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Originally Posted by mongidig
20/40 9 handed.
LJ...Very loose, limps a lot, raises a lot, will LRR sometimes with junk, sometimes he'll limp in with big pairs, Will WTF cap with suited connectors, KJ, Axs. Donks a decent amount of flops. Will insta muck after aggression pre if he misses. Plays carefully and has a little MUBs against pre flop raises he respects.
HJ...He limps a lot, over limps a decent amount, plays fairly straight forward post.
I probably have a tightish image.
LJ open limps, HJ raises, I have ATo in the CO.....My initial thought is to raise it up.
Two of the 3 remaining players behind me are loose and will cold call 3 bets more than the average player.
Based on what I estimate the CO's range to be I have about 39% equity if it was just HU. I jump to about my fair share of equity when I add the LJ range. There have been a few occasions where the action on the flop went, LJ donk, HJ raise....HJ is aware that LJ will donk with crap sometimes so I think there is some implicit collusion situations that can take away the benefit of raising IP.
I 3 bet here always but now I think it could be close.
Does HJ have ATo in his range? If yes, 3 bet. If no, fold.
This is a spot where you can 3 bet pretty much the same range of hands that HJ is raising, face the limper with 2 cold and if the limper calls, chop up his equity with HJ. Form a coalition and engage in implicit collusion yourself with HJ. Also, you get to have position a decent amount. Essentially, this is the conclusion you came to when you did your equity calcs.
If HJ was opening the pot, I’d fold ATo, but would 3 bet AJo.