micromachine
Legend
Silver Level
Hoping for help/advice/expansion/correction on my (basic) thoughts on 3betting:
1) Why should we 3bet more OOP then IP? I think this is because when you are OOP you need to 3b bigger to get more folds when you are 3b bluffing, and because you get more value from your premiums as villains are more likely to call IP.
2) What players are good to 3bet bluff? 3bet bluffing is best against the TAGs, then the nits, then the LAGs and lastly the calling station fish. Against those that are unable to fold to 3bets it's better to avoid bluffing and widen your value range.
3) What hands are good to 3b bluff with? Anything you can't profitably call with and is likely to have some equity postflop. I like 3b bluffing with A2s-AJs, K9s-KJs, T9o-KQo, KJo, KTo, QTo and maybe a couple of one gap SCs like J9s and T8s.
4) Why should 3bet a polarised range OOP and a merged range IP? Firstly, I'm not 100% sure what merged range means lol. I think it means a wider value range without many (or any) bluffs. If so I can see why we can widen our value range IP, simply because we have the advantage of position. As for 3betting a polarized range OOP I guess it's because we can get a lot of folds (exploiting a weak range from a BTN open for example) and hope that when they do play back it's when we have a value hand.
5) Why should we 3bet bigger with a raise and multiple callers? To thin the field and get max value when we have a premium and because we need to bet more to get folds when we bluff (although I'm not sure bluffing is such a good idea with multiple opponents).
6) What should be our 3bet size? 3x the raise IP, 4x the raise OOP, up to 5x OOP with multi-way pot when you have a premium or when up against a fish who wont fold regardless of 3b size.
What I think I could do to improve would be to construct ranges for various situations, like BvB, BTN v Blind, BTN v CO and how to modify the ranges based on the openers PFR.
Thanks for reading my essay please let me know if there are any obvious flaws or gaps in my thinking and what I could consider next to improve my 3b game.
1) Why should we 3bet more OOP then IP? I think this is because when you are OOP you need to 3b bigger to get more folds when you are 3b bluffing, and because you get more value from your premiums as villains are more likely to call IP.
2) What players are good to 3bet bluff? 3bet bluffing is best against the TAGs, then the nits, then the LAGs and lastly the calling station fish. Against those that are unable to fold to 3bets it's better to avoid bluffing and widen your value range.
3) What hands are good to 3b bluff with? Anything you can't profitably call with and is likely to have some equity postflop. I like 3b bluffing with A2s-AJs, K9s-KJs, T9o-KQo, KJo, KTo, QTo and maybe a couple of one gap SCs like J9s and T8s.
4) Why should 3bet a polarised range OOP and a merged range IP? Firstly, I'm not 100% sure what merged range means lol. I think it means a wider value range without many (or any) bluffs. If so I can see why we can widen our value range IP, simply because we have the advantage of position. As for 3betting a polarized range OOP I guess it's because we can get a lot of folds (exploiting a weak range from a BTN open for example) and hope that when they do play back it's when we have a value hand.
5) Why should we 3bet bigger with a raise and multiple callers? To thin the field and get max value when we have a premium and because we need to bet more to get folds when we bluff (although I'm not sure bluffing is such a good idea with multiple opponents).
6) What should be our 3bet size? 3x the raise IP, 4x the raise OOP, up to 5x OOP with multi-way pot when you have a premium or when up against a fish who wont fold regardless of 3b size.
What I think I could do to improve would be to construct ranges for various situations, like BvB, BTN v Blind, BTN v CO and how to modify the ranges based on the openers PFR.
Thanks for reading my essay please let me know if there are any obvious flaws or gaps in my thinking and what I could consider next to improve my 3b game.