10 thoughts on “The ADVANCED Pocket Pair Strategy (Used By Pros)”

1. How do you play pocket pairs? Also, here are the 5 easy ways to spot the fish at the table: https://youtu.be/Bw_vri1vexk

2. 5:13 I just went into flopzilla to see the equity of 88 vs a range of broadway hands.

   Equity for 88 vs broadway hands
   Preflop: 48%
   88 on KT4: 23%
   88 on Q64: 45%
   88 on 995: 62%
   88 on T96: 49%

   So basically here is the approximate equity for 88 based hand strength:
   88 on 883: 99.98%
   88 on A88: 99.87%

   88 on 866: 98%
   88 on AA8: 91%
   88 on 555: 62%
   88 on AAA: 50%, but drops considerably if he gives up on QJ, QT, and JT

   88 on 852: 97%
   88 on J83: 93%
   88 on AK8: 88%

   88 on 742: 64%
   88 on J42: 44%
   88 on KT4: 23%
   88 on KJT: 8% (YIKES!)

   Average: 48%
   Missed set: 41%

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3. Nathan. In your scenario, 88 on the button vs early position TAG preflop raise. Would you want to 3-bet? Even if the TAG hits one of the broadway cards on the flop, the one pair is not going to look nearly as good against a player who reraised him preflop. If you reraise his flop bet, he has to put AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, AK in your range, in which case you have him crushed. If he hits, but not better than one pair, he may have to fold to your reraise.

4. BECAUSE OF THE UNPREDICTABILITY AND GENERAL BAD LUCK ASSOCIATED WITH POCKET JACKS, I CONSIDER THEM IN THAT MIDDLE CLASS BELOW 10's & 9's but above 8's.

5. Nothing said here is Texas Holdem secrets. Not advanced pocket pair – Pro – knowledge

6. 88 is weird. First hand in a brick&mortar 1-2 cash had 88. OOP led out I called in SB. Flop came 8. Woo-hoo. But 2 diamonds. Kept raising and 2 callers. Turn was 8 diamonds. Straight flush would have been bad beak jackpot 40k. Turn check. River diamond. 4 diamonds on board. There was a nut flush possible, and that was second best Hoping for a straight flush. Didn't come. Nut flush did.

7. I have a hard time extracting value out of my sets, especially out of position.

8. Ther best poket pair isn't the highest, it is the one that becomes 3 or 4 of a kind or a full house.
   My own opinion is that you really don't know what you have before the flop so if the blinds are still low and no one raised too much before you, you should pay at least to see the flop even with a 22. In general I don't think that poket pairs of any ind have the best chance of winning due to very lowered chance of flush or straight.

9. You look like Pepe the soccer player but with hair

10. What if TAG reraises you on the flop? Would you put him on a higher set, because standard play with TPTK would be to fold?

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