This not an opinion you want to listen to, OP.

No, listen to the guy who keeps 3betting aces when his opponent is folding to 100% of 3bets.

great post

when I hear balance in poker I also group the two (range balance and play balance)

IMO they go together when playing a GTO style

from my experience ABC tight aggressive poker is most profitable in low stake games. I also unfortunately level myself and have to constantly remind myself what limits I am playing.

The fact that you can't see why this post is ironic reinforces my point pretty perfectly.

I'm going to block you now. I recommend anyone who likes to keep their brain cells in tact do the same.

I like the mention about SC getting folds if villain thinks your 3bet is only AA... until eventually you get to a showdown.

Problem is most live NL200 is gonna be 3-6 seeing a flop. So showdown is more likely. Villains can't help but to see what kind of hands/napkins you are raising or 3betting pre.

FINE! GOOD! Let them judge me as a maniac, let them make assumptions that I know they are making, so I have an easier time ranging their hand strength when they see turns and rivers!

I try to play a rather polarized preflop range at tables with any decent aggressive villains who pay attention -- because that kind of "balance" tends to slow them down and maybe even make them more fit-or-fold OTF. Otherwise they Table Captain and I am waiting for hands/flops. Yuck.

Sure I sometimes end up having a weak holding vs a whale or station and so gotta shut down the bluffing... but better than playing fit-or-fold against the players who know how to make life difficult by their aggression.

Adapting to who continues after the flop is a critical part of exploitative poker -- imo even more critical than "play super tight preflop to exploit the stations".

Plus how can anyone stay sane playing 15% of hands pre in a live full ring game? This isn't 6max Zoom ffs...

Cliffs: some of my preflop 3bet is junk that I am happy to insta-muck if a villain 4bets; and sometimes that junk gets trap-flatted and hits 755ss way harder than an overpair. But weak Broadways are equivalent to low pairs aka limp-fold hands for me in most games nowadays; most games have a couple aggressive limp-punishers who, ironically, actually do respect YOUR raises" lol

Who is Setsy? Thank you