Yeah I do find opening up works well in most games, as long as you have the correct players to your left and not some maniac... which sometime you get in these lower levels. When the blinds are high enough I try to steal and sometimes even re-steal depending on the player and how the game is going.
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This is a great description of basic domination in STTs. Alter your play based on your opponents, keep busy, and make sure you're in position if you want to see a flop in any capacity.
imo stealing (i.e. shoving all-in) from the SB and BTN is one of the single most important skills in a STT, your first instinct should be to shove if it's folded to you. Restealing may not work as much in the late levels, but I guess it really just depends on the stack sizes and villain type, cause you're looking to have a good amount of fold equity, plus you want to have a good risk/reward ratio, i.e. you're winning a significant amount of your stack if you take down the pot.
IMO stealing via all-in is what everyone knows how to do these days, so it's not as important these days as it used to be. People are also calling wider than they used to be, for the same reasons. For me, and what generally bridges the gap for my students is when we are raising in LP when folded to, but are NOT stealing. We are enticing play from weak hands/weak players in the blinds. We then are allowed to see flops in position with whatever our preflop raising range is(usually it'll be top 30-35% so if we hit something it's semi respectable). When we see the flops in this manner, we're dealing with smaller pots on average but more of them. This allows for much more "small ball," which ultimately diminishes the chances that variance kicks you in the balls.
Let's start with just one - let's say we're 4-handed with equal 12bb stacks in a 9-man turbo, how should we approach this? How does it vary when we have a nit/fish/good reg to our left?
What if we're 3-handed, same scenario?
4 handed if we're all even, the things to pay attention to are the stats of our opponents and possibly the
sharkscope information of them as well. For instance, if we see 2 semi loose and losing players on the table, it's probably best to hang back and let the fireworks happen for as long as humanly possible...and maybe even longer. If everyone is roughly our talent level or greater, we should increase our level of risk on a general basis, which means more reshoves, calling shoves lighter, and making more steals preflop.
It's a constant adjustment to the players we're up against.
And a quick note about suited aces, they may be okay for the very minimum on the button in a multi-way pot, but keep in mind that flushes don't get paid off as often as sets or straights do, so you need very specific circumstances to play them.
While I certainly wouldn't advise calling raises with weak suited aces...the fact that they're suited is a GREAT attribute. While it's true that flushes don't get paid much, and it's also difficult to hit a flush in a STT unless you catch it on the flop or on the turn...just having suited cards gives us a 20% chance of flopping a flush draw. Flush draws create many more opportunities to win the pot via semi
bluff and whatnot. Even hands like 82s gain semibluffing value merely because they are suited.
make sure you got a good read on your oppenent before making your moves.. obv.. playing against a fish you want to play a little tighter as he will call you with a fairly wide range but that could also benifit you.. its really confusing the hand history process i need help with shit..!
