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In Position against an Aggressive
Bettor, 
both 
holding 
a 
Strong
Hand

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In the first case, you’re in position
against an aggressive player while
holding a strong hand. He bets into you
on the river while the board is Q-J-7-3-
2 and you hold 77. What would the ideal
response be in such a situation?
First of all, you need to judge your own
position. After that you judge your
opponent’s. You’re both strong but he is
aggressive as well. Assuming that your
hand is better, what should you do next?
If this is the case, then get ready to raise
big! Remember, that he is an aggressive
player so you don’t need to tease the
values out of him. Instead, it’s time to
aim big. Being an aggressive player, the
opponent knows that you will call

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bullshit on his bets therefore, he will be
calling raises more frequently compared
to non-aggressive players.
Moving on to the next case. In this case
your hand is strong while you suspect
your opponent to be weak when he leads
into you. Once again, you’ll have to start
analyzing the situation. You not only
have position in this case but you also
have strength so you have the option of
both closing as well as re-opening the
action. In this case you don’t need to bet
too big. Even if he thinks that you’re
scared, his hand isn’t strong enough to
make the call. Nonetheless, you can still
make an aggressive player call by
making an extremely small raise. This is

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called the value raise and is more likely
to work in this case. And even if it fails,
you wouldn’t be at a loss, as your
opponent 
would 
have 
already
contributed on the river. In a nutshell,
you’ll be free-rolling your way to a
better payoff.
If you look closely, you’ll realize that in
either case, whether the opponent is
strong or weak, you’re essentially using
the same logic. You’re ultimately
guessing the biggest raise that your
opponent will call. The stronger you
think the other player is, the more you’ll
expect from him so against a stronger
hand, and you’ll raise a bigger amount.
With that being said, try to look for

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opponents who don’t read big bets
correctly, seeing them as weak. Against
such opponents, you can keep on raising
bigger on the river and he may want to
make hero calls that would only land
him in trouble.