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Originally Posted by RoadtoPro
+1 to the entire post.
The thing is vs the 4x sizing, rake considerations, and no other callers, we’re not really supposed to be defending with anything speculative since our implied odds aren’t good enough. The stack depth is a bonus, but even hands as pretty as J10s are meh here.
I think we can even play 3-bet or fold vs this sizing without giving up too much against a good player who we don’t want to be OOP too much against.
Yeah I heavily advocate for playing tight in the bb in live poker due to the wacky sizes people use (and 4x isn’t even indicative of a weak player, why not make it more expensive if people are just going to give it action and play bad post?). Like we’re already getting worse than 2:1 before the rake, and we are OOP. Any hand that’s profitable as a call in this scenario is probably more profitable as a 3 bet.
If we must have a few calls, ATo seems to work well into that range, since there’s obvious drawbacks to 3 betting it (like getting ourselves in a spot where we are against a range dense with quite a few dominating hands OOP), while also standing to be ahead of a good portion of his opens.
But if someone wants to keep it simple and play 3 bet or fold from the bb against 4x opens and no other players in the pot, that’s 100% fine too IMO. I’m usually cool with keeping strategy simple.
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