Versus loose-passive opponents who on the one hand tend to call too much and on the other hand rarely bluff, our play should be betting for value. We look for a call from weaker made hands (e.g., any pair), flush draws (e.g., A6hh), straight draws (e.g., 53cc), or gutshot straight draws (e.g., A3ss). If we want to bet we need to find a good reason, in this case betting for value.īetting for value means we think that many weaker hands will call our bet. The flop comes Th4h2s we hit top set! We need to decide between betting our hand or trying to play tricky and check-raise. We are way ahead of this range with our pocket tens, and feeling pretty good about this spot given our initiative. Looser players can also call with low suited kings (K2s-K9s), suited one-gappers (42s-T8s), and offsuit hands like T9o, Q9o, J9o, etc.

If we think the opponent is a loose-passive player, as the majority of players at low stakes are, we can assume he plays mostly pocket-pairs (22-TT), suited aces (A2s-AJs), broadway cards (JT-AT, QJ-AJ, KQ), and maybe suited connectors (32s-T9s) in this manner. The dealer calls, and now it’s time for us to think about the most important thing in poker: what is the opponent’s range i.e., what hands will he play like this? We will open-raise from this position in at least 25% of possible starting hands, and pocket tens are at the very top of our opening range, so we should always open-raise this hand in this spot. We hope you enjoy this feature from the Poker Fighter School, and would be happy for you to share these posts - as well as your feedback - on social media.Īction is folded to us and we see pocket tens in the cutoff position. Each and every Sunday Stas Tishkevich, founder of the Poker Fighter Training App, brings you a new lesson in article + video format. Editor’s note: This is Lesson #4 in our weekly “Strategy with Stas” series.

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