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Originally Posted by Dude-Bun
That said - It's really hard for me to throw into the muck a hand like 55-66 vs btn raise, so while I understand that my hand will be face up and I wont be getting much value even when I hit a big part of the time and understanding that it's going to be hard/ -ev to start balancing here out of oop and vs possible bb squeeze I think maybe some of the time I can 3b with the intention of folding vs any resistance pre or post.
There are always a few combos in a range that are "barely" playable, because
something has to be the bottom of your (playable) range, and such hands will break even in the long run. Any breakeven hand could also just fold, because folding is also breakeven.
I believe those hands you mentioned (66/55) are close to breakeven in SB vs BTN/CO in most online games.
That is to say, you can probably break-even by set-mining with a call, but you probably also break even by 3-betting. Slightly worse hands (44-22) would likely do slightly worse than break even, so I have no problem folding those in SBvBTN. With 66 I couldn't say if calling is definitely better than 3-betting, because neither option is massively +EV. I'm kind of indifferent, and usually make my decision based on game conditions (e.g. If I've been card dead/nitty, a 3-bet might get more respect, thus making that a more profitable choice than calling in that particular vacuum). I'm similarly ambivalent about hands like AJo, ATo or KJo or QTs in the same spot. I sometimes fold them, but 3-betting can't be terrible, and against some players even calling might be fine. I don't want to be flatting too many hands though. It's just so hard to make money by flatting in the SB.