January 27, 2013
Made a deep run in the Merge 3K (I think). We are 14 handed.
I have 27 BB and I'm 3/14. I have been active but not agrro. Picking my spots and stealing some blinds. Have not 3-bet in a while.
The guys at the table with chips are pretty aggro.
Aggro guy min raises from low jack. He has been very aggressive from that position. He and the chip leader have been battling. He has stats of 24/15 with a PFR of 29 from that position.
I am on the button with AQ suited. I Call. ( I expect the SB to 3-bet a good percentage of the time and then I get it all in pre)
SB is chip leader and has agrro stats including a 3-bet of 13% over 276 hands. He 3-bets. Initial rasier folds and I pile.
My Question…. Does anyone disagree with this Line? I think I loose value when I 3-bet and all fold.
August 16, 2013
Obviously it's a nice result is if the SB squeeze/folds, but I wouldn't expect him to squeeze/call hands you dominate. Also, as the other folks point out, since your BTN raise of a late position open with your stack size is a tempting target for a cold 4 ball with a somewhat wide range (including hands you dominate), I'd prefer to 3b/gii.
November 22, 2013
I like calling to induce a squeeze more with a hand like AA, KK, or AK than AQ. With AQ you actually don’t want your opponent to squeeze necessarily. If you flat the initial raise then the blinds have the odds to call with a wide range, which I would do. So often you aren’t inducing a squeeze, you are letting in another player. Also, enough though the blind and the SB have a dynamic, they are unlikely to continue their dynamic if someone else (you) is in the pot. Finally, I agree that 3betting looks STD so you may induce a punt. I don’t like flatting with AQs, I think its FPS.
November 22, 2013
I get your point that villians will squeeze with hands that AQ dominates. However, I also think that they shove for value with premiums that dominate AQ. So if you flat to induce a squeeze, how do you know whether you are against a premium or not? It seems like a fairly polarized range. I agree with your other points though. Depends on the villians and buyin.
November 22, 2013
jacobsharktank said:
well you don’t actually know, but youre ahead of their range. they doin’t shove a polarized range. they shove a wide value range…one that you’re ahead of. like 77-AA AJ-AK KQ. AQs is ahead of that ya? i dont have a calculator
For me, my range would be polarized as I would squeeze as a pure bluff or raise with a premium for value, but wouldn't turn say J10, AJ, or KQ into a bluff by squeezing where I know I'm only getting called by better. However, I don’'t really like squeezing in obvious spots so that could just be me. Generally, people know what you're doing when you squeeze, and don't let you get a way with it. It risks a lot of chips and doesn’t work very often for me. So if we flat, I believe Villian will just complete, and we see the flop 3 handed. I'’d rather 3 bet.
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