. Hey dude, I am bluffing here- On a dry board for pot control and deception its okay to take a break on the flop or turn with plans on getting paid later.

In this hand, villain is an okay reg running 15/10/1.8 over 450 hands. He has folded to my barrels before.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($26.60)
UTG ($24)
UTG+1 ($1.40)
MP1 ($23)
MP2 ($5)
CO ($19.40)
Hero (Button) ($27.25)
SB ($18.60)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO checks, Hero bets $1.50, 1 fold, BB calls $1.25, 2 folds

Flop: ($3.35) 9, 4, 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3.35) J (2 players)
BB bets $2, Hero calls $2

River: ($7.35) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4.75, BB calls $4.75

Total pot: $14.85 | Rake: $0.60

He had 55.

I had villain on a pretty narrow range of a small pp or a two broadways. I knew he had me on a range of Broadways, 22+The flop is dry so I know the villain has either wiffed or hit a set. My check on the flop is to give him serves a main purpose of making him misdefine my hand. What kind of idiot wouldn't bet his pocket pair here? So he has my range on two broadways... So when I check the flop he expects to take it down a lot on the turn. He is then willing to pay off my river "bluff" probably thinking "if that Jack hit him, I am gonna be pissed"

Well this post is getting a bit long so I'll end here. I'll post some more another time if there is interest.