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WPT GTO Trainer Hands of the Week: Defending your Button on Shallow Stacks

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This week we’re playing a common spot in a tournament where stack sizes are around 20 BBs. The player in the Cutoff seat opens and we flat call on the Button. Our range on the Button will include some slowplayed premium hands such as AA and KK, suited connectors, suited aces, suited 9x and 8x hands, and occasionally some lower offsuit broadway hands. Overall, our range is narrower than the Cutoff’s wide opening range.

When our opponent checks, we should often take stabs at the pot in position with a variety of hands. We can exert our positional and range advantages through frequent betting.