how to play against a small 3 bet sizing OOP and big IP
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how to play against a small 3 bet sizing OOP and big IP
So I play nl10 and I don't know how to react against a small 3b sizing OOP and me holding a hand not good enough to call.
Hand 1:
Hero opens 2.5bb A5o on button,
BB 3 bets 7bb
Hand 2:
Hero opens 2.5bb KQo on CO
SB 3 bets to 8bb
I just have no idea how to play this. If ggpoker would allow custom huds, I could see their fold to 4bet and then it would be quite easy to play against. I imagine that in a second hand, I should call against that sizing but what about first hand?
On the other side, their 3bet sizing IP is big, something like 8bb, 9bb against 2.5bb open sizing. Is it even profitable to call against 9bb when you're OOP? Let's talk about BTN vs CO. AKs, AKo, KK, AA, AQo, QQ, JJ, TT - 4 bets. What about hands that are good to call with? Like KQs, AJs, 99 etc?
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second one call, first one probably real close but id fold might have to call in theory
Think the adjustment vs the small size is that more calls become profitable to call
And vs the bigger size the other way around
In that other spot vs the big size OOP we can fold a bit more but certainly calling KQs,AJs,99 etc we can now start folding A2s and 22-55 and such, call like 77-TT,T9s,TJs,QJs,KQs,AQs,AJs,ATs
To be fair it actually not super important what sizing they choose 3B OOP(of course it is, but will repeat not super important unless it is min 3B OOP), far more important what range they are 3betting and what poker rooms rake, and how much equity you will realize postflop (skill advantage).
Both hands can be called but gotta play really carefully anyway postflop, preflop it shouldnt be huge deal. Maybe we can talk about less than 5bb/100bb difference, seems acceptable
It all just comes down to minimum defense frequency. When Villain 3-bets smaller we need to defend wider. 8bb us about a pot size raise, so we need to defend a minimum of ~50% of our hands. I keep a PF cheat sheet in Notepad with ranges for different common 3-bet sizes, a linear 3B range from BTN and BB for use against players that over-defend and the like.
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