How to play A2s ~ A5s in 3bet POT ?
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How to play A2s ~ A5s in 3bet POT ?
I have no I idea how to play small AXs in 3bet POT, could some body help me ?
Sorry guys, I should make this question more specific.
Question 1, How often could I defense A2s ~ A5s when UTG/MP open vs later position 3bet, if V 3bet range from BTN is something like 12%, 10%, 8% ?
Question 2, if we 3bet A2s ~ A5s from SB/BB vs CO/BTN steal and get called.
A. if we totally miss the flop or get just a bottom pair, is X/F a good line ?
B. if we get nuts flush draw, which line should be better to play this, I have no idea..
I think the line like (bet, check-call, check fold) / and (bet, bet, check fold) is so exploitable if the we missed the draw at river.
C. if we get TP on Axx flop , should we play it very passively and use the line like check, check, check and only call once or twice?
Question 3, if we 3bet CO/MP/UTG open from later position with A2s ~ A5s and get called, what is the key to play post flop ?
A. if the flop is Axx (something like A94r A83r, A76r, AJ7ss), and turn/river is blank, we get TP no kicker, which line is better if opponent is a good player?
[1] bet flop, check turn, call river
[2] bet flop, check turn, fold river if V bet
[3] check flop, call turn, fold river if V bet
[4] check flop, call turn, call river
[5] bet flop, bet turn, check river
[6] or some other line ?
B. if we get only bottom pair or (bottom pair + back door flush draw), which kind of board should we start bluffing if opponent is a pro, and which kind of board should we check back ?
C. if we get nuts flush draw + A high card such as K64ss, Q87ss which line is better and how big should we cbet on flop and turn?
D. if we totally missed the flop, which kind of flop is a bluffable flop, and what the line do you use ?
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Depends on quite a lot of factors, such as flop texture, opponent, positions etc.
Try and make your question a little bit more specific because this question is way to broad to get a answer that will suit your needs.
Yeah, this question is a little too vague I think. You're better off posting some individual hand histories and asking for advice OR adding to this post and putting in some specific board textures or player types that you struggle playing against with these types of hands.
Sorry guys for the vague question, I have updated the question and hope you can give me some advice.
You could write an 100000 page book on the subject. Solver is your friend.
I think maybe 1000 pages is enough.
Q1: Not very often. You should mostly fold, perhaps 4bet againts certain opponents.
Q2: You can cbet most flops, especially if you have something going on with your hand. With bottom pair you generally want to cbet or check/call, rarely check/fold. With top pair both check and bet are viable, depends a lot on who you're up againts etc.
Q3: The answer is quite similar to the previous answer, but you obviously want to play slightly differently with tighter ranges.
Question 1: Almost always fold and then depending on how you build your 4 betting range you might be able to 4 bet sometimes. Calling a 3 bet in this situation isn't going to be profitable.
Question 2: Try to think about how you want to play your range in its entirety on different boards rather than specific hands. In the age of solvers, you're going to have lots of boards in these situations that you want to make a 1/3 pot or so bet with your entire range and then on the turn start to think more about what specific hands to bet.
Question 3: This is similar to last question where you're going to want to create a gameplan for how to play certain board textures with your range rather than specific hands. If you're looking to make exploitable plays in these situations you need to think about how wide your opponent calls 3 bets, if they call flop cbets liberally, are they likely to call a 2nd barrel with worse hands, if you check back the turn are they likely to bluff the river, do they even have hands in their range that want to bluff the river?
I'd highly recommend that you watch a few hours of some of our SSNL content to get a feel for how some of these decisions are made in game. Here's three video recommendations to start with:
50 NL live play video from Cameron Couch
50 NL live play video from Iain Salter
50 NL live play video from Paul Atwal
Thanks !
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