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Originally Posted by BlazinAces
I was playing the 7pm $125 Aria daily tournament in reference to this hand, does this advice change in respect to that?
But yea, in his spot, not wanting to 3bet and have to deal with the post flop play if my 3bet gets called, or if I'm 4bet losing my 3bet might be my biggest reason I flat or fold.. situational of course, I might change my mind if I was showing down hands like suited connectors in a pot that had action pf, then I might 3b KJ,QJ OOP in his spot, but if I'm in his spot defending BB with a lot of hands I check/flat to see a flop but I'm folding my J4 when my flop bet gets raised. Can't really see how he 3b shoves all in against me with TP and weak kicker lol I want him too all day until he fades a river on me
I like your thought process. Keep thinking ranges and how to react to them. As you know the ranges will depend on your reads. If that's how you read his range I like how you played the hand.
Yes. The aria $125 1pm and 7pms actually catch a mix of some solid players. It makes a difference and if your reads are right the hand ranges will vary a lot more. There are def good villains who know you should 3bet defend your BB with a polarized range of your strong hands and your hands you would normally barely fold. Assuming stacks aren't an issue you can then
React to the 4bet by continuing confidently with your monsters and folding with your Polarized weak side (unless you are going to continue the charade with a high level 5bet bluff - I'm not good enough for that)
I'm folding J4 thiugh like you said. I think KQ/QJ like hands are Normally too strong to fold but not strong enough to 3bet. I don't like 3betting KQ and having to fold to a 4bet or even getting called OOP and having to continue. I'd rather 3bet my suited connectors and borderline hands.
Hope this makes sense. I'm typing on a phone as well
Cliff notes: don't 3bet just to 3bet steal on the fly. Instead, widen your 3bet Range in spots (most people don't as a leak) but do it by assigning more borderline fold hands you would 3bet with and not just deciding on the fly to 3bet junk. That said sometimes I just say screw it and 3bet junk. I prob shouldn't. Peace out.