OOP in 3bet pot
Posted by Jay Blue
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Jay Blue
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OOP in 3bet pot
The first major hole ive noticed in my game since coming back is cbetting too many flops both in and out of position. In the past i would cbet pretty much 100% of the time, and its honestly a tough habit to get out of because and sometimes makes me feel like I'm playing weak. I'm trying to think about how the flop interacts with both ranges and bet with a range advantage and check when the flop has equalized the equities. Villains range is probably 40% of hands as hes a super rec and has a short stack. Would it play differently if he started with a full stack?
Edit: In game my thinking was that this flop had significantly equalized our equities. It did somewhat, but I still have a significant range advantage and I chose the worst option.
UTG: 50.7 BB
MP: 48.2 BB
CO: 218.2 BB
BTN: 157.2 BB
SB: 92.8 BB
Hero (BB): 115.5 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Kc Ac
UTG raises to 2.5 BB, MP calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 12 BB, fold, MP calls 9.5 BB
Flop : (27 BB, 2 players) Js 8d 6s
Hero checks, MP bets 16.5 BB, fold
MP wins 25.7 BB
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Its hard to really narrow down a range that flats MP twice here pre.
So my brain instantly categorizes a fishy player (which might be true mostly but not always).
So I would add a decent chunk of randomness to his range and wouldn't give up flop already.
I guess the difference between small bet or XC is marginal, but XF looks too tight to me vs this player profile....
you can play a super exploitative line in this spot vs wide calling range so all your options are available if you want to cbet for thin value or defend
but V makes a half pot size cbet so its easy fold for you with AK even if its exploitative because you should not be balancing here by checking overpairs or top pair vs a 40vpip player
you feel weak now but in the other spots where you have the top of your range your going to be super extra strong so acknowledge that trade off has to exist in the exploitatively strategy your using vs 40vpip players to maximize profit
I need to put this on repeat. Over. and Over. and Over. and Over. I continuously make this error where my ego says "AK good, AK call" and then a blank comes on turn and I end up crying call because of pot commitment or crying fold because that is what I should have done in the first place. These 40% type that don't have an aggro PFR don't typically bet here unless they have SOMETHING, regardless of how crappy it may be. Thus even more reason to fold.
We are pretty much handcuffed here based on his stack size. He only has about 20bb behind. We don't have any backdoor equity to go along with our two overs so I am in favor of a crying fold.
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