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Originally Posted by reezer63
I’m in SB with $400 and under gun raises to $15. He has $800 or so. Three callers and I make it $50 from SB. Maybe this is a leak in my game but I try to raise to an amount to get only one caller. Better math and I don’t care if I chase em off. Initial raiser calls and one other guy. Flop is Kc6d2d. I bet $70 and initial raiser calls. Turn is Qs and I bet $100. He takes his time before folding.
Making it $50 after a raise and three (!) callers are absurdly small. Regardless of my hand I would make it at least $80 here, and that is probably even too small. But we are working with restricted stacks, so probably good to leave at least some illusion of fold-equity. A proper sizing would probably be around $100, but then you have already put in 25% of your stack and thus look very strong.
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Let's say you instead of raising to $50, you make it $85, and only the raiser call.
Flop ($215 or so): Kc-6d-2d
You bet $70 like you did in game, and he calls.
Turn ($355): Qs
Now you can easily jam all your value hands for your remaining $230 into $355.
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Don't fall into the trap of 3-betting these tiny amounts, just because you see everyone else do it. Ramp up the sizing, and your winrate will follow
Last edited by BigWhale; 04-18-2024 at 04:41 PM.