March 29, 2016
Hi guys,
recently I’ve studied my hand history and stats in my PT4 and found out that I’m loosing a lot of chips playing out of position.
While on small blind I’m -5BB/100, on big blind it’s alarming -20BB/100. I think I found a leak in incorrect 3betting ranges.
So I’m 3betting 9-10% of hands playing OOP opposed to 8% playing in position. My ranges contains obviously premium hand TT+, AQ+.
Versus single raise I 3bet lower suited connectors, probably all the aces (depending on opponent), lower pocket pairs.
The problem starts when my opponent do not fold to my 3bet when I have a good A and miss the flop (AJs – AK). I’ve heard in one of Daniel Negreanu’s speech that it’s much better to just call those hands OOP and rather 3bet OOP as a bluff with hands like K5o.
What are your thoughts on this?
TPE Pro
December 6, 2012
Main thing here is it sounds like you’re misinterpreting your win rate from the blinds. It’s going to be negative. You’re posting money blind! The baseline isn’t 0, as it would be from other positions, but rather -50 from the SB and -100 from the BB. That’s what your winrate would be if you folded every hand. So whatever strategy you are employing, it’s adding value. Basically, you’re cutting your losses when forced to bet blind from the worst positions at the table.
That said, your 3-betting strategy doesn’t sound great. If you’re 3-betting every Ace, that’s way too much. And you should be cognizant of stuff like original raiser’s position, stack sizes, etc. There’s really no easy answer to “here’s the strategy for 3-betting OOP”. I suggest you start with my Getting Off on the Right Foot series to help you orient your thinking about poker and Expected Value generally, and then get a sense of what others are doing from the BB by watching HH review videos, and then perhaps post some more specific questions here.
March 29, 2016
Ok, maybe I was not exactly correct and clear on my first post. By 3betting all aces, I had in my mind that I sometimes 3bet smaller aces and most of the time I 3bet stronger aces (AJs+ – AK).
More specific question is about your approach on playing stronger aces OOP? Would you rather call an open and play it postflop or 3bet it pre? Often I hear a reason `I don’t want to play this hand OOP so I will 3bet it`. Is it the right approach?
TPE Pro
August 25, 2012
Foucault said
Main thing here is it sounds like you’re misinterpreting your win rate from the blinds. It’s going to be negative. You’re posting money blind! The baseline isn’t 0, as it would be from other positions, but rather -50 from the SB and -100 from the BB. That’s what your winrate would be if you folded every hand. So whatever strategy you are employing, it’s adding value. Basically, you’re cutting your losses when forced to bet blind from the worst positions at the table.
That said, your 3-betting strategy doesn’t sound great. If you’re 3-betting every Ace, that’s way too much. And you should be cognizant of stuff like original raiser’s position, stack sizes, etc. There’s really no easy answer to “here’s the strategy for 3-betting OOP”. I suggest you start with my Getting Off on the Right Foot series to help you orient your thinking about poker and Expected Value generally, and then get a sense of what others are doing from the BB by watching HH review videos, and then perhaps post some more specific questions here.
Hate to be picky, but a small correction if I can be so bold – if we’re including antes, it’s -60bb/100 from the SB and -110bb/100 from the BB, assuming 10% antes. It’s also -10bb/100 from every other position, which is something people underestimate a lot – breaking even playing a certain hand is better than folding if there are antes in play.
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