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cj2327
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Silver Level
First post here, so I would love some feedback if I'm doing this wrong
My question is about a specific type of game that seems to be common at low limits, especially live 1-2, which is very limp-call heavy. Lots of pots with 4-5 players, and c-bets are rarely effective. Players will call you to the river with second pair or a gut shot on a four-flush board. This kind of game has been analyzed all over, and good players seem to agree that the best strategy is to raise hard with premium hands, see cheap flops with speculative hands (small pp, suited connectors, etc) and avoid likely 2nd best trap hands (KTo, A7o) like the plague unless the situation is absolutely ideal.
My question concerns the speculative hands. Prevailing wisdom seems to take opponents to valuetown when you hit the flop hard, and toss them when they miss. But the same posters rip on the "fit or fold mentality." The strategy makes sense to me, but how is this strategy different than fit or fold? What am I missing here?
My question is about a specific type of game that seems to be common at low limits, especially live 1-2, which is very limp-call heavy. Lots of pots with 4-5 players, and c-bets are rarely effective. Players will call you to the river with second pair or a gut shot on a four-flush board. This kind of game has been analyzed all over, and good players seem to agree that the best strategy is to raise hard with premium hands, see cheap flops with speculative hands (small pp, suited connectors, etc) and avoid likely 2nd best trap hands (KTo, A7o) like the plague unless the situation is absolutely ideal.
My question concerns the speculative hands. Prevailing wisdom seems to take opponents to valuetown when you hit the flop hard, and toss them when they miss. But the same posters rip on the "fit or fold mentality." The strategy makes sense to me, but how is this strategy different than fit or fold? What am I missing here?