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Ok, so on to LoosePassives or LPs. These are your prototypical fish. Limp a lot, seldom raise, call very wide after the flop, generally have very little clue about what's going on, only worried about their own hand strength. They do come in a lot of shapes and sizes but I'd classify most players with a VPIP over 25 and PFR less than 10 as a LP. Most of the ones you see in the micro's however are going to look more like 48/5/0.5 or so.
Their Gameplan :
1. See a lot of flops.
2. Other than that, there's not many common characteristics.
Their Weaknesses :
1. Plays too many hands.
2. Positionally unaware.
3. Calls too much after the flop.
Key Stats :
1. Limp-Call %. Some LPs will limp a lot, but fold often to raises.
2. Fold to Cbet %. Look for guys with a high Limp-Call % and a Fold to Cbet % and isolate the hell out of them.
3. River AF/AFq%. Make sure you look at their aggression breakdown by street. Lot's of these guys love to bluff the river for some reason. You'll notice quite a few of them, their street by street AF will be something like 0.3/0.5/8 .
Our Gameplan :
1. Position, Position, Position.
2. Isolate, Isolate, Isolate.
3. Value bet, Value bet, Value bet.
Breakdown :
1. Position, Position, Position.
and
2. Isolate, Isolate, Isolate.
Position is king, and especially against these guys. As any good player will tell you, your primary goal should always be to play pots in position against fish. These guys are your prototypical fish, so our number 1 goal is to be in position vs. them. This means playing a very positional game, isolating and stealing very wide from the CO/BTN. So as you can see, position and isolating go hand in hand.
Example 1 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407187
Villain is 35/5/0.9 over 47 hands. Here he posts early. Pretty standard raise and we take it down.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407188
Villain is 44/10 over 35 hands. He limps, we raise and take it.
All pretty standard stuff.
Example 2 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407190
Villain is 73/13 over a small sample. He posts early so we obv. raise it up in position. Flop comes down really good, so we C-bet and take it. These are your perfect type flops to C-bet.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407192
Villain is 35/9 over 50ish hands. He also has a 100% Fold to C-bet thus far. Standard iso, not a great flop to C-bet since we're likely to get floated pretty wide, but this guy likes to fold after the flop, and we can double barrel a lot of turns.
Example 3 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407193
Villain is 43/10 over 150 hands. He doesn't fold to steals often, but folds well to C-bets. Flop comes down perfect for a C-bet and we take it down.
3. Value bet, Value bet, Value bet.
Most of these guys don't understand relative hand strengths and as such, they will call you down very wide. So whenever you flop a strong hand, take them to value town.
Example 1 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407196
Villain is 31/3 over 120 hands. We isolate a limper and end up flopping a set. No fancy tricks, just pound, pound, pound. He happened to have a legitimate hand here, but I'm pretty sure he'd be calling us down much wider than that.
Example 2 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407197
Villain is 81/12 over 65 hands. Standard open with Queens, awesome flop, so we just pound away. Notice how I still bet even after the K falls. A King is a very small part of his range, and I feel very confident betting all 3 streets vs. this guy. Also, notice the difference in bet sizing between Example 1 and Example 2. I manipulated the pot in order to set up a river shove in 1, but kept the pot smaller while OOP and with a weaker hand in 2.
Example 3 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407198
Villain is 39/0 over 111 hands. Standard raise vs. a limper and standard C-bet. Nice how I bink a J on the turn, so I fire again. Charge the draws and get some value from 9's and med pairs. Once the FD and SD get's there I don't see the value in betting again here. There's just not a ton of worse hands I see calling us here.
Wrap up :
LP's are your money makers for the most part. They are generally the most common player type in the micros, and they play horribly. Don't get fancy with them, just look to exploit all their common mistakes. They like to limp a wide range, so isolate them a lot and force them to play large pots OOP with a weak range. The also call down light, so pound away whenever you flop a strong hand. These are the guys where most of your money is going to come from so playing well against them is key to success.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/exploiting-your-opponents-147871/
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/exploiting-your-opponents-part-2-nits-148007/
Their Gameplan :
1. See a lot of flops.
2. Other than that, there's not many common characteristics.
Their Weaknesses :
1. Plays too many hands.
2. Positionally unaware.
3. Calls too much after the flop.
Key Stats :
1. Limp-Call %. Some LPs will limp a lot, but fold often to raises.
2. Fold to Cbet %. Look for guys with a high Limp-Call % and a Fold to Cbet % and isolate the hell out of them.
3. River AF/AFq%. Make sure you look at their aggression breakdown by street. Lot's of these guys love to bluff the river for some reason. You'll notice quite a few of them, their street by street AF will be something like 0.3/0.5/8 .
Our Gameplan :
1. Position, Position, Position.
2. Isolate, Isolate, Isolate.
3. Value bet, Value bet, Value bet.
Breakdown :
1. Position, Position, Position.
and
2. Isolate, Isolate, Isolate.
Position is king, and especially against these guys. As any good player will tell you, your primary goal should always be to play pots in position against fish. These guys are your prototypical fish, so our number 1 goal is to be in position vs. them. This means playing a very positional game, isolating and stealing very wide from the CO/BTN. So as you can see, position and isolating go hand in hand.
Example 1 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407187
Villain is 35/5/0.9 over 47 hands. Here he posts early. Pretty standard raise and we take it down.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407188
Villain is 44/10 over 35 hands. He limps, we raise and take it.
All pretty standard stuff.
Example 2 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407190
Villain is 73/13 over a small sample. He posts early so we obv. raise it up in position. Flop comes down really good, so we C-bet and take it. These are your perfect type flops to C-bet.
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407192
Villain is 35/9 over 50ish hands. He also has a 100% Fold to C-bet thus far. Standard iso, not a great flop to C-bet since we're likely to get floated pretty wide, but this guy likes to fold after the flop, and we can double barrel a lot of turns.
Example 3 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407193
Villain is 43/10 over 150 hands. He doesn't fold to steals often, but folds well to C-bets. Flop comes down perfect for a C-bet and we take it down.
3. Value bet, Value bet, Value bet.
Most of these guys don't understand relative hand strengths and as such, they will call you down very wide. So whenever you flop a strong hand, take them to value town.
Example 1 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407196
Villain is 31/3 over 120 hands. We isolate a limper and end up flopping a set. No fancy tricks, just pound, pound, pound. He happened to have a legitimate hand here, but I'm pretty sure he'd be calling us down much wider than that.
Example 2 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407197
Villain is 81/12 over 65 hands. Standard open with Queens, awesome flop, so we just pound away. Notice how I still bet even after the K falls. A King is a very small part of his range, and I feel very confident betting all 3 streets vs. this guy. Also, notice the difference in bet sizing between Example 1 and Example 2. I manipulated the pot in order to set up a river shove in 1, but kept the pot smaller while OOP and with a weaker hand in 2.
Example 3 :
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/407198
Villain is 39/0 over 111 hands. Standard raise vs. a limper and standard C-bet. Nice how I bink a J on the turn, so I fire again. Charge the draws and get some value from 9's and med pairs. Once the FD and SD get's there I don't see the value in betting again here. There's just not a ton of worse hands I see calling us here.
Wrap up :
LP's are your money makers for the most part. They are generally the most common player type in the micros, and they play horribly. Don't get fancy with them, just look to exploit all their common mistakes. They like to limp a wide range, so isolate them a lot and force them to play large pots OOP with a weak range. The also call down light, so pound away whenever you flop a strong hand. These are the guys where most of your money is going to come from so playing well against them is key to success.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/exploiting-your-opponents-147871/
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/exploiting-your-opponents-part-2-nits-148007/
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