Flatcalling

QUESTIONS BEFORE ANY ACTION PREFLOP...

1. WHO RAISED?
• Exploitative approach
• vs nits: we play tighter range
• vs loose players: we play wider range
2. WHO IS BEHIND?
• Tight players behind:
• we play more hands as we will have position postflop
• Maniac behind: 
• we tighten our range
3. WHO IS IN THE BLINDS?
• Fish/whale in the BB-> 
• we loosen up our range
4. WHAT ARE THE STACKSIZES?
• We only call SCs vs big stacksizes and good top pair hands vs small stacksizes

In EP, we want very tight flat-calling range

In LP, we loosen up our flat-calling range

Hand selection:

-Pocket pairs, suited connectors and Ax suited hands

-We want to be careful with our offsuit hands as we have less implied odds

IMPLIED ODDS

-vs good players, we want high implied odds

-vs weak players, we do not need high implied odds

• Low pocket pair [22-66]
• More valuable vs strong range
• Low suited connectors
• More valuable vs strong range
• Less valuable vs weak range
• Offsuit broadways
• Less valuable vs strong range
• More valuable vs weak range

ALWAYS BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF

-ARE WE ABLE TO FOLD 2 PAIRS OR TRIPS WHEN ACTION GETS BIG?

-IF NO THEN WE SHOULD STICK TO PLAYING TIGHTER RANGES.