Should I play Looser?
该不该打松一点?
“I play tight and really only get involved with good cards. But other players are winning huge pots with weak hands. Am I doing this wrong or are they just lucky?”
“我打得紧,只拿好牌入池。但我看到其他玩家总拿弱牌收大池。我做错了吗?还是说他们运气好?”
When you play in loose games you will see the craziest things. Huge pots being won with middle pair against bottom pair and all sorts of weak hands shipping sizable pots. It is not unusual to ask the question “am I playing too tight and missing out on spots to win hands with Q6s or A5o?”
The answer is made even more confusing when your TAG strategy is not generating the money you would have hoped for in this game.
松浪局里啥都有:中对赢底对,各种弱牌收大池。当你发现紧松策略没能带来期望中的价值时,你肯定会尤其困惑:“我是不是玩得太紧,错过了拿Q6s或A5o收池的机会?”
Are They Doing It Right?
他们做得对吗?
Truthfully, players in these games are getting lucky more often than not. And when you get unlucky in this game, it stings all the more and makes you question large parts of your strategy. Rest assured, if you continue using discipline, solid ranges, and good value betting strategies - you will do fine in the long run.
确实,这种局的玩家多半都是靠运气。但当他们走霉运的时候,他们同样也会损失惨重,瞬间开始怀疑人生,质疑自己的整套策略。但还请稍安勿躁,保持自律,继续采用较强的范围和好的价值下注策略——长期以往,一切都会好起来的。
A huge mistake I see players making in this game is thinking they should be getting involved with any hand pre-flop. “Everyone else is doing it, why can’t I?” Or “my edge is so huge here I can play any hand preflop and make money.” Your edge in this game is heavily based on discipline and solid range selection - limping behind with Q7o and opening 96s from UTG does NOT fit the bill.
很多玩家误以为翻牌前应该什么牌都玩。他们心想:“其他人都这样,我凭什么不行?”或是“我的优势太明显了,拿任何牌游戏翻牌前都能赢钱。”其实,我们在游戏中的优势很大程度上都倚赖自律和较强的手牌范围。所以,拿Q7o溜进或是拿96s从枪口公开加注都不符合要求。
Remember, loose players (be it fish or LAGs) will have some monster winning sessions. When you play a ton of hands AND happen to hit strong a bunch in that session, it is tough to NOT make money. But you are just witnessing a single session of their game. If they continue playing like that (and they do), they will not always hit strong hands and they will suffer massive losing sessions as well.
记住,松玩家(不管是鱼还是松凶)总会有一直拿怪兽牌赢钱的时候。当他们入池率很高,碰巧又一直拿怪兽牌,想不赢钱都难。但你也只是看到这么一回而已,如果他们一直这样打(确实也如此),你会发现,他们并不总有强牌,也有输得很惨的时候。
Just because you see one of their winning sessions does not mean they are crushing it or that their strategy has somehow cracked the code. You just witnessed their luck- box getting rubbed vigorously.
Hopefully you enjoyed the show and did not run too badly against them!
仅仅因为你看到了他们丰收的时刻,不代表他们一直都能碾压牌局,也不代表他们的策略一定更好——你不过是碰巧赶上了他们人品大爆发的时候而已。——看好戏之余,希望你没被他们过度碾压。
Is Tight Right?
打得紧对吗?
As a default, tight is fine. Not perfect, not awful - but fine. It is a safe to be tight and implement a TAG strategy. Is it optimal in all situations? Mostly certainly not.
紧作为默认策略是OK的。不好也不坏,只能说一般般。执行紧凶策略虽然安全,但这么打是否适用于所有情景呢?当然不是。
In a situation where you are surrounded by fish that are gambling, creating huge pots with weak hands, and players who will give you action regardless of how much action you give - playing tight is excellent. Just sit back, wait for opportunities to unfold, and do not fall into the trap of adding junk into your preflop ranges.
当你身边全是赌性大、爱拿弱牌造大池的鱼,而且怎么打都打不走,这种时候确实应该打得紧一点,放空自己,静候时机;切忌掉入他们的陷阱,往自己的翻前范围内掺垃圾牌。
To be honest, these games are boring. They are wildly profitable, but they are boring. You need actual hands to win pots since showdowns are so common - but real hands do not come around often enough.
The key to making money in these games is patience.
说实话,这种局挺没劲的。虽然能赚很多钱,但很没意思。因为这种局的摊牌率太高,你得真的中牌才能赢,但强牌终归不多。所以,这种局盈利的关键在于耐心。
However, if you implement that same strategy in all games and at all tables, you will miss tons of +EV opportunities. If your strategy is tight and you rarely get out of your comfort zone, please listen to this episode right now. It highlights everything that is wrong with a strategy that is too-tight and will help you get out of a nitty shell.
然而,如果你将这套策略照搬运用到所有牌桌上,你就会错失很多EV。如果你打紧的策略,很少迈出自己的舒适区,我建议你看看这篇文章:《为什么打得紧不好》。这篇文章指出了过紧策略的错误之处,帮你打破这层坚硬的外壳。
How Do I Play More Hands Preflop?
翻前如何游戏更多手牌?
In a fishy game, you can play tight preflop and do just fine. Assuming you do not have glaring leaks postflop (like constantly barreling Ace-high against fish), you can make money in fishy games.
