The Extra One Percent: Episode One

Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t30/t60 Blinds - 2 players
BTN/SB: t2765 46.08 BBs
Hero (BB): t1235 20.58 BBs

Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is BB with A 8
BTN/SB calls t30

Hero ?

The villain is a station that has called every raise the Hero has made. He is very unlikely to limp/fold. Hero's hand should be far ahead of his limp/call range but raising to a standard amount of 180 or 240 would make SPR very awkward. Against a player like this, a big raise to about 450 is most likely the best option. If he folds pre-flop then we collect 120 in chips. He is more likely to call the giant raise and fold to a flop cbet than to call a shove pre-flop. The big raise will create a SPR of less than one which will allow us to shove the flop. 

If a player starts off a husng by limping, he is likely to be passive. When you flop a hand, it is probably better to bet at it yourself than to depend on the villain to bet.

Timing tell: You can pick up a lot of information from insta actions, especially from a fish. 

Timing tell: If you notice an opponent tank pre-flop than showdown a strong hand then you can probably expect that every time he tanks pre-flop, he has a strong range. You can probably also expect him to have a strong range in general when he tanks to make an action whether it be pre-flop or post-flop.

Thin block value bets should be used more often against weak passive players. 

Notes that Saibot took against opponent:

• Probably has a weak limping range.
• Does not look like a reg.
• When he tanks pre-flop, he is more likely to have a strong range.
• He decided NOT to 3-bet AQo early in the match.
• Respect his aggression pre-flop.
• In general, respect his aggression post-flop as well.
• He used small bet size to bluff the river.
• Maybe his small bet sizes are air/bluff.
• Block value bet him.