Celes
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UTG2: $50
LJ: $50
HJ: $71.73
CO: $91.30
BN: $25.18
SB: $50.25 (Hero)
BB: $58.48
UTG: $26.25
I don't have many hands from him so flop and turn stats would be irrelevant.
UTG folds, UTG1 folds, UTG2 folds, LJ folds, HJ folds, CO folds, BN folds, Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $4.50, Hero calls $3
April 30, 2014 | 5:59 a.m.
Hi guys! I'm trying to improve my blind vs blind play and one topic that I don't see often on videos is calling 3bets OOP.
If I'm opening 60% from SB theoretically I should defend 33% of that range against 3bets so that my opponent can't auto profit. That means against a 3bet I should continue with a 20%. If I 4bet 99+, AQ+ for value that's a 5%, so I can add another 5% of 4bet bluffs. So what happens with the other 10% I should defend? Does it make sense to start calling 3bets OOP with something like 66-88, 87s+, suited broaways, AT, AJ, A9? And asuming that is right, I still have no idea how I'm supposed to play that range postflop.
Even if that is a theoretically correct defense range on practice I have a huge trouble applying it; I play NL50 FR and against many opponents I don't feel comfortable 4bet/calling something like TT/99 (some people don't 3bet much or fold a TON vs 4bets). And once I call their 3bet I end up folding too much postflop because I find it very hard to play 3bet pots oop without initiative. However I think it's necessary to call 3bets with those hands because if I start 4bet bluffing them, my 4bet range would be extremely unbalanced.
To sum up my questions are:
- Against someone who doesn't have any evident leaks, is my 4bet value range reasonable? And should I be calling 3bets with the range I mentioned?
- For those of you who know NL50/NL100 FR dynamics, do you think my ranges make sense?
Thanks!
April 30, 2014 | 4:05 a.m.
BB: $66.74
UTG: $55
LJ: $50
HJ: $61.51
CO: $84.08
BN: $11.26
HJ is a 17/14, OR MP 20%, Fold vs 3bet MP 60%, Call 3bet 13%, Fold vs sqz 57%, Fold vs cbet 3bet pot 43%, AF 2.5, WWSF 42.
UTG folds, LJ folds, HJ raises to $1.50, CO folds, BN calls $1.50, Hero raises to $6.50, BB folds, HJ calls $5, BN folds
April 15, 2014 | 7:07 p.m.
Hi, thank you so much for your answer. I was confused with his river bet, because if he has something like AK/AK and he makes it that big, what worse hands does he expect me call with? When I checked the turn I think my hand is too faced up and he might I have thought it was a good spot to bluff. We play quite a lot and I fold too much on the river, so I was afraid he was trying to exploit me.
March 22, 2014 | 6:59 p.m.
CO: $50
BN: $67.40
SB: $53.93
BU is a 19/15, OR from BU 45%, fold to sqz 67%, call vs 3bet 26% (I've seen him call IP with suited connectors, gappers and some pocket pairs). AF 2.2, WWSF 45, WTSD 30, river bet 25%, fold to cbet in 3bet pots flop 35%, turn 55%. Bet vs missed cbet IP turn 35%, river 39%.
CO folds, BN raises to $1.50, SB calls $1.25, Hero raises to $6.50, BN calls $5, SB folds
March 21, 2014 | 7:48 p.m.
Thank you all so much for your answers. Sometimes I feel that after stealing or defending against a steal I need to fight for every pot postflop, and end up in this awful situations with no equity.
March 8, 2014 | 2:05 a.m.
I'm studying gto too but I think the exploitative line is much more profitable at lowstakes, where all of us are playing soooooo far from the optimal; in your example it doesn't make any sense to apply it. Anyways I think it is useful to get a better understanding of the game and maybe against certain opponents.
March 7, 2014 | 5:39 p.m.
UTG1: $77
UTG2: $42.89
LJ: $50
HJ: $58.89
CO: $20
BN: $50
SB: $50 (Hero)
BB: $73.18
UTG folds, UTG1 folds, UTG2 folds, LJ folds, HJ folds, CO folds, BN folds, Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1
Hi, thanks so much for your response. So as a rule of thumb 4betting for value 1/3 of his 3betting range is ok? I had never heard about it. I agree that raising the flop would be an interesting option as well, because he still has many draws himself which he might not fold and not so many really strong hands appart from AA-JJ or maybe A3.
April 30, 2014 | 9:18 a.m.