| This is a discussion on FT Poker Academy - range of late position raises within the online poker forums, in the Learning Poker section; I'm considering doing the Chris Ferguson Pre-Flop Play challenge at the Full Tilt Poker Academy, and I have been reading through exactly what has to ... |
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| FT Poker Academy - range of late position raises I'm considering doing the Chris Ferguson Pre-Flop Play challenge at the Full Tilt Poker Academy, and I have been reading through exactly what has to be done in order to gain those 400 points. I have a question about one of the things that they say when explaining why part of the challenge is to, in late position (cutoff, button, playing 9- or 8-handed), open-raise to exactly 3 times the big blind 3 times with hands other than A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, T-T, A-K, A-Q. This is their reason why: Quote:
I only currently play tournaments and I only generally play freerolls, so the standards are very low of course, but I quite quickly notice when somebody frequently raises in late position and I try to take advantage of that. Wouldn't following this advice in tournaments (and arguably in cash games too, although I rarely play them) make people respect your raises less and negatively impact your table image? Also, as a small aside, I generally try to follow Phil Gordon's advice from his Little Green Book on bet sizing, so on the button I would often be raising three and a half times the big blind, not three times. Thanks in advance for your help! |
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| It works in tourneys too. If you can steal the blinds from the btn with 78s when its folded to you, why not? Especially if the 2 people to your left are nits. Then you should open your range even further. But if you encounter resistance and your hand is weak/marginal, tread lightly. Even following that pre-flop guide your still going to be playing fairly tight. (I did it 10X for the points) But opening your preflop range on the btn does make you seem looser at a glance. But you should try it out. |
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| re: FT Poker Academy - range of late position raises Quote:
I normally have 3-4 challenges open at one time and switch the challenge to what I am playing that day or week... ie cash games sngs or mtts And it's probably easier to start at the level 2 and 3 challenges and work up to the higher ones and they do add new challenges |
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| Yes, using your position to put pressure on other players is very much a workable tournament tactic, an essential part of the tournament player`s arsenal. You would not wish to do so every time you are in late position, as that would be transparent and exploitable, but you should be thinking in terms of doing so with a wide range of hands. Personally, I would be apt to make this play with any pair, any ace, King and a reasonable kicker, and suited connectors, very much as described in the passage you quote. If I knew the players acting after me to be weak, I might expand my range still further, and I might also play this way from late-middle position, as well as from late. In other words, from any of the last four seats. It`s worth bearing in mind that freerolls are generally not a good training environment. Because it costs nothing to enter and they have nothing to lose, players are apt to call much more readily than they would in a buy-in and this distorts the game dynamics. |
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Obviously you won't get as much fold equity preflop vs observing players as you would with a tighter stealing range, but you end up playing a ton of pots in position with wide ranges for both players, and if that should be immensely profitable post flop. |
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Possibly. It depends on what stakes you are playing and the quality of the opposition. Stronger players will call or re-raise from the blinds and then bet most/all flops with a wide range of hands, whenever they suspect a late-position player of stealing too much. It siezes the initiative back from the stealer. |
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| re: FT Poker Academy - range of late position raises Imo that Ferguson Challenge gives horrid advice. He has you min raising premiums from EP iirc! Also if you're not already opening a wider range than you laid out in the OP from LP you're missing out. I don't know about 100% but something like 60% of hands seems about right (obviously more if the players in the blinds are especially weak). TT+/AQ+ is tight from EP, nevermind from the CO/BTN. |
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