Hi,
I would like to know what is your thought process to find leaks in villan game and exploit.
What kind of leaks you usually look for, how do you go about exploiting them.
I know that a player is either betting calling or folding to much, but this is too general, I would like a bit more insight into this.
Thank you.
If a player is folding a lot OOP, raise every button (or almost every button). Same goes for a player that never 3-bets and it passive postflop.
Weak players get c-bet basically 100%. Players that call on the flop a lot can get double barreled a lot of the time, especially if they opt to c/r their stronger range. A player that CR a strong range on the flop can very often be pushed off of their hand on the turn or river after flat calling the flop, provided they do not improve.
If a player folds to 3-bets, you'll want to open up your 3-betting range quite a bit. If a player folds to smaller check raise or 3-bet sizes, use those small sizes a lot. If a player is putting a lot of pressure on you with 3-bets and check raises, try utilizing a minraise, even if you're 75bb deep. Don't overadjust into a limp necessarily, many of these pressuring aggros don't adjust well and a minraise is the perfect way to begin a counter strategy with a smaller, more manageable pot (less losses when he steals it, just as easy to build into a bigger pot when YOU want to).
Look for all those sorts of things and many more. You'll notice a lot of adjustments make you more aggressive. Play aggressively by default until you know it's a bad idea. Even then, try to find an aggressively adjustment. For example, a player 3betting me a lot, I might start to minraise. But that doesn't mean I'll get less aggressive, I just utilize a smaller preflop raise size in order to manage the pot better. I'll still play back at them postflop in a variety of ways and still keep a high c-bet % a majority of the time.
When in doubt, simplify the game. Pick one or two things and focus on those when you're in a bind and make a play based on that. People often get themselves into trouble when they focus too much on a minor detail or variable and they throw the focus of the match entirely off course. No need to get fancy, especially against a random opponent. There's plenty to constantly learn about, if you're getting bored, you're getting lazy and not focusing enough.
Thank you RyPac13, this was the kind of answer I was looking for.
1 - What do you think it's a good way to find these leaks as fast as possible wasting as less chips as possible?
2 - In the $5 + R level I find that most of players will decline a rematch, so I can't really use the found leaks to play another match and exploit them fully. Should I still try to find some leaks or focus on just one?
Thanks a lot.
I really like the work you guys are doing in husng.com.
Ryan, I'm not sure to really understand this specific point :
A player that CR a strong range on the flop can very often be pushed off of their hand on the turn or river after flat calling the flop, provided they do not improve.
Thank you so much
For example, if you know your opponent will play aggressively with strong hands (very good draws and TP+ type hands) then in this type of situation:
You raise, your opponent calls.
The flop is 25T. You bet, he calls. You can often push them off of most of their hands if they don't improve on many turn cards by betting (and sometimes a river bet is required) because they would have check raised a strong hand on the flop (such as JT or better). By betting the flop, turn and sometimes river, you can push off weak straight draws (A4, 64, A3) and weaker pairs.
That's just an on the fly example, it doesn't always have to be a two low card type board, you can do the same on QT6 as well vs many players.
It's important to know that your opponent is also not a calling station. Some players, particularly in the lower stakes will call you down as light as A hi or bottom pair no matter how many times you bet. Against these guys, you'll just be value betting, albeit with a wider range of value hands.
Could you please answer to these questions RyPac13?
1 - What do you think it's a good way to find these leaks as fast as possible wasting as less chips as possible?
2 - In the $5 + R level I find that most of players will decline a rematch, so I can't really use the found leaks to play another match and exploit them fully. Should I still try to find some leaks or focus on just one?
Thanks a lot.
It's not easy, but pay attention to everything that they do. Every showdown hand is in particular useful, because not only do you see how they played a specific hand, you see the type of board that they made their decisions on every street. Most players play very similarly throughout the game.
If you see somebody slowplay TP on a drawy board, they are likely to do the same with top set.
If you see somebody check raise a weak draw or a mid pair, it's likely they will do that in the future with similar types of hands.
Look for things like that. When a guy folds more than usual, you can assume he's likely weaker, so you'll bet more often, particularly on early streets. Utilize anything that you see that you can exploit, there's tons of information to always be gained and used.
Thanks for thoses precisions. If i understand, it' s a good spot against specific villain.
Now my question is what kind(s) of villain is likely to
-Be not a calling station
-CR strong range