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- Live Poker 131 Threads. 3bet Defense Strategy? Posted by Nanstations Posted by Nanstations posted in Mid Stakes. Posted 1 year, 10 months ago.
- The third option — and the correct one — I learned from Mike Caro’s writings.In fact, I think it’s the single most profitable piece of poker strategy advice I’ve ever encountered.
- That is why I wrote this free little 50 page poker cheat sheet to give you the exact strategies to start consistently making $500, $1000 (or more) per month in low stakes poker games right now. These are the exact poker strategies that I have used as a 10+ year poker pro. And I lay them all out for you step by step in this free guide.
- A poker game is a good metaphor for personal defense. Some of the same basic elements are in play, from the cards you are dealt to the bets you must make. Sometimes your strategy works out and you walk away with a big stack of chips, and sometimes you fail miserably despite your best efforts.
So, let’s go back to our original spot. Our opponent opens on the button, the small blind folds, and we’re in the big blind with 19 big blinds. It would clearly be wrong to play only a shove/fold strategy. Against the 55% open range in the second scenario, we could shove 40% of hands right back, but that just isn’t a plausible strategy.
I discuss mental game control strategies and post-flop 3bet pot strategies to help you plug the leak of losing money when calling 3bets.
In episode 182, I answered multiple Q’s about turbo MTT’s, Harrington’s M, folding strong hands and more.
Mental Game Control (1:55)
- Callingoutofspite. You hate this opponent, you’re tired of his 3bets and you don’t want to fold or 4bet.
- Over–relianceonposition. You justify making a call because you’ll have post-flop position, and you think you can find a way to use this to your advantage.
- You’retiredordistracted. This causes you to miss the fact that calling is a -EV decision.
- Callingwithhopeinsteadofmakingthe+EVdecision. You call with a set-mining hand, knowing that the pot odds are “bad” for this type of hand. Or, you’ve got a pretty hand that can flop miracles like K5s flopping a flush or 68 flopping a straight.
- Notwantingtoadjustopenraisingranges. You’re not adjusting to the table. Sticking too rigidly to your open raising ranges when it’s not profitable to do so is a -EV, unthinking strategy.
4-Steps to Correcting Your Mental Game Issues (3:35)
Step 2: Plan
- Are you going to force yourself to follow your ranges?
- Will you plan a response to a 3bet before you open raise?
- Are you going to take a breath and think before every button click?
- 22-66 – fold unless the pot odds are insanely good and there are 20x implied odds behind
- A2s-A9s – 4bet bluff with A3s and A4s, fold the rest
- 54s-87s – fold
Step 3: Focus and Execute
Step 4: Assess
Post-flop in 3bet Pots (8:25)
4 Important Aspects of 3bet Pots
1. Your Capped Range and the Opponent’s Range
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2. The Board
3. The Opponent’s Play
4. Your Position
- Fold – this is the most common line you’ll take. When the flop gives you 0 or little equity, and you can’t see future bluffs working too well, this is your best option.
- Call – this is a valid play when the pot odds you’re being offered make it a +EV decision to stay in with draws or some made hand equity.
- Raise – this is the least common play you’ll make, but it can be extremely profitable for both bluffs and value raises. Gauge the situation carefully because you’re committing many more chips due to the size of the 3bet pot. If going for value, you want to know your opponent can continue with worse. If bluffing, you want to know that they can fold better.
- Bet – when your 3betting opponent indicates weakness by checking the flop (for example, holding AK on 974), betting can often take it down.
- Check–fold – this will be the most common line you’ll take.
- Check–call – fine to do if the pot odds being offered make it worth the price to continue (beware of being OOP on the turn and river as well).
- Check–raise – everyone check-raises for value with sets and 2p hands, so you can balance your c/r range by adding some bluffs here.
- Donkbet – betting out before your opponent has the chance to act. This can throw them off their game, but I don’t recommend it. If you had a value hand, you’re likely c/r, right? So, balance your c/r range with value and bluffs.
- Probethenextstreet(orstab)– this is betting on a street after the opponent checked-behind on the prior street. They showed weakness, and you’re taking the opportunity to bluff them or go for value.
Challenge (18:50)
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I discuss mental game control strategies and post-flop 3bet pot strategies to help you plug the leak of losing money when calling 3bets.
In episode 182, I answered multiple Q’s about turbo MTT’s, Harrington’s M, folding strong hands and more.
Mental Game Control (1:55)
- Callingoutofspite. You hate this opponent, you’re tired of his 3bets and you don’t want to fold or 4bet.
- Over–relianceonposition. You justify making a call because you’ll have post-flop position, and you think you can find a way to use this to your advantage.
- You’retiredordistracted. This causes you to miss the fact that calling is a -EV decision.
- Callingwithhopeinsteadofmakingthe+EVdecision. You call with a set-mining hand, knowing that the pot odds are “bad” for this type of hand. Or, you’ve got a pretty hand that can flop miracles like K5s flopping a flush or 68 flopping a straight.
- Notwantingtoadjustopenraisingranges. You’re not adjusting to the table. Sticking too rigidly to your open raising ranges when it’s not profitable to do so is a -EV, unthinking strategy.
4-Steps to Correcting Your Mental Game Issues (3:35)
Step 2: Plan
- Are you going to force yourself to follow your ranges?
- Will you plan a response to a 3bet before you open raise?
- Are you going to take a breath and think before every button click?
- 22-66 – fold unless the pot odds are insanely good and there are 20x implied odds behind
- A2s-A9s – 4bet bluff with A3s and A4s, fold the rest
- 54s-87s – fold
Step 3: Focus and Execute
Step 4: Assess
Post-flop in 3bet Pots (8:25)
4 Important Aspects of 3bet Pots
1. Your Capped Range and the Opponent’s Range
2. The Board
3. The Opponent’s Play
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4. Your Position
- Fold – this is the most common line you’ll take. When the flop gives you 0 or little equity, and you can’t see future bluffs working too well, this is your best option.
- Call – this is a valid play when the pot odds you’re being offered make it a +EV decision to stay in with draws or some made hand equity.
- Raise – this is the least common play you’ll make, but it can be extremely profitable for both bluffs and value raises. Gauge the situation carefully because you’re committing many more chips due to the size of the 3bet pot. If going for value, you want to know your opponent can continue with worse. If bluffing, you want to know that they can fold better.
- Bet – when your 3betting opponent indicates weakness by checking the flop (for example, holding AK on 974), betting can often take it down.
- Check–fold – this will be the most common line you’ll take.
- Check–call – fine to do if the pot odds being offered make it worth the price to continue (beware of being OOP on the turn and river as well).
- Check–raise – everyone check-raises for value with sets and 2p hands, so you can balance your c/r range by adding some bluffs here.
- Donkbet – betting out before your opponent has the chance to act. This can throw them off their game, but I don’t recommend it. If you had a value hand, you’re likely c/r, right? So, balance your c/r range with value and bluffs.
- Probethenextstreet(orstab)– this is betting on a street after the opponent checked-behind on the prior street. They showed weakness, and you’re taking the opportunity to bluff them or go for value.
Challenge (18:50)
Support the Show
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Bryan Spencer and Mark Cooper both picked up the Smart HUD for PokerTracker 4 to help them understand and exploit their opponents better. Get ’em, guys! Get the Smart HUD here.
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