Lesson
Sizing Your Stack-Off Threshold vs Recs, Regs, and Pros
Exploiting Recreational Players · advanced · 14 min
Tyler walks Eric through how opponent type changes stack-off decisions when strong but vulnerable hands face two-pair-heavy ranges. The lesson uses combo counting on boards like Q-T-5 to compare a very loose recreational range against a tight regular’s small blind range, then applies that to sizing, check-raises, and pot control with hands like aces.
Key takeaways
- Against recreational players who do not fold two pair or better, put the money in when your hand beats the majority of their two-pair-plus combinations.
- Versus regulars, avoid large stack-off lines with one-pair hands; use smaller check-raises when appropriate and be prepared to fold to a jam.
- A very loose 78 VPIP range can contain more total two-pair combos but a much lower percentage of two pair plus because it includes so many offsuit disconnected hands.
- On Q-T-5, the lesson estimates a 78 VPIP opponent has two pair plus about 2.8% of the time, while a tight regular small blind range has it about 6.3% of the time.
- Against regulars from the small blind, play the one-pair region tightly on boards where their narrow range connects with many two-pair combinations.