Metagame Question: How to Adjust to a Pro Who Knows My Game?
How should I adjust to this V? He's going to be at a dream home game that begins Saturday night, no tip or rake at all, with mostly mediocre players, as well as one degen and one whale. The game is 1/2, initial 300 buyin, but players can buy in to match the highest stack. Within a few hours, stacks get deep. V will definitely buy in to match the highest stack.
V is my friend and sometimes my coach. He has played professional poker for ten years, mostly in raked 2/5 games but also sometimes 5/10. He's well bankrolled; poker is the only job he has had for a decade. I regularly show him the hands I post here on 2+2. I once showed him my preflop opening, calling, and 3betting ranges for all the positions. He said, “that’s good, pretty tight, I’d probably open AJo UTG” (in the UTG, I always open AQo but rarely AJo). I used to play with V all the time but haven’t in five years because Covid and a new casino killed the unraked home games, and I play 1/2 only. My old strategy was just to avoid hands with him. I left a lot of value on the table. I’m also a much better player now (thank you everyone on 2+2!).
So here’s my thinking
1. Just play ABC and try to win money from the other players.
2. Try to get a seat to V’s left.
3. Widen my 4-bet range against V to include a few bluffs or semi-bluffs: AKo, AQs+, JJ+.
4. Widen my 3-bet range against V to include some 3bets light. For example, 3bet on the button with 77+, AJo+, KJo+, and all suited broadways.
5. Maintain tight opening bets since the other players are loose-passives.
Any suggestions or criticisms?