Seat 1: UTG ($)
Seat 2: UTG+1 ($20.25)
Seat 3: MP1 ($50)
Seat 4: MP2 ($80.55)
Seat 5: MP3 ($12)
Seat 6: CO ($47.95)
Seat 7: Button ($50.45)
Seat 8: SB ($42.65)
Seat 9: ($50.85)
Seat 2: UTG+1 ($20.25)
Seat 3: MP1 ($50)
Seat 4: MP2 ($80.55)
Seat 5: MP3 ($12)
Seat 6: CO ($47.95)
Dealt to BB
Preflop: (Pot: $0.75)
FOLD UTG+1
FOLD MP2
FOLD MP3
FOLD CO
RAISE Button, to $1.75
FOLD SB
RAISE BB, to $6
CALL Button, $4.25
FOLD MP2
FOLD MP3
FOLD CO
RAISE Button, to $1.75
FOLD SB
RAISE BB, to $6
CALL Button, $4.25
Flop: (Pot: $12.25)
CHECK BB (What are your thoughts here. Do you like a lead? What does our lead accomplish? I guess it would not be a terrible thing to just take this pot down now.
BET Button, $5 ( hmmmm
. Possibly he flat called with a big pair but his range is very wide when he is calling 3 bets so he could he could be trying to stab take it down w/ Aq, AJ, KQ, 33's, etc. What do you think in this spot of min clicking it back? He will jam if he has the nuts and I can take it down when he stabs with all those hands mentioned. I also discourage him from seeing the turn with Ax, etc. )
Ugghhh, I really don't like the 3bet pre. What are you trying to accomplish by 3betting this hand preflop OOP, against a villain that only folds to 30% of 3bets?
ReplyDeleteFWIW, the only time that I am 3betting in this spot is if villain's steal percentage is over 40% and he's folding to at least 65% of 3bets. Otherwise it's going to be really tough to show a profit 3betting OOP.
So here is what I have started doing against players like this. I just go ahead and flat the raise preflop, and lead like 75% of flops. Players have started adjusting much better to light 3bets, so that is why I am taking this line. It costs about the same as a 3bet pre, and you also get the chance to hit a flop with a hand that has a ton of equity.
On the other hand I will be 3betting this villain in position like 15% of the time, because it will be next to impossible for him to play 70% of his opening range profitably to a 3bet OOP. Position in 3bet pots is insanely important, that's why I basically never 3bet light OOP. A strategy that Fooz advocates in one of his recent vids.