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Originally Posted by SpewingIsMyMove
Facing a min raise and flat call, with 26bb effective stacks, what is the logic against a standard sized 3bet, something like a raise to 8 or 9 bb? 7 handed, with the btn capping his range, it seems like we want to raise high enough to keep BB in and run the button off, or am I missing something?
There are some very bad events that can happen. e.g. You make it 9bb, both MP and BTN call. Flop comes J52, or Q96, or K85, or even 985, and the pot is about 28bb and you have 17bb. You'd be OOP 3-way with a hand you don't want to play for stacks with, even though you only have a 60% of pot-sized stack. And even if you decided "YOLO! There's only one overcard, I'm all in!", then if you were going to go all in on the flop, wouldn't it be better to go all in before villain had a chance to make a better hand than you?
Note: It's possible that the 3-bet would take it down pre, or get you heads up with a better SPR and a higher likelihood of winning, but I think just shoving pre is actually
less risky (and hence more profitable) than making a "normal" 3-bet. With aces or kings, a smaller 3-bet works better, because you get more of your EV from being called by worse. TT really just wants to pick up the dead money immediately, or at least be flipping vs 1 caller.
Last edited by ArtyMcFly; 07-24-2017 at 01:20 PM.