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3b OOP, slow down on A-turn and firing river vs 'capped' range

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3b OOP, slow down on A-turn and firing river vs 'capped' range

CO: $44.50
BN: $71.70
SB: $211.33
BB: $55.72 (Hero)
UTG: $60.56
HJ: $96.37
vill is 20\13 pretty tight pre
open BU 31%, fold vs 3b 21%
wtsd 27%. fold vs cbet ~35%(3b pot) 13% - OTT (also in 3b pot)
3.2k hands
Preflop ($0.75) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt J 7 Q 9
UTG folds, HJ folds, CO folds, BN raises to $1.75, SB folds, Hero raises to $5.50, BN calls $3.75
Flop ($11.75) 9 T 4 (2 Players)
Hero bets $7, BN calls $7
Turn ($25.75) 9 T 4 A (2 Players)
Hero checks, BN checks
River ($25.75) 9 T 4 A 2 (2 Players)
Hero bets $13

pre. 3b, I assume the hand is fine for it (to balance AA,AKK and such combos) and we have decent pre foldequity

flop. bet - intending to b/c, obv.

turn. what really confused me here (but probably shouldn't) - his 13% fold vs Cbet OTT. And I wasn't able to figure out a) which sizing I should go and b) what river cards (except 8\K) I should shove.

river. he checked back rather quick, I decided he doesn't have an ace, or at least not too often 2pair w\ an ace, so if I fire its tough for him to find a hand to call +big chunk of his hands - QJ,8J or some KK7J according to flop\turn play


how would you play this one?

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Phil Galfond 11 years, 1 month ago

I think this hand is a little weak to 3bet against a 31% button open, but it's likely not that bad a play.

I think I would prefer a smaller bet on the flop or a check/call.  This board is a tough one for you to play on turns after c-betting and getting called.  Lots of cards make it very difficult for you with your range.

I think that betting around $4 will let him float wide and then bluff when you hit your straight (believing it to be a scary board for your range), and it gives you some more flexibility for barreling turns without going all-in (effectively).

Tom Coldwell 11 years, 1 month ago
You only check/call flop Phil? My standard is probably a check/shove here expecting enough bluffy stabs and retarded bet/folds to give me a profit (on the basis that I have a pair and open-ender so how big a mistake can it really be).


midori 11 years, 1 month ago

Pre is a bit too loose of a 3bet, I'd prefer QJ97ds but I don't think it's a huge mistake.

On flop, this is a hand I usually put in my x/c range.  It plays better in a smaller pot than in a larger one, and we have some deceptions as well on some turn cards.  Also, getting jammed on here is kind of a disaster actually, because his gii range should be decently ahead of your hand and sometimes dominating it too.  If you are gonna bet I prefer a smaller size like Phil said.

As played, I would barrel the turn.  This is a good barrel card for your range (besides K/8 that gives you the nuts).  It kinda sucks that we don't block any A with our specific hand so he can easily have 2p on this board which he might not fold yet, but in overall I think you should have enough FE to barrel there.

JimmyGlass 11 years, 1 month ago

lets make it clear - main reasoning for betting smaller on the flop is to have a room for second barrel, right? 

'cause I definitely see reverse side of it, like Vill could see it as weakness (or for w\e reason) raise wider (like Ten\Nine+gutter, that he is more likely to call vs 'standard' 2\3 of a pot bet)

24Caliber 11 years, 1 month ago

Does 3 betting out of position in PLO achieve much more than building a pot?  Is there merit to only 3 betting strong nut drawy hands like 89TJ etc that you want to play big pots with and flatting everything else you want to play (including AA combos?)

I mean for general say 6-max 100bb plus play


Tom Coldwell 11 years, 1 month ago
This is certainly how I approach 3-betting OOP, yes. I try to avoid it when I think it's marginal because I have no desire to play big pots giving up position. I certainly wouldn't have 3-bet a hand like this because I try and choose only those hands which have huge equity edges (big, connected cards) or, at the very least, hit a lot of flops (double-suited, connected hands). If this was double-suited, I'd 3-bet it against most villains, but single-suited I think it's a little on the loose side.

As for what it achieves, it reduces the SPR, thus reducing the value of our positional disadvantage (although not so much that we no longer suffer from a substantial one), enables us to build a pot which, if we have an equity edge is great, and takes the initiative (although the value of this is something I'm unsure of given I can always take the initiative on the flop with a donk if I wish).


egcornish 11 years, 1 month ago

No one is getting on your case hard enough about this so I will. This 3 bet is massively -ev. not just "not that bad". My estimates have it losing around 10% of a BB, while flatting earns 50% of a bb. that's .6bb/1 equity differential that you're spewing.

midori 11 years, 1 month ago

Would you care to share your analysis/estimates with us?  Calculating the EV of flatting and 3betting preflop is a complicated task, and I'd like to see what assumptions you have made, etc. when you are giving us a specific, quantitative result like .6bb/1 equity.

egcornish 11 years ago

I'm not going to share my analysis on a public forum. However, my assumptions were,
Villain opens 30%, 4 bets aces and kkds, folds to 3bet 21%, both 3 betting and flatting shared equiivalent R values and those R values were 90%.
Given these assumptions, 3 betting carries an ev of -.1/1, while flatting carries an ev of .5/1 as compared to folding.

Perhaps a case could be made for 3 betting having a higher R value than flatting, but I don't think the case is very strong considering how top heavy this hand is, and it's single suited and disconnected. Even if that is the case, flatting has a higher ev than 3 betting until the point that 3 betting carries a 15% higher R than flatting does. this is possible, but my intuition tells me it's unlikely, and given that everyone else also seems to think it's a bad 3 bet I will stick with my gut here.


DMSJ 11 years ago
I believe this analysis is not incorrect considering EV BBs. This is simply range vs range, doesnt take in playability of our perceived range vs villain hand and so forth. Plus villains open 30% and fold to 3bet 21% are definitely not top 30% and top 21% of all hands.

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