Hey gustav197poker, with all due respect, I have one thing or two to comment about it.
First, I made a mistake in this hand reading, and I assigned a smaller preflop raize, when, in fact it is way to large. This is also a flaw for the field, this is the purpose of this text.
I have a friend who is an average regular at 100 NLHE, and plays almost everyday, so I can talk about the subject, because somehow I learned a lot with this friend of mine, anyways.
We must consider that a high level player like Randy 'Nanonoko' Lew, played at 100 NLHE. We should not expect many weak players in the sense of the micros playing 100 NLHE: even some fishes are good players they just don't have the fundamentals of postflop game well based on their minds, and they commit a bunch of errors, but this never means they are retardad and will not realize, right on the spot, an attempt to exploit range x range out of position by polarization.
When we start to create alternative exploitative lines like this one here, Squeezing preflop out of position with a monster size of 6x or more, as you propose, we must ask ourselves:
Are we going to Squeeze BLUFF from the SB versus CO and BTN with:
66+, A2s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, AJo+, KQo
Squeeze Range bluff and values, SB versus CO raisor+BTN caller = 15.23%
Are we comfortable Squeezing this wide against CO+BTN, raising 6x or more, with 15% of our range? If the answer is yes, okay, go down there and destroy the field.
I don't have ability enough to play postflop, with this huge amount 15% ammount of combos, out of position, in a polarized pot.
Now, if you tell me that you are only playing exploitative because of the "fish", you gotta consider that other regulars understand a lot the concept of isolation and will call way down lighter in position trying to exploit the exploitator: the player from the SB who intends to isolate generating a huge preflop size, in a deep stack pot will suffer punishment from other regulars who are observing the real intentions of the SB, with such a huge polarized squeeze preflop. Being deep stacked, when SB puts such a huge sizing preflop it is just giving more odds for the players in position, also deep stacked to call. Because the player in position knows what SB knows.
The so-called "fishes" at 100 NLHE are very good players! They are either players from higher limits who doesn't care to look bad at 100 NLHE because it is so cheap for them, or there are the young millionaries who like to bad-beat a Super Nova Elite just to screen shot and post on the facebook for its friends to like and share, and there are the elite regulars players, who are there everyday, just praying for a situation like this to happen: a polarized preflop range, 3-handed pot with a very drawie-connected board, fighting for a monster pot.
What I am trying to poorly say, is that nobody cares of losing 100 BB at NLHE and this turns all the field very dangerous: the fishes and whales will go for stacks and so does the average regulars of the field.
We need to be sure that when we make an exploitative/polarized preflop squeeze like this, we don't do only with QQ+ and AQs+, but increase the polarize range who does this to become the reading harder.
Let's say that we are happy Squeezing for value SB versus CO+BTN with TT+, AJs+, KJs+, QJs, AQo+, 5.88%. We increase this range to 10% for bluff so we add TT+, A9s+, A5s-A2s, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+ having 10.41% Squeezing range from the SB versus CO+BTN going for a polarize size. (However, we will get folds most of times and when we get action, we will play a huge pot out of position, which is not so good for us).
IF I was there, playing 100 NLHE, and I am a Loose Aggressive Regular in the Cut-Off (A decent LAG) deep stacked and the SB makes such a polarized raise preflop, I would be inclined to think that the SB either doesn't know me, or it does not respect me, and both are good for me: I am deep stacked, the BTN is a fish deep and SB is deep too omg, there are ludicrous implied odds to enter this polarized pot with a great part of my range, I will include some very speculative hands such as:
QQ-22, A2s+, K8s+, Q8s+, J7s+, T7s+, 96s+, 85s+, 74s+, 64s+, 53s+, 42s+, 32s, A9o+, A5o-A2o, KTo+, QTo+, JTo, T9o 32.73%
Or more! Depending how Loose this player really is.
I will 4-bet versus Squeeze just a little. I would be inclined to call down more with JJ+ and AQs+, because I know for sure SB has a very hot hand and the BTN is a fish, so it would cold call lighter anyways. I know that because SB polarized its preflop range, it will bet at least one street of value, polarizing its range again and I can call down with a great part of my range, very safely. I know that SB is raising high to exploit the fish in the BTN and I intend to take advantage upon it: If I 4-bet Squeeze right now, there is a great chance of BTN to fold and to SB to either call or 5-bet me, but as long as the pot is already too big, I believe that SB will cold call more 4-bets with TT, JJ, QQ, 99 sometimes, and it would 5-bet/shove with KK+ AKs, even deep stacked, because I have a loose aggressive character and SB will mot respect me very much, which is awesome for extraction! Definition: I will 4-bet with the top of my range less often here to trap both players. I also protect my wide cold calling range here, by showing a lot of strength calling out of position in a 3-handed pot. I hope SB to see me as a fish too and c-bets this flop with all of his range something like a 100% of times, with all of its range, making another polarized bet in the flop, making my life easier in many turns and rivers.
I will call with all the pairs, all the suited connectors, one gapper and two gappers, most of them, almost all the kings suited, all the aces suited, a bunch of combos of off suited aces, all the broadways, a lot of suited queens and jacks and so on!
It seems that a regular could narrow its calling range from the CO when it comes a polarized range or it can widen: a polarized size usually means only two things: either SB has a monster hand or SB had a huge bluff. We believe that SB will not do it a lot with bluffs, so SB is unbalancing its range and showing weakness: I am in the CO and I will try to capitalize this weakness, by calling.
As SB wants to exploit, calling with a wide range from the CO when everyone is deep stacked is sweet.
We gotta be very careful because SB raised 6x to get calls only from the recreational player and then an average regular (Loose Aggresive Regular, as described for the poster) enters the pot and SB doesn't change its strategy. The opponent in the CO knows exactly what you mean when you polarize your preflop range, and it will not fold because now it is almost certain that you will put money in the pot at least one street of value with your polarized JJ+ AJs+ Squeezing Range.
Before we exploit we gotta know who really is in the table, how this person seems and perceives our gaming and how this person would react in the face of X and Y we decide to do.
I believe that raising 6x or more works a lot from 2 NLHE to 10 NLHE. At higher stakes such as 25 NLHE this kind of exploitative actions will be punished by the regulars of the field.
We are trying a more GTO approach at 100 NLHE, to avoid to be exploited by other regulars who clearly and deeply understand the concepts of polarization and isolation. They also have a deep knowledge in playing deep stacked pots. I like to respect my adversaries at the tables, and not be very creative when I know that this player knows what I know. A guy like this deserves respect and I'll try to play more GTO with him/her: instead of raising 6x preflop, polarizing, I would Squeeze 4x as I do with all of my range, for bluff or value. When comes a Flop, because there are 3-players involved in the pot, and I am out of position in relation to a Loose Aggressive player with a good knowledge postflop and a 'fish' which will continue paying with a wide part of its range, I see it is good to c-bet here, and I would go 1/3 pot. I don't see how QQ needs to much protection here. By betting flop that high we are bluffing with a very good and strong value range, considering range vs range CO+BTN versus SB.
Regards;
Carlos 'Aballinamion' Barbosa
