Originally Posted by thomasguy3419
Hi. NLHE 6 Max ZOOM cash game on PokerStars.
I have a few questions that I hope you can answer. I'm having some issues with facing raises preflop. What hands should I 3-bet with? What hands should I call a 3-bet with? What hands should I 4-bet with and what hands should I call a 4-bet with?
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Thomasguy3419,
Hey man although those question are very hard to answer without more information on the players, stakes, history with villains etc. there great questions. So first off I don't really play
online poker. I strictly play full ring live NLHE Cash Games for a living and don't deviate from that very often. I especially don't know too much about 6 max and zoom games. Although I will give you the best advice I can offer as I do have some friends who play those games regularly and do well in addition to the knowledge I have that can transfer over that will also be relevant in these games.
Now first off your playing Zoom. So when your playing Zoom especially at the low stakes your hand range has to tighten up. So many fish are not getting bored and starting to call raises with mediocre hands just to be able to play.. They can simply just click fold and immediately receive another hand. So when your getting 3 and 4 bet in low stakes zoom games your gonna be shown the goods ALOT of the time. So if I were you id tighten my range and likely be calling three bets with only the top of my raising range and from in position as much as possible. Now another thing I like to incorporate into calling 3 bets is I like to do so with my suited hands. Not only does that help automatically select what hands your calling 3bets with say medium pairs + strong suited broadways+ but it also allows you to continue in the hand when you flop
equity say a flush draw or even a back door flush draw + over cards. The problem can be if your calling 3bets with all of your descent-strong raising hands your simply going to be calling too much and that's bad. So by only calling with your suited hands that allows you to cut down a lot on your calling range when being 3 bet (ex. KQ has 4 suited combinations and 12 unsuited combinations) so you'll only be calling three-bets 25% of the time with KQ. Make sense?
Now as for 4bets if your getting 4bet in a low stakes zoom game I just don't think your going to be able to continue profitably very often without say QQ+ AK and even the bottom of that range might be in a tough spot.
As for your 3bets in a low stakes zoom game Id say stick with the strong hands. Yes mix in some 3bet
bluffs with hands such as 67ss or 910ss. But I just don't think your going to have to be that balanced with bluffs vs. value hands when it comes to low stakes zoom games where guys are only playing with you for one hand at a time then moving to other tables with different opponents. Stick with your value hands for the most part in 3 betting and especially four-betting. Ill almost always be 3betting JJ+AK AQ in those zoom games if I were to play them maybe even cutting out AQ as simply a call. Although I just don't know enough about those online zoom games to give you too much detail as to what specifics are the most profitable. I hope this helps and I hope it helps you make the best EV+ plays in those tough 3or4 bet spots!
Good Luck At The Table and hopefully next time I can help you out a little more with some more detail if you happen to have any Live NLHE Cash Game Questions
-Durk