Decided to add to the above, I've been playing 180 mans a lot lately..you have another couple mistakes imo.
botmac wroteHad a tight image at the table
1.
You don't have a table image.
This is the beautiful thing about 4.40's all the people playing them are either playing a bunch or are morons (and likely both) they have no clue what you're up to. Simply playing your buttons and premiums and NOT getting unlucky are going to put you in the money every time and usually with a formidable stack.
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He can't have a really solid range, because he's a moron.
You obv cannot allot for THAT much random as to include j/6o..it is the same as saying "His range is two cards"
I've found a happy medium by taking a good lags range and leaving the rest to the "Harrington 10% he's bluffing (or an idiot)"
So looking at this hand, PP's make a lot of sense, other hands that flat call raises and might lead out
in this game are ak-aj.
You aren't beating enough of the pairs and you aren't getting called by enough of the hands you are beating. In a 4.40, I'm trying to keep all my chips out of this pot and get to the turn for less where the opponents hand becomes clearer.
See psychic predictions in ghost text.
The nits here will try to tell you to 'protect your hand' blah blah blah 'ace on the turn' blah blah blah, but the opponent has lead out nearly pot on the flop making overpair/draw play unprofitable in one card, and roughly break even in two. I'm cool with that.