Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
several viable and profitable lines
several viable and profitable lines to take in a common spot like this, but most of your decisions should rely on how aggressive and tricky your opponent is. The less tricky and aggressive they are, a standard continuation bet and double barrel on improved turns will generally be profitable. Against trickier opponents, betting small, over betting the turn, and check/calling can all be profitable lines as well.
take a look at general equity
take a look at general equity on a broadway paired board using the exact same opening hand ranges for our opponent of 23.4%. Your opponent open raises, and you call and see a flop of: QcQh8d. . Paired Broadway Board Check/Call with Gutshot: ~32% equity versus your opponent’s range. (T9s, T9o, J9o+, J9s+) . Check/Call with Air: ~42% equity versus your opponent’s range. (AKs, AKo, A9s–AJs, A9o–AJo, KJs, KJo) . Check/Call with Small Pair: ~42% equity versus your opponent’s range. (22, 44–77) Check/Call with Two Pair (bottom): ~58% equity versus your opponent’s range. (86s+, 87o, 98o, 98s, T8s, J8s) Check/Call with Over Pair (two pair): ~77% equity versus your opponent’s range. (AA–KK) Check/Call with Trips: ~91% equity versus your opponent’s range. (AQs, AQo, KQo, KQs, QTs+, QTo+) Combined equity of all ranges: ~51% equity versus your opponent’s range. Combined Equity of made hands: ~65% equity versus your opponent’s range