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Originally posted by RasTweet
Originally posted by Rihard4a
Thanks Ras, yes I have been having some good sessions at Unibet. I don't know why I didn't go there in the first place. ♦By the way, I wanted to start a discussion regarding opening ranges. As for NL2 I think, it is a specific level so then the approach should be the same.
EP:
22+, AJo+, KQo+, ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, T9s
MP:
22+, ATo+, QJo+, A9s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, 78s+
CO:
22+, All aces, All broadways, K8o+, Q9o+, J8o+, 56s+, 64s+
BTN:
22+, All aces, All broadways, All Kings, Q7o+, J8o+, T8o+, 56s+, 64s+, 74s+
SB:
22+, A9s+, KJo+, QJo+, 78s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs
BB:
22+, A9s+, KJo+, QJo+, 78s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs
Obviously these ranges vary depending on the opponents I play, I always try to adapt to them. For some reason I find these ranges the best for me, what do you think? I have tried to loosen up a bit more but it doesn't seem to work that good on NL2.
Ready for some discussion.
Hmm I know ppl opening these ranges, but this is my opinion. Oh and everybody calls me a nit anyway
EP: a bit to loose for meI'm not even sure if I open KTs in UTG tbh. So KTs, QTs,JTs is a bit loose and here is because. I think because ppl are soo fishy and loose I should nit up a bit. I want hands with a lot of highcardvalue etc. Now I know that KTs is a highcard value hand. But fish call all Ax hands which makes your KTs not so nice anymore.
Also if you raise and mp calls, you're going to be in family pot a lot of the times with KTs in UTG. I don't like it. But hey it's open for discussion ♦MP: I do AJo and ATs, not ATo ♦ And QJs and probably JTs.
CO: I agree there but I don't do it. Like K8o, I don't open it because I think I'm going to spew with it.
BTN: almost every hand, hard to write down a range. I steal shitloads.
SB and BB I really can't say. It's so player dependent. I'm really nitty in the SB when I have a solid player to my left. But if there is a dude that steals a lot orb I 3b a bit more. BB depends where they open from/who opened...
I'm a nit
About the EP. Even though it is loose, I think it is that loose tbh, all suited broadways most of the times is $$$ when hit, but even if you get involved in family pot it is so easy to throw it away if you miss.
The ranges I use I actually implemented them from Blackrain79's book only with minor adjustments in EP and MP, "Crushing The Microlimits", and they work very good for me so far. Maybe if you take a glance at the book, you would figure why, it's basically due to the fact that most of the players at NL2 don't have a clue about position etc. Like if your range would be AKs+ from EP doesn't mean that they expect you to have it from that position. They don't know what to expect from any position, so you can easily play hands as KTs+, QTs+, JTs+. So the most important thing is not to make static ranges overall at microstakes, you just need to be very adaptive to your opponents range. I hope you get my point here.
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Originally posted by DrDunne
hey Rihard4ahave to say after learning the game with the SHC, seeing such 'loose' ranges, i want to say it isn't good, but tbh i can't argue against pleno1's recommendation ♦ i'll probably start looking at adjusting my ranges too.
i think by opening ALL Ax hands from CO is a little loose. i think you want a little more equity than that. the lowest Axo hand i go is A8 from CO, but i do open all Axs hands from there. also i think you should be opening a lot less suited 1 gappers. probably start from like 86s imo..
i like your SB range! lots of people play too loose from SB and get into trouble postflop OOP. and obviously as you say it really depends on villain so we can't really have a static range from SB. or BB for that matter since it really depends.
Well I can't really say that your opinion is good or bad either, because these ranges I use have been working quite well for me so far. But you need to have pretty good discipline to play such hands, because sometimes you need to do some crazy lay downs when you are beat. CO range to be honest varies as well, I use HUD to determine when to open raise Ax hands when I have limpers behind, very villain dependent.
The main point I think it is when you have such polarized range, you still will play straightforward poker at NL2, so the range in my opinion is OK. Raise value, fold if missed. Easy game. ♦
This is the result playing these ranges this week.
Had one of the worst sessions. All my nut hands were beaten really bad, run into coolers etc.
This is the graph for this week. 
Won't play at the weekends at all.
Hands played: 901
Current BR: €46.25
Huge disappointment.
Originally posted by DrDunne
i think by opening ALL Ax hands from CO is a little loose.
You Nit!
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This made me lol and my GF asked what was going on :faceplam: Try to explain that
Hey Rihard!It does look like your ranges are working!
But I don't think the problem is that they don't know what to expect from which position. My problem is being OOP. Now if there are a bunch of passive ppl that check behind the whole time then I'd open 100%, but ppl are just stabbing the whole time etc. And if they stab I can call him down from time to time with Ah if it's a good board.
And you are right it's important to not have static ranges. On nl2 it's not a big problem but once you get higher you have to open hands according to your opponents.
I hope this makes some sense
Regards
RasTweet
Just an update. I actually managed to play a session just before the week ended. So I want to update the current progress I have.
I ended session in profit overall, even though I was running under EV again.
This is the so far progress of mine.
Hands played (week): 6069
Starting BR: €31.03
Current BR: €53.11 (+rakeback)
Had another session today below EV. Argh... 
This hand was epic. ♦
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Prima, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.
