Mistake n°1 - Call to 3b UTG range

I've posted this: 88+,AQs+,KQs,JTs,T9s,98s,AQo+,KQo. But this range includes his 4betting range and we not play postflop against this range. I want >50%eq against this range (JJ-77,AQs-AJs,KJs+,QJs,JTs,T9s,98s,AQo-AJo,KQo).

Edited version:

4b UTG range (QQ+, AK)
Call to 3b UTG range (JJ-77,AQs-AJs,KJs+,QJs,JTs,T9s,98s,AQo-AJo,KQo)
My 5bet range (KK+)
My 3bet range (99+,AJs+,AQo+)

But now, I have 5.43% and I can't defense another 5.43% with a call because my range would become too wide. Simply use (half-5.43) CC range?

hey, i doubt anyone knows anything about what you just written here, i think youre taking micros too serious :D

You have to defend based on villains betsize. if he bets 2/3 of the pot, you have to defend 60% of your range. That means, you fold out 40% of your range. The 60% you devide into a calling and a raising range. And the raisingrange should have a Bluff/Value ratio of 2:1.

I would recomand you to read mathew jandas "application of NL Holdem" There you can read how to construckt ranges!

What stake are you playing? I think your UTG RFI (15.6%) is a bit lose. Personnaly I'm not opening as wide (J9s, 97s, ATo...) except with good table conditions. So because of that I think all your range are a bit too lose. I'm also not sure that 3bet/folding 99/QQ, AJs+, AQo+ is a good thing, I prefer put those hands in my calling range and 3bet/fold with hands like A5s, AJo, KQo...

I don't really have a calling range MP vs UTG, I'm probably calling hands like AQs/AJs, KQs, good pairs and 3betting with the better hands with I can't call. I'm also sometimes calling with KK/AA.

I'm honestly not really a big fan of calling with SCs anywhere but OTB. But MPvUTG especially I think calling 87s, 98s and possibly T9s as well isn't really profitable. But you might play them better than me post-flop.

Maybe check your database if you're making a profit flatting these hands?

Altough its a great idea to optimize your preflop play, I wouldnt try to be focused too much on finding a perfect ratio of calling and 3betting hands against a postion for following reasons:

1) You dont need to defend when you dont have money invested, you make a certain move because you believe can win more than you lose on later streets if you call or raise hand xx.
2) Some players are positionally unaware and raise any hand they want to play in any position. So 3bet calling ranges also differ.
3) You forget that there a some other players that could be involved and you also have to consider their actions behind you.

Following point 3) there are other strategic reasons that terminate whether you want to call, reraise or simply fold.

Do you want to play a multiway pot and flop big or lose the minimum? Do you want to isolate against a player who plays bad in 3 betpots oop by either calling too light or folding too tight?
Do you get squeezed on a lot? Maybe dont play the hand or 3bet yourself, light cold 4betting is a very rare phenomenon.

You can buy postion by 3betting when you are i mp or cut off and there isnt a lot of coldcalling or cold 4betting going on but be careful in the micros.

So its also a matter of table dynamic and not only most likely hand ranges.

Noone can say if 3betting polarized or depolarized is the better of two approaches.
The light 3bet for instance has not much immediate value, you risk 9-12 bb to win the standard raise and the blinds if it works. You make more money if you oppontent calls often oop and x/folds any flop or he pays off a hand he doesnt expect you to have.

Kawaboong:
"Why you choose a polarized 3bet range? In my opinion, I 3bet polarized when (with standard sizes) he folds to 3bet at least 66% or he has high fold vs cbet frequency on the flop"

Most EV comes from superior postflop play. A 3bet pot is just a pot with a different SPR.

The depolarized/merge approach works best against lose passive players who hit the call button with any pair and you make more out of hands like AQ then when you flat pre due to the pot geometry and low SPR. But it can also get you in trouble if ppl stop calling with worse and trap with dominating hands and start 4betting wider, then you are basically bluffing with the potentially best hand.

Some prefer the polarized strategy because we can win the pot pre with the worst hand (9 high for instance), or surprise when we hit big post.

Look at your flop equity (I just made that term up) , so the variety of flops that are excellent for your hand in terms of flopping not only made hands but strong draws.

For instance if you 3 bet with AQoff, you have the best hand often enough but you wont hit flops too hard. If you flop an ace, its hard to get payed off by worse because your 3bet represents highcards and strong pp. If you miss the flop you will hand up having a gutshot at best and will either c-bet once or check down ace high. Same goes for TT, it doesnt matter that much if you have the best hand pre, because more than half the time a J or better will hit the flop so you wont be able to go for 2-3 streets for value. It also hurts to give up to a 4bet.

Hands like 76s will flop two pair or trips just as often as any other unpaired holecards.
But not many worry about trip 7 on a 772 board but will look out for highcards to come.
These hands can also flop flushdraws 1/8 times and openenders 1/8 times and dont forget gutters- they have the least equity but are the most disguised. Now you dont depend on your c-bet to work super often, you can also make solid 2 barrels and get paid huge if you hit. So you do not immediatly profit by 3betting and c-betting on good boards but also by hitting ppl off guard.

Thank you OttoPilot and Disharmonist for the last replies. I agree with your considerations and I probably play a very similar strategy to yours, but we are far away from my goal. I began to ask myself if this "non-mathematical" approach has gaps and then I start trying to estimate a reacting range vs UTG opener (in this case) when I'm IP. Is this goal or my method wrong/without any sense? If I understood correctly, it doesn't makes too much sense vs UTG; same words for a BTNvsCO situation?

What limits do you play here? Could be an indicator of tendencies.

Than c-bet basically always, double barrel only with 8+ outs draws and ship it OTR with the goods only.

Its hard to construct a perfect ratio of value to bluff on the flop because your hand can have EQ when called, your made hand can get drawn out, the turn and river / actions taken on it cannot be predicted entirely.

So i saw some pie chart somewhere about ratios on flops and it sayed that you should have slightly more bluff than value, about 40-45 value and 55-60 bluffs.

Now in reality i would bet if I had: Top pair or better unless the board is super connected and hits villains range hard. A live gutshot favorably with overcards or bd flushdraws, and openenders + better.

If i completly missed i would bet any flop with 1 or 2 cards of jacks or better, completly unconnected rainbow low card flops like 2 4 9 and hands i block monsters on.

I would not bluff on boards that have 3 to a straight even if its somewhat unconnected. The amount of 1card gutshots and 2 pairs is insanely high and therefore Fold EQ low.

The top of your value 3bet range should be cbetted close all the time. Doesnt benefit you to always try to win the pot when you reraised with 75ss and the flop nails the callers range.

I tried for some time always to win when holding 0% EQ but it will kill your winrate if you autocbet the weak part of 3bet range.