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braun_kan
Enthusiast
Silver Level
The action folds to hero on the button or SB and there is a calling station in the big blind with a VPIP in the 30-40 range.
I know that with high card hands like ATo or K9s I can exploitatively increase my open raise size (anywhere from + .5 to 2bb) since this villain is likely to call with a range that my hand has >50% equity against. Even hands like QTo can be profitable using this exploit since although there range might have a slight equity advantage, I can make up for this by having a better post flop game when I hit and they station with a worse pair.
Hands like 22 and 33 can also use this exploit despite potentially having a small equity disadvantage against their calling range and having a hard time with equity realization, since the implied odds of hitting a set against a player who cant fold are really good.
My question is what pre-flop line to take here with hands like 54s, 65s, and 76s. These hands have a sizable equity disadvantage against villains calling range, and they make nut hands less often than 22, 33 etc. I still want to open with them because there is some fold equity and implied odds against a calling station, but I don't know if it's still worth it to exploitatively increase my open raise size since more often than not I will miss the flop and be in a bad spot with no option to bluff them (station).
Thoughts?
I know that with high card hands like ATo or K9s I can exploitatively increase my open raise size (anywhere from + .5 to 2bb) since this villain is likely to call with a range that my hand has >50% equity against. Even hands like QTo can be profitable using this exploit since although there range might have a slight equity advantage, I can make up for this by having a better post flop game when I hit and they station with a worse pair.
Hands like 22 and 33 can also use this exploit despite potentially having a small equity disadvantage against their calling range and having a hard time with equity realization, since the implied odds of hitting a set against a player who cant fold are really good.
My question is what pre-flop line to take here with hands like 54s, 65s, and 76s. These hands have a sizable equity disadvantage against villains calling range, and they make nut hands less often than 22, 33 etc. I still want to open with them because there is some fold equity and implied odds against a calling station, but I don't know if it's still worth it to exploitatively increase my open raise size since more often than not I will miss the flop and be in a bad spot with no option to bluff them (station).
Thoughts?