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lonenlynobita
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My biggest homework has been how to be more aggressive and be able to steal pots that don't belong to me. I'm wondering if I'm having too much fun.
Table Image: I have been playing very aggressive, but this due to me having a very good run at the beginning of the game. I won 20% of the pots, but have only seen the flop 10%. I have 43 BB. All 6 players are still in play. It was level 3 so the stack average is 30 BB. I haven't tabled any hand.
The villain, IIRC, at that point, had 30% open rate. The villain is the shortest stack with 18 BB left.
Villain opened to 2 BB from the button. It's a smaller open size from his usual one. SB fold. I have 23o from the Big Blind. There is 4.2BB on the pot.
There is no way I'm calling here. FMPOV, I either fold, or steal the pot pre-flop. I decided to 3-bet 7 BB. If he called, the effective stack is 11 BB against a 14 BB pot.
My questions are:
1. Assuming stealing is acceptable, is 7 BB the right bet size?
2. Is steal acceptable here?
I mean, I know 32o is seems a bit too loose. But:
1. If I think it's equitable to try him to fold pre-flop to a 3 bet, then my hand basically doesn't matter right?
2. Yes, he's reducing the bet-sizing to 2 BB because he's getting short, but I don't think he will reduce the bet sizing if he has a monster hand? I don't have proof to think that he specifically do that, but it's something that I generalize among player who is short stacked.
3. If I bet 7 BB, that's basically me trying to get him to commit his chip if he called. Therefore, his calling range is very tight. I am betting extra 6 BB to win 4.2 BB. So my bet needs to work 60% of the time to be profitable.
Let's say I put him opening 25% of the range, but not QQ+ and AK. If I 3 bet, he is going to call with 66+ broadway minus QJ, QT, JT. He's folding more than 50% of the range. Do I think he will call that loose? I don't think so?
Table Image: I have been playing very aggressive, but this due to me having a very good run at the beginning of the game. I won 20% of the pots, but have only seen the flop 10%. I have 43 BB. All 6 players are still in play. It was level 3 so the stack average is 30 BB. I haven't tabled any hand.
The villain, IIRC, at that point, had 30% open rate. The villain is the shortest stack with 18 BB left.
Villain opened to 2 BB from the button. It's a smaller open size from his usual one. SB fold. I have 23o from the Big Blind. There is 4.2BB on the pot.
There is no way I'm calling here. FMPOV, I either fold, or steal the pot pre-flop. I decided to 3-bet 7 BB. If he called, the effective stack is 11 BB against a 14 BB pot.
My questions are:
1. Assuming stealing is acceptable, is 7 BB the right bet size?
2. Is steal acceptable here?
I mean, I know 32o is seems a bit too loose. But:
1. If I think it's equitable to try him to fold pre-flop to a 3 bet, then my hand basically doesn't matter right?
2. Yes, he's reducing the bet-sizing to 2 BB because he's getting short, but I don't think he will reduce the bet sizing if he has a monster hand? I don't have proof to think that he specifically do that, but it's something that I generalize among player who is short stacked.
3. If I bet 7 BB, that's basically me trying to get him to commit his chip if he called. Therefore, his calling range is very tight. I am betting extra 6 BB to win 4.2 BB. So my bet needs to work 60% of the time to be profitable.
Let's say I put him opening 25% of the range, but not QQ+ and AK. If I 3 bet, he is going to call with 66+ broadway minus QJ, QT, JT. He's folding more than 50% of the range. Do I think he will call that loose? I don't think so?