The point being that regs are lovely to play against because they are so formulaic. So if you peel a wide range vs a reg, they can't play "their style" vs you. So how does a reg EVER get 3 streets with premiums vs you on a 5 7 9 "raggy" board, throw in a 2 flush on the turn and they are going to be in a tizz.
But what about when the flop is 842, and then they bet the turn and river too with a balanced range? Regs are not going to be in too much of a tizz if you defend really wide OOP. Yes you are slightly more likely to be nutted on certain board runs outs, but you also have loads of weak hands on exactly the same board run outs. If you can have 86 on 579 then you can also have a TON of other stuff that regs can either get thin value from or bluff out on later streets.
I hate all this 'regs are terrible' stuff (it mainly comes from Pleno). The truth is that most regs play poker pretty well.
It doesnt come from Pleno as far as I am concerned - i have never spoken strat with Pads
Regs are very predictable with their betting and Id say within 30 mins of being at any reg filled table I can have them all on the edge of a cliff
As a very non specific example - i had a "good" reg call me off for a river over shove (100bbs) with A high (which he would simply never do vs regs), just because he hadnt been to a river where he was good (or paid to see whether he was).
Im not flicking it in with J2 - thats terrible - but when you widen your range to a point where they cant define it, and you play accordingly, there are alot of 5 card run outs where their ranges just cant stand the heat you can apply -- in or out of position (obv prefer to be in) - it gets even more fun when you have doubeld thru and you are 200bbs deep!
I would welcome the opportunity for you to rail me next time I play a cash session (this is not a frequent event) and we can talk "reg perfect" vs GJ adjusted. Infact doing it where you cant see my cards would be incred, you can play villain and see how often you make the right decisions.
I sent a HH to a friend recently - I will try and dig it out - where I got myself into a pickle - (for a reason I wont go into on here), but It happens much less frequently to me than I can do it to them.
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