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Defend 3 Bets with small pocket pairs

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Defend 3 Bets with small pocket pairs

This is definitely an area where i need more refinement in my game.

Here is an example

I open pocket 77s from UTG +1 and the HJ or CO 3 bets to 3x my raise. Folded to me and i call. 

What should my plan be on Dry boards or when I don't flop a set? 

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FLASP 10 years, 11 months ago

I think it's a mistake to call his 3-bet preflop OOP by default. You only want to set mine if their range is extremely strong. You want to stack them when you hit and if they have wide range you will not be able to do that. Meaning you will lose more money than win. Villian can c-bet himself to retirement.

In general your calling range preflop is pretty obvious and you just want to give up on dry flops like J62 for instance, even though I do like bluff raising dry K high and A high flops time to time.

If their 3-bet range is wide, you can 4-bet as a bluff. It is a poor 3-bet strategy in general to call medium strong hands, fold weak hands and 4-bet strong hands only.



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