Will widening 3bet range widen calling range?

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I struggle 3betting pf at 10nl. It seems most players will only call or raise with hands like AK, AA, KK and QQ. That means 3betting with like Aj, Aq and JJ just leaves me in awkward situations. I tend to only 3bet with AA, AK, KK and QQ, but if I widen my range and opponents notice me 3betting more wouldn't they be forced to compensate by widening their' calling / 4betting range?
 
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Dont worry about stuff like this yet, theres usually no reason to 3bet hands like AJ and AQ when all you're going to do is fold out the hands you dominate and make better hands call... This is unless they're super droolers who will call 3bets for fun and in which case you can raise like AQ and stuff for value.

I read in another thread that you're playing piano,watching tv,reading etc whilst playing, would highly recommend stopping that stuff before out levelling yourself with a 3bet game at 10nl
 
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3-bet wider for value (merged range) vs. people who raise too much. 3-bet wider (as a bluff, use polarized range, not hands like AQ) vs. people who fold too much.
 
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Dont worry about stuff like this yet, theres usually no reason to 3bet hands like AJ and AQ when all you're going to do is fold out the hands you dominate and make better hands call... This is unless they're super droolers who will call 3bets for fun and in which case you can raise like AQ and stuff for value.

I read in another thread that you're playing piano,watching tv,reading etc whilst playing, would highly recommend stopping that stuff before out levelling yourself with a 3bet game at 10nl

Lmao that would be wise :D
 
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It seems most players will only call or raise with hands like AK, AA, KK and QQ.
If they are only calling your 3 bets with these 4 hands then you can 3 bet them 100% of the time a show a very good profit assuming they are raising a normal range of hands and only calling your 3 bets with the top 2% of hands. When they catch on stop 3 betting so much.
 
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