Defending against BB 3bets from SB
Posted by Celes
Posted by Celes posted in Low Stakes
Defending against BB 3bets from SB
Hi guys! I'm trying to improve my blind vs blind play and one topic that I don't see often on videos is calling 3bets OOP.
If I'm opening 60% from SB theoretically I should defend 33% of that range against 3bets so that my opponent can't auto profit. That means against a 3bet I should continue with a 20%. If I 4bet 99+, AQ+ for value that's a 5%, so I can add another 5% of 4bet bluffs. So what happens with the other 10% I should defend? Does it make sense to start calling 3bets OOP with something like 66-88, 87s+, suited broaways, AT, AJ, A9? And asuming that is right, I still have no idea how I'm supposed to play that range postflop.
Even if that is a theoretically correct defense range on practice I have a huge trouble applying it; I play NL50 FR and against many opponents I don't feel comfortable 4bet/calling something like TT/99 (some people don't 3bet much or fold a TON vs 4bets). And once I call their 3bet I end up folding too much postflop because I find it very hard to play 3bet pots oop without initiative. However I think it's necessary to call 3bets with those hands because if I start 4bet bluffing them, my 4bet range would be extremely unbalanced.
To sum up my questions are:
- Against someone who doesn't have any evident leaks, is my 4bet value range reasonable? And should I be calling 3bets with the range I mentioned?
- For those of you who know NL50/NL100 FR dynamics, do you think my ranges make sense?
Thanks!
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