DK, the reason you can make, and I hate this ****ing word, an exploitable fold pre is that live 3betting ranges are very value heavy (as they should be)
So a normal range would look like:
Hand | Pot equity | Wins | Ties |
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QQ+,AK,JhJs,JcJd,JhJd | 73.51% | 33,411,024 | 1,145,825 |
AcQh | 26.49% | 11,675,359 | 1,145,825 |
I just input half of the JJ combos bc as ChrisV said people dont 3 bet these all the time.
So as you can see its just a range that will either have you in a rio spot alot or wont be putting in much money in bad when you hit an Ace.
Vs aggressive 3betting ranges where villains can have suited broadways or a suited connector combo it is more of a call:
Hand | Pot equity | Wins | Ties |
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TT+,AK,AQ,KxQx,9xTx | 61.58% | 46,824,943 | 16,011,735 |
AsQd | 38.42% | 26,203,130 | 16,011,735 |
And vs very aggressive villains with weaker aces its definitely a call:
Hand | Pot equity | Wins | Ties |
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TT+,AK,AQ,AJ,AT,Ax5x,KxQx,9xTx | 50.05% | 58,377,219 | 18,651,480 |
AcQh | 49.95% | 58,243,317 | 18,651,480 |
So now you can take a note and know to not immediately fold AQ to this kids 3bet bc we've seen his range.
Though, a word of caution, people see ATo showdown here and start auto assuming thats how wide his range was. But we dont know that for sure. Maybe he was bored, maybe he won a big pot with AT last night, maybe he was trying to impress the cocktail waitress. Most folks in live poker have no idea what their 3bet ranges are, and sort of just click buttons on the fly.