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In Position against an Aggressive
Bettor, both holding a Medium-
Strength Hand
In this case you hold a medium-strength
hand while you suspect your opponent of
having a hand somewhere near yours.
For example you may have 77 and the
board is J-T-7-3-2 along with 3 clubs.
The hand is the same as the previous
case but it is no longer as strong. You
can now be beaten by two sets along

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with straights & flush. You should call
your hand medium-strength when you
know it could be the best one but isn’t
anywhere near the nuts.
So the opponent leads into you. What
should you do? You obviously can’t fold
because you might be holding the better
hand. But at the same time, you can’t
raise as well because, well he might
simply crush you. When playing against
aggressive players, remember that they
are very well capable of making re-raise
bluffs so it’s best to keep the action
closed when holding a hand that might
be capable of winning a show down but
can’t handle getting re-raised.
In this case, you simply call assuming

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the following:
-
You’re playing against an
aggressive opponent who doesn’t
need to beat you to bet,
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The price is right,
If he decides to shove all-in so that
you’re not even winning 2-to-1 then
you’ll have to be super-confident in your
read to call. However, if he bets half to
full pot which may give you 3-to-1 on
your call, then you’ll have significantly
lower amount of money pressure on
yourself. All you need to do is be
correct more than a quarter of a time to
show profit.
As you play you’ll realize that it’s all
about avoiding risky decisions. Think

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for yourself, wouldn’t it be awesome if
you could somehow teach your opponent
not to put you through many of those
decisions when playing on the river.
Well, there is a way. You can start
calling reasonable river bets from much
aggressive opponents whenever you get
the feeling that your cards might be the
same strength as theirs.
Once again, if the opponent is betting
two times the pot then you can analyze
the move for a few seconds before
folding your hand. By doing so, you’ve
consciously trained your opponent to
over bet, which in the long run will be
fruitful. A number of aggressive players
also prefer to take small bets at the river

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and if they do so, you should call them
immediately. Don’t worry, as you don’t
have to be correct every time but doing
so will surely slow them down.
Aggressive players frequently make their
money by exploiting players who fold
way too often. They usually bet amounts
that let the pot lay them a price. In
addition, they bet quite frequently which
puts off most of their opponents. If you
let such aggressive opponents know that
you’ll be calling whenever you match
their range, you can successfully bring
an alteration to their strategy or better
yet a change to their betting size. Either
way, you’ll make their play less
profitable.

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