Posted 8 years ago
Sam:
Turlock: How often with those hands do you c bet OOP then feel you can't bet for value against villain's range?


Not very often, because I wouldn't be 3betting 56ss or A2ss as a "standard play"

It would be with the intention of either getting 2 or 3 streets of value, or bluff catching, or double barreling a lot of boards. That picture of your range doesn't compare your equity vs villains likely calling range. Granted, Ax does have a lot of reverse implied odds on a lot of A high boards but 56ss does too. You will also get to the river with waaaay too many hands that are now at the bottom of your range and should bluff with, like in this instance.


Hey Sam

Why does 65s have a lot of reverse implied odds? The whole point of why people switched to 3 betting that hand type OOP was for the purpose of making the hand easier to play. There shouldn't be a massive problem with flush over flush in a reraised pot situation.

If you're 3 betting high card hands OOP you're going to run into kicker problems a lot against villains who defend a tight range by calling. And if you're playing micro/small stakes is bluff catching going to be responsible for much in the way of EV? It must be pretty close still if we're talking about 3 betting late position opens.

In a 6 max game this would be my defending range from BB vs a x3bb UTG open. I'm interested to see how you guys would adjust your 3 betting range vs a tighter open.

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Posted 8 years ago
The hand in question is from the SB vs a CO open so that range isn't too relevant. I play tighter than that from the BB but I am playing 9x tables of speed poker so I'm a nit Laugh

I am not typing all of the reasons, instead think critically about why 56ss isn't the best candidate for your 3b range compared to a hand like A5ss, and if you find yourself playing against someone who has an extremely high fold to 3b % then 56ss would be a hand to add to your range and would be a better choice than some of the other suggestions like KJo etc, but I would have to add around 5% of other hands first before I include 56ss in my polarised range.

If they are opening a wide range and not folding to 3bets I would prefer to use ATo+ KJ+ QTss+ over a hand like A5ss or 56ss.


As an added bonus if you decide you wanna 5bet bluff, doing it with 56ss really sucks but A5ss matches up way better vs their calling range so you need less fold equity :D.