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Originally Posted by 3for3poker
I don't understand why you think flatting pre is terrible. You have 40BB, are in position and a hand that can flop well. Sure, you can 3 bet fold here, but at these stack sizes, I'd rather see a flop in position than turn my hand into a bluff.
If you call flop, what are you doing on blank turns when the villain fires again? Bluff raise all in? You are doing terrible against his value 2 barrels, and will likely face a tough decision on the river if you flat.
You should probably do some work on preflop ranges in general if you think this is even remotely close to being a preflop flat against basically any competition. The "turn my hand into a bluff" part is all complete bs as well
you have Q9s mate it's not like you have a hand that is anything other than random air here (that works somewhat well as a 3bet bluff vs spastic opening ranges -- I think hands like KTs QTs Q9s are pretty good 3b bluffs here if they open enough). Absolutely nothing wrong with just folding though. The decision between fold and 3b depends on their frequencies (fold as standard) and both are light years ahead of call which is the only really bad option.
Also wtf at this "bluff raise allin" on blank turns
mate you have top pair and a flush draw. Unless a dog attacks you and eats your cards between the flop and the turn you have an amazing call flop, call turn hand on any runout vs any sizing that will get to see all 5 cards, has amazing stackoff possibilities, yet can still fold on horrid turn+river runouts. Raise getting in flop is like a zomg I don't know how to hand read but SO MANY OUTS WHAT IF THE TURN IS THE ACE OF CLUBS AND HE HITS HIS AK ZOMG PALMS SWEATING ALLIN ALLIN ALLIN move.
(To be fair, it's not a disaster to raise gii flop by any means because, well, you do have a ****load of outs and a great hand. I don't hate it by any means, as opposed to pf which is an actual disaster. But as played, obviously it's going to be quite +EV to raise GII there. But it's just a bit of a nonsensical play imo and not the best option.)
Last edited by Chuck Bass; 06-16-2017 at 05:02 PM.