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Originally Posted by stinkypete
Flatting 100% isn't as bad as the GTO guys will tell you it is because most villains will c-bet 100% or close to it. If they're capable of adjusting by opening a little wider and checking a lot of flops you have to punish them preflop.
this, 100%. while playing exploitatively is suboptimal against solid aware players, doing so against not good players or worse costs money. you don't have to worry about creating solid ranges against your weaker opponents, nor about 3b pf if they're going to bet every single flop. Many people who are worse players but highly agro will also tend to bet the flop a ****ton. calling the bb with all your hands and then balancing your raises between flops and turns gets you more money than 3b'ing pf.
historically, i've used the pf flat strategy against great players who are in the sb b/c it's easier to execute and takes less thought at the table. but seeing the above, i'm thinking i should construct these ranges for those players. the people who i normally play the flat 100% method against either won't notice that i'm 3betting other people from the bb, or almost surely won't care.