Hero (MP): $2 (100 bb)
CO: $1.86 (93 bb)
BTN: $0.82 (41 bb)
SB: $3.62 (181 bb)
BB: $2.92 (146 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP with A♥ A♦
Hero raises to $0.08, CO folds, BTN raises to $0.14, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.62, BTN raises to $0.82, Hero calls $0.20
Flop: ($1.67) 5♠ Q♦ 6♥ (2 players)
Turn: ($1.67) T♠ (2 players)
River: ($1.67) K♣ (2 players)
Results: $1.67 pot ($0.10 rake)
Final Board: 5♠ Q♦ 6♥ T♠ K♣
Hero showed A♥ A♦ and lost (-$0.82 net)
BTN showed J♥ A♣ and won $1.57 ($0.75 net)
Still ended it in pofit. (2BI)
Pretty much confident about my move to Unibet. I had 4 Christmas Hunt tickets, 3 of them were blanks, but I won one of them. I got a Wowee Speaker, I don't yet how I will receive it, but I will defo contact Unibet support about that. I checked amazon, and that shit costs 50 quid. 
I think I might find a good use for it with my iPod touch. ![:]](https://forums.pokerstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/emoticons/pokerstrategy-legacy/basics/pleased.gif ":]")
So the current progress is:
Hands played (session): 297
Hands played (month): 6665
Current BR (+rakeback): €57.08
Short update from my last session.
Overall was great, ended up again in profit, and also was running above EV which is also great.
Hands played (session): 643
Current BR: €62.47
Do you have any tips for getting on tables?
It seems unibet has no waiting lists. Do you use any software to table select? Or do you just stare at the lobby and hope a seat randomly frees up?
Thx
Originally posted by w34z3l
Do you have any tips for getting on tables?It seems unibet has no waiting lists. Do you use any software to table select? Or do you just stare at the lobby and hope a seat randomly frees up?
Thx
I don't stare, nor I use any software. At the beginning of the session I jump into random tables, and then once in a while I check lobby in case a table with high P/F appears with a seat. That's it.
Originally posted by Rihard4a
Originally posted by w34z3l
Do you have any tips for getting on tables?It seems unibet has no waiting lists. Do you use any software to table select? Or do you just stare at the lobby and hope a seat randomly frees up?
Thx
I don't stare, nor I use any software. At the beginning of the session I jump into random tables, and then once in a while I check lobby in case a table with high P/F appears with a seat. That's it.
^^ Thats what I did. There are sooo many fish on Unibet it doesn't really matter which table you open.
Originally posted by RasTweet
Originally posted by Rihard4a
Originally posted by w34z3l
Do you have any tips for getting on tables?It seems unibet has no waiting lists. Do you use any software to table select? Or do you just stare at the lobby and hope a seat randomly frees up?
Thx
I don't stare, nor I use any software. At the beginning of the session I jump into random tables, and then once in a while I check lobby in case a table with high P/F appears with a seat. That's it.
^^ Thats what I did. There are sooo many fish on Unibet it doesn't really matter which table you open.
Word Ras.
So okay, before I start my today's session I wanted to open up another discussion related to ranges. How do you face an open raise depending on the villain and his/her position?So my ranges are the following.
Villain open raise EP:
Call with - 22+, AQo+, All suited broadways.
3bet with - QQ+Villain open raise MP:
Call with - 22+, AJo+, All suited broadways, T9s
3bet with - JJ+Villain open raise CO:
Call with - 22+, ATo+, All suited broadways, QJo+, KJo+, 78s+, 86s+
3bet with - TT+, AKsVillain open raise BTN:
Call with - 22+, AQo+, All suited broadways, T9s
3bet with - TT+, AKs, AQs, AJsObviously these ranges vary depending on the villain, because against a tight villain approach is quite tighter and the same with looser villain the ranges loosen up a bit. What do you think? For me, these ranges work quite well. Maybe they are too loose? I don't think so, because I do quite disciplined lay downs.
Originally posted by RasTweet
^^ Thats what I did. There are sooo many fish on Unibet it doesn't really matter which table you open.
Tbh, I was really referring to if there are no seats available.
Originally posted by w34z3l
Originally posted by RasTweet
^^ Thats what I did. There are sooo many fish on Unibet it doesn't really matter which table you open.
Tbh, I was really referring to if there are no seats available.
Never happened to me, so can't really help in that regard.
Originally posted by w34z3l
Originally posted by RasTweet
^^ Thats what I did. There are sooo many fish on Unibet it doesn't really matter which table you open.
Tbh, I was really referring to if there are no seats available.
Open new tables? Fish don't like to wait and the table will fill up with fish! 
Originally posted by w34z3l
Open new tables? Fish don't like to wait and the table will fill up with fish!Yeah, that's what I've been doing actually =D
Just finished my session which at the end was epic. Started really swingy, but then the last ~200 hands made me a lot of profit. Feels good. Just couple buy-ins more and I can start to take shots at NL4 1 tabling. When I hit 80 euro mark, I will open up one table of NL4 and just play, and if I fall 2 buy-ins below I will go back to NL2 until I will be comfortable to move up to NL4.
Hands played (session): 1311
Current BR (+rakeback): €75.74
Not bad huh?
Me and my buddies have memorised all the pf ranges in this blog and will be waiting for you at nl4. 
jk, gl
Originally posted by w34z3l
Me and my buddies have memorised all the pf ranges in this blog and will be waiting for you at nl4.
jk, gl
Holy shit... I'm going to hit anon tables then.