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MinhANguyen
Visionary
Silver Level
I know that we should be defending a good % of the time against 3-betting so we can't be exploited, but I've noticed on Bovada 25NL (especially cash games), they have incredibly low 3-bet %'s. I three-bet around 7-8% (JJ/KQo/AJs+ in position against MP/CO, a little tighter against UTG), and 3-bet a depolarized range from the blinds (1010/KJs+) against button steals. I have tried 3-betting more, especially in position, but I have found that it's unprofitable because there's not as much fold equity as you would expect. And playing with Q high or 99/1010 in a 3-bet pot is pretty marginal. Probably unprofitable if I remember correctly. And fish cold call pretty wide, with junk occasionally, from the blinds. Have seen junk like A4 suited, A2 suited, AJo, 55, 66, 44, 33.
The Bovada players (mostly fish) have a very wide 3-bet calling range but a very narrow 3-bet range. I've even used Hold Em Manager 2, and they have something like 2-5% 3-bet ranges. I'll even see players who don't 3-bet JJ/QQ/KK/AK. So is it alright (yes, it is exploitative, but I find exploitative play very profitable at the micros) to only flat JJ/AKo+ in position and QQ/AKo+ OOP? (If I'm the original raiser I 4-bet AK most of the time, since it blocks all the nutted hands AA/KK and fold to a 5-bet shove) Almost nobody 5-bet shoves on 25NL Bovada without AA/KK. The occasional AK might, but that's not very often. I've actually made quite a bit of money 5-bet shoving KK/AA into AK. Everytime I've tried flatting a little wider OTB because the blinds should theoretically be 3-betting a wider range against the button (1010, AQo, AQs, AJs), they always show me a nutted range (AK for TPTK, JJ, QQ, KK, AA). Very occasionally will I see a depolarized range (only once have I seen AJo and 99, everything else was pure value).
The Bovada players (mostly fish) have a very wide 3-bet calling range but a very narrow 3-bet range. I've even used Hold Em Manager 2, and they have something like 2-5% 3-bet ranges. I'll even see players who don't 3-bet JJ/QQ/KK/AK. So is it alright (yes, it is exploitative, but I find exploitative play very profitable at the micros) to only flat JJ/AKo+ in position and QQ/AKo+ OOP? (If I'm the original raiser I 4-bet AK most of the time, since it blocks all the nutted hands AA/KK and fold to a 5-bet shove) Almost nobody 5-bet shoves on 25NL Bovada without AA/KK. The occasional AK might, but that's not very often. I've actually made quite a bit of money 5-bet shoving KK/AA into AK. Everytime I've tried flatting a little wider OTB because the blinds should theoretically be 3-betting a wider range against the button (1010, AQo, AQs, AJs), they always show me a nutted range (AK for TPTK, JJ, QQ, KK, AA). Very occasionally will I see a depolarized range (only once have I seen AJo and 99, everything else was pure value).
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