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jamesponce
Rising Star
Silver Level
Ok so this may be a newbie strategy but it has worked majority of the time for me in cash games. (some tourny as well) No matter what pocket pair I have, if my position is right (very important), I will push strong hoping to only go heads up or have a few callers. Reason for this is unless someone else has pockets I officially have the best pre-flop hand. Think about all the times you were dealt a good hand but just couldn't pair up and now your forced to fold because someone limped in on a community pot and had the nuts.
Now I generally only do this in high stakes blinds because its not really worth it to only rake in a few bucks if everyone folds. Sometimes you can get lucky and have a lot of callers in lower strakes and still manage to win (if its high pockets) but for the general matter of the this discussion I'm going with the image of having any pocket pair high or low.
Has anyone else used this aggressive strategy? I understand this is very situational as I do fold my pockets depending on my position or the betting that takes place before me, or just generally how the table is playing as a whole. Some say this is amateur play but it hasn't failed me so far.
Now I generally only do this in high stakes blinds because its not really worth it to only rake in a few bucks if everyone folds. Sometimes you can get lucky and have a lot of callers in lower strakes and still manage to win (if its high pockets) but for the general matter of the this discussion I'm going with the image of having any pocket pair high or low.
Has anyone else used this aggressive strategy? I understand this is very situational as I do fold my pockets depending on my position or the betting that takes place before me, or just generally how the table is playing as a whole. Some say this is amateur play but it hasn't failed me so far.