The Best Small Blind Strategy is NOT Obvious | Upswing Poker Level-Up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- The Small Blind is a unique position because you already have half a blind invested, which improves your pot odds, but you're also out of position against every player at the table. What's more, you've still got the Big Blind to worry about behind you.
This unique position requires a unique strategy before the flop. Mike Brady and poker pro Gary Blackwood walk you through the optimal approach from the Small Blind in this episode of Upswing Poker Level-Up.
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Can you guys do more live poker strategy, loved that video about live poker you did earlier this season. THANKS! ❤️
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I have looked at the charts from Nick Petrangelo's smash live cash, using 200BB+ RAKED big blinds deep at equilibrium we SHOULD have flats in the SB, especially versus EP opens, versus late opens we can continue playing 3b or fold since they are a bunch wider, but the take away is vs an UTG open 200+ deep versus a GTO/tighter player it is a mistake to 3b TT-99, ATs, AJs which make up the thick of your flatting range. QQ and JJ are at the top end of your flat range, but is used to protect your flatting range
I believe the logic is hands ATs-AJs, KQs-99 really don't want to 3b so you see it work in some flats to make the SB 3b more polarized, as such you also go like 6.5x instead of 4x from the SB mirroring more of a BB-like strategy but you're still only flatting 5%. You even flat as strong as AKo and QQ which makes up the top end of your flatting. Where the 3b range is mostly AA,KK,AK+ with some mix of suited ace blockers and Kx blockers.
What is your logic with your experience playing live? My thoughts are that versus a bunch of regs this is great advice, but when there a good amount of fun/rec players we need to focus on trying to get into pots with them, perhaps even isolating them from the other regs at the table. Source: 3/5 hybrid online serious recreational player (100-200 NL 2.5 bb/100 online about 1-2k hands a week, and 1-2 days a week live)
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A bit shame that you didn't talk about *tournament adjustments* for the section: playing the SB when the action is folded to you...
I think there is a lot of open-limping allowed in SB in MTTs, but that spot becomes complicated vs competent players who (iso)raise your limp and then you play OOP... And it is a common spot in MTTs.
ah, damn. Totally spaced on doing that subtopic. It is indeed much different in tournaments considering no rake and ante. Might need a full episode on preflop MTT play with a special guest pro to cover spots like this.
At 15:09 I made a mistake in this one, when I'm talking about a SB call spot vs a raise + caller at 15-25bb stacks.
I spoke off the cuff here and while I stand by my general point about some hands being nice flats in this spot, the specific hands I listed were misleading/wrong.
So we're talking about a spot where a player raises, another player calls, and then the action gets to you in the Small Blind with a 15-25bb stack.
Calling with QJo is gonna be too loose vs almost any position pair. KJo only starts to play heavy call vs CO/BTN.
The solver plays a linear squeeze in this spot. In other words, you just shove with the top X% of hands because you want to push equity with most of your range.
You can then just call a bunch of playable hands below this range. Sorry about that -- it's what I get for not confirming details before that segment!
So hands that are a little too weak to shove with, but can flop well?
@@paulworsley2757 yes, great way to put it
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While the SB limping strategy may be very complicated to implement, it would also be very difficult to defend against correctly. So you don't need hundreds of hours of study, just some general ideas. The upside is that you keep the pots smaller and reduce variance, which could be quite valuable in a tournament where you have a big + EV.
you have to do it in a tournament. The pot odds are way too good to play raise-only, which prevents how many hands you can profitably play.
When doing three betting from the sb, do you normally continuation bet?
depends on the board -- specifically how good it is for your range vs the opponent's range. We'll be sure to cover c-betting in 3-bet pots in a future episode.
5:13 Wouldn't the opponent actually need 30/95 ~= 31.5% of raw equity? Of course, in reality he'd need less because he'll be in position post flop.
yes that's the correct amount of raw equity needed