Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Your opponent only check-raises
Your opponent only check-raises open ended straight draws and flush draws. Your equity versus this range is going to be roughly 55%. With the money already in the pot, you should either look to get it in, or call and shove a blank turn card when your opponent’s equity will really drop.
Now your opponent check-raises OESD's
Now your opponent check-raises OESD's flush draws 50% of the time, and two pair 50% of the time. Your equity is going to drop all the way down to 45.5% versus your opponent’s range. With the money already in the pot, this will typically be a very narrow +EV spot to get your money in against that kind of range.