re: Poker & $10 NLHE 6-max: Underpair OOP (semi wet board)
Back in the days the people used even 4x from UTG. With a good reason. If we imagine sample with 5kk hands at NL10 with 3x OR from HJ and LJ and other with 2.2x OR, then will be a difference. This is a leak, as I said. A huge one. As I said maybe 2bb/100 hands difference. And you can't see this leak.
I remember one topic. Very long time ago. In PS...I played only SNG. But I talked with some guys, cash games players. The theme was "OR size". 2x from the BU, 2.5x from CO was not found yet. I said "why you don't use 3.5x UTG, HJ 3x, CO 2.5x, BU 2x, SB 3.5x". They were playing mainly at NL50-NL100 (the games was soft). The people liked my suggestion. Only the "top" coach don't liked it and started to argue. But he argued only for the BTN OR size. Short time after that someone "found" the min raise from BTN. Everyone start to use this. This guys, this coaches from the topic, they don't play anymore. The other guys still play poker with good results. They use 2.2x from UTG and MP, because the games are tough. The squeeze and the 3bet vs UTG and MP are high percentage. Higher than NL10. But they also have higher FE preflop. And not a big edge postflop. And no one is talking about NL10, no one cares.
If you are listening to the coaches, some ot them prefer 2.2x from UtG, HJ (for part of the range). But they are not experienced players. They decide to coach, because they sucks as players. For example this "weasel". Maybe the most popular coach for micro. He don't play for living. He "likes to coach". He tried this and that. He thinking about some strategies and then "try". This is like a game for him. Not a survival.
Not using 3x from UTG, HJ actually is "a big deal" , as I said. You lower your chances to go up, to survive in poker. This is a huge leak...Two blinds is a huge leak. I can't think right now for something similar. Maybe this is the biggest leak for micro.
And that's why I was angry, f*cking sorry about that. Every time, the same...The same sh*t. Why you give up so easily from the "old school" !? Low OR size, small Cbet, check, some homo moves. This "old school" is exactly for the micro. Maybe is not good anymore for the higher limits, but for the micro still perfect.
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