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nameless1537
Rock Star
Silver Level
I was playing some cash games last night, and wanting to work specifically with on my 3bet strategies. Upon getting into the game, I realized that I was playing against a LAG to my left (VPIP just under 40 and PFR just over 30) and it felt like each time I raised to open a pot, he’d 3bet me and then called by the player to his left who was playing tight-passive. I folded the first couple of times because I didn’t feel my hand was strong enough to stand up to 3bet OOP. I ended up really tightening up and my VPIP in game went from 29 to 13 within a couple of orbits. I even folded marginally strong hands just because I needed to be able to stand up to his 3bet if he did. Now, I did keep a level head — in the past, I would have tilted and gone stupid aggressive on him to try to make him fold.
Did I do the right thing? I didn’t want to move off the table as I just wanted to learn how to play better, even in these situations.
In the rounds he was in, I was down by as much as 30BB. He eventually busted out and left table after he showed down his AJs (or something like that) against AA.
As soon as he left the table, my play opened up and I played more aggressively again and within about 3 or 4 orbits, I went to being +55BB. If I wasn’t so tired, I would have continued playing as I was able to push some folks around on the table with some 3bets in position.
Is this normal? Any suggestions on how to handle this situation?
Did I do the right thing? I didn’t want to move off the table as I just wanted to learn how to play better, even in these situations.
In the rounds he was in, I was down by as much as 30BB. He eventually busted out and left table after he showed down his AJs (or something like that) against AA.
As soon as he left the table, my play opened up and I played more aggressively again and within about 3 or 4 orbits, I went to being +55BB. If I wasn’t so tired, I would have continued playing as I was able to push some folks around on the table with some 3bets in position.
Is this normal? Any suggestions on how to handle this situation?