NineLions
Advanced beginner
Silver Level
I'm trying to add what I think of as "positional aggression" to my game.
As happened the last time I tried to add some aggression (repopping QQ/JJ preflop) it led me to some misplaced aggression which has led to some chip spewing, so I want to get a better handle on this.
The situations that I'm looking at are where you're late in the preflop betting such as late position or the blinds, and you're got 1 or more limpers into the pot.
What I think I want to do is raise with any 2 cards. Joose pointed this out to me the other day with a hand where I was BB and the button limped, SB completed and I just checked my 42o.
I think I should be raising at least a normal amount (normal = 4xBB + 1 for each limper) to chase limpers.
The problem arises when I get callers.
If I get callers, then I should evaluate the flop like I would with any hand, say AK, to see if it might have hit the caller and c-bet if appropriate. If there's resistance, I have to consider getting out, as would be the case with a missed AK. I think this is where I'm spewing chips right now as once I start this hand I don't back down. Maybe I'm afraid of getting caught making this move, or annoyed that the opponent didn't fold already to my brilliant play :dong:
What do you do when the caller is a calling station? Check down, and show your attempt? Or avoid making this play if a known calling station is in the hand?
Are there other aspects/considerations that I'm missing for making this play?
As happened the last time I tried to add some aggression (repopping QQ/JJ preflop) it led me to some misplaced aggression which has led to some chip spewing, so I want to get a better handle on this.
The situations that I'm looking at are where you're late in the preflop betting such as late position or the blinds, and you're got 1 or more limpers into the pot.
What I think I want to do is raise with any 2 cards. Joose pointed this out to me the other day with a hand where I was BB and the button limped, SB completed and I just checked my 42o.
I think I should be raising at least a normal amount (normal = 4xBB + 1 for each limper) to chase limpers.
The problem arises when I get callers.
If I get callers, then I should evaluate the flop like I would with any hand, say AK, to see if it might have hit the caller and c-bet if appropriate. If there's resistance, I have to consider getting out, as would be the case with a missed AK. I think this is where I'm spewing chips right now as once I start this hand I don't back down. Maybe I'm afraid of getting caught making this move, or annoyed that the opponent didn't fold already to my brilliant play :dong:
What do you do when the caller is a calling station? Check down, and show your attempt? Or avoid making this play if a known calling station is in the hand?
Are there other aspects/considerations that I'm missing for making this play?