在鱼局,翻前打得紧一点也没毛病,只要没有太大的漏洞(比如老拿A-high对着鱼开枪)就能赚到钱。
But I want you to be prepared to handle other game conditions too. Even if your current game is very soft, you will eventually play in games where you need a stronger skillset to compete. If you know your preflop ranges are a bit too tight, start with these 4 tips taken from my “How To Play More Hands Preflop” article on Red Chip Poker.
对于游戏中可能会碰到的其他情况,我希望你也能做好准备。就算你当前的牌局难度很低,总有一天你会坐上更难打的牌桌,需要更强大的技能包才能与对手抗衡。如果你的翻前范围过紧,我推荐你去读我们的另一篇文章:如何在翻前游戏更多手牌https://redchippoker.com/how-to-play-more-hands-preflop/ (未安排翻译这篇)
Use Your Position
利用位置优势
Good poker is all about using your position. Understand where you are in relation to the button, understand how easily you can fight for that button, and attack when possible. This is a staple of TAG strategy, and it is even more important for a LAG who is playing more hands.
扑克讲究的就是位置。你得理解自己和按钮位的相对位置,并清楚争夺位置优势的难度,抓紧机会发动攻击——这几点是紧凶玩家必须知道的,对于松凶型玩家来说就更重要了,因为他们玩的手牌更多。
As soon as you sit down at a table, your mission is to figure out how easily you can fight for the button. If you are playing on a very tight table, you may be able to get the button often when you raise from EP. If so, raise a ton of hands from everywhere since you will either picking up buttons or blinds a large chunk of the time.
一坐上牌桌,你就得搞清楚在这张牌桌上争夺位置优势的难度。在非常紧的牌桌上,你可能可以从前面位置争取最优位置;这种时候你可以从任何位置频繁加注,抢占位置优势,很多时候还能直接收下盲注。
If you find yourself on a table where the players behind you are very loose, it becomes very difficult to play a LAG strategy since you will not be generating many folds. The big difference between TAG and LAG is that a TAG is playing enough hands where he can get value quite often given the way his range is composed. A LAG, because he is playing so many more hands, is going to have more weak hands in his range and thus he will be forced to bluff more often. If the table will not let you take position or bluff well, playing LAG could be setting money on fire.
如果你发现牌桌上坐你后面的玩家都很松,这时候要想执行松凶策略就困难得多,因为想让他们弃牌有一定的难度。紧凶和松凶最大的区别就在于,前者的手牌范围较小,能频繁获得价值;而松凶玩家因为入池率更高,其手牌范围内注定掺杂了更多弱牌,所以他必须得诈唬得更频繁。如果这个牌桌环境不利于抢占位置优势,或是诈唬起来比较困难,那么松浪打法就可比引火烧身。
3bet More Often
更频繁地3-Bet
Remember that the “AG” part of LAG stands for “aggres- sive”. Do not try to implement a LAG strategy by calling a ton of preflop raises...instead...focus on how you can open more, can 3bet more, and can be a bigger pain in the ass to your opponents.
顾名思义,“松凶”的“凶”指的就是激进。如果你想执行松凶策略,可别老跟注对手的翻前加注,而要想着如何提高自己公开加注和3-Bet的频率,让对手苦于应对。
3betting more often is a great way to utilize your LAG skills. Start by looking for players who fold too often against 3bets...and attack them. Just make sure to size your 3bets well to ensure they do not start looking you up wider. You will find out very quickly who wants to fight back with you and who has no interest in playing against you...which makes your life as a LAG very easy.
更频繁地3-Bet是运用松凶技巧的绝佳方式。你可以从“面对3-Bet过度弃牌的玩家”入手,对这类玩家发起攻击。记住,要采用合适的下注量,防止对手开始查你到底有没有牌。你很快就能搞清楚谁是那种会反击的,谁是那种不愿意跟你较劲的——你想找的是后者,因为他们可以让你更轻松地执行松凶策略。
Find More Spots To Open-Raise
寻找公开加注的机会
Similar to the first point about using position...find extra spots to raise more hands preflop. Playing LAG is not simply just raising any suited connector from UTG because “LOL, LAGs do that!”
这点和我们上面提到的“利用位置”的内容很像。你可以在翻牌前寻找更多加注的机会。松凶策略指的不是从枪口位拿任何同花连张加注,说什么:“哈哈,松凶玩家就是这样的啊!”
Playing solid LAG is finding spots where raising a wider range of hands is profitable either because it is going to pick up the pot often preflop, or it is going to create a profitable postflop spot if you get action. This does not mean that you will win every hand that you play - but the goal is to put yourself in as many +EV opportunities as possible.
想打好松凶策略,就得搞清楚什么时候拿较宽的范围加注有利可图,不管是靠翻前收池,还是通过造大底池拿价值。虽然这种策略不意味着我们就能逢赌必赢,但我们的目标是为了尽量给自己创造+EV的机会。
Start by looking for spots where you can raise more hands from LP...then MP...then EP. Understand that a good spot either picks up the pot preflop or creates a +EV spot going postflop. Maybe a player calls often preflop but then folds a ton if he does not flop TP+ on the flop? Great - raise hands PF, and enjoy when he folds to your CB a ton of the time.
Think ahead, and pull the trigger when you find good spots.
刚开始,你可以先从后面位置找机会加注更多手牌,然后从中间位置,最后再从前面位置找机会。你应理解,位置优势可以为你创造翻牌前收池的机会,或是为翻牌后创造+EV的局面。有的玩家可能会在翻牌前频繁跟注,但翻牌圈牌力小于顶对顶踢脚就弃牌——碰到这种玩家,你只要翻前加注、翻牌圈持续下注,他就会频频弃牌。
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