Do I Need a 3Bet Coldcall Range?
Posted by mehrraisen
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mehrraisen
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Do I Need a 3Bet Coldcall Range?
Hey RIO Community,
do I need a 3Bet Coldcall range? I feel my 3Bet Coldcall Range Is quiete exploitable because there are no Aces or Kings in that Range. I normally call there with 99-JJ, aqs and aq. So my Range is Pretty weak at pretty much all Flops and I Can like Never call someone down.
How do you handle These spots?
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Where? I mean is this a question for a specific spot? or I am missing something.
I personally don't have default 3bet-coldcall ranges. I cold4b or fold in most situations. Reason being that if you make a capped, tight 3betcoldcall range, it's gonna be fairly easy to play against and I don't wanna sacrifice the EV of cold4b-ing with AA,KK to strengthen this range, because I think it's not that + ev overall as a cold4b/fold strategy. Well.. this is only my opinion. If someone thinks otherwise I'd like to hear your thinking. :)
However, I do coldcall 3bets when I think it's the best decision exploitatively.
I think the best position to start experimenting with a calling range is BB vs SB/BTN. Their ranges will be fairly wide so you would be able to cold call a variety of hands so that your own range wouldn't be super transparent. However even in that spot I'm not sure how much EV you'd be gaining by having a cold calling range instead of a pure cold 4betting range and a pure cold4b range will be easier to play leading to fewer mistakes.
You are not explotable if you never coldcall. You have invested no chips before therefore a fold would always have EV of 0, so noone is gaining anything from you.
If you want to cold call, start with KK-AA.
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