10s A CROWD

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10s A CROWD
with AMA0330

• PART TWO

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
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YOUR OPPONENTS

• The most important part of your strategy is your
  opponents
• There are no absolute rules
• All the guidelines I give you are player
  dependant
• This is even more important in full ring
• You must learn to observe the table

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR?
Im still mad at you for getting lucky
Me too!
If Im betting, Ive got the nuts.
Im short-stacked.
There are 5 players behind me.
I called Q8o last time
I dont like to fold
I call lots preflop then fold most flops
I love broadway cards
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PLAYER TYPES

• Overall tendencies
• These are my observations only
• Players are very tight with raises
• and VERY passive postflop
• There is a ton of value to be had from good hands

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PLAYER TYPES

• The TAG
• HUD stats 14/11 or tighter
• Understands position
• Bets value hands strongly
• Knows how to continuation bet
• Doesnt know anything about postflop play
• Generally wont fold (due to limited range)

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PLAYER TYPES

• The shortstack
• Generally sits with the table minimum (20bb)
• Varies between really tight and insanely tight
• Most love to play broadway cards
• Doesnt care about postflop at all
• Is super intensely annoying

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PLAYER TYPES

• The 6-max livewire
• Plays FR like its 6-max
• Possibly on tilt from higher stakes
• Impatient
• Over-aggressive
• Easily trapped
• Plays way too many hands

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EXPLOITING YOUR OPPONENTS

• The TAG
• The least profitable
• Generally try to stay out of their way
• Not a good spot for value
• Just play straightforward
• Take advantage of post flop deficiencies
• Especially if full stacked, most are afraid
  postflop

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EXPLOITING YOUR OPPONENTS

• The shortstack
• Learn their ranges as fast as you can
• Only raise a hand which you are willing to call a
  shove with
• Dont try and bluff!
• Be aware of your poor implied odds
• Dont be afraid to call if you have a good read
• Seek out tables with the least possible amount of
  them

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EXPLOITING YOUR OPPONENTS

• The 6-max livewire
• Call in position with your great drawing hands
• Dont be afraid to call down with marginal hands
• Dont fight fire with fire, let him hang himself
• Be patient!

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GENERAL ERRORS

• Overvaluing top pair
• Value-bet all your good hands strongly
• Dont play second best hands
• Limp folding too much
• Raise limpers liberally
• If you want to play, come in for a raise
• Calling draws without proper odds
• Bet your made hands strong on drawy boards
• Dont chase draws with poor odds!

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DRAWING HANDS

• Multiway pots
• More players means bigger pots
• Means better odds to call
• Means better implied odds to hit a draw
• Why?
• Not laying down top pair
• Or generally folding when beat
• Not betting strongly enough
• Generally passive nature of small stakes games

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DRAWING HANDS

• Selecting a drawing hand
• Must have
• Chance to hit many boards
• Chance to make nut hands

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DRAWING HANDS

• We only play drawing hands in late position
• We need the advantage of position to
• Determine our price
• Get reads on our opponents holdings
• Maybe even run a bluff
• We cant do these things out of position
• Dont play drawing hands out of position!

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BASIC DRAWING ODDS

• Covered in great detail in my but it was
  soooted! video series
• Your main draws are
• Flush draw one card odds 41
• Straight draw one card odds 4.51
• Two overcards one card odds 6.51
• You will be offered these odds far more often
  than in 6-max

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SUMMARY

• Know your opponents
• Understand when it will be profitable to enter
  the pot
• And why!
• Next video
• Full hands
• From preflop to showdown
• Crush the casino or your homegame

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• Points

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PREFLOP SPOTS
Shortstacked, broadways, no odds
Solid, deep, tight, early position
Very active, late position, wide range, full
stack, postflop
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• Points

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• Points

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BASIC OPENING RANGES