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Originally Posted by fightingillini
I would probably fold 67% and call 33%. You sometimes need to defend your whole early position raising range, otherwise you risk opponent not respecting your raises. Call more often if you think Vs will call behind you. Then you have a better chance at winning a big pot when you make a big hand.
This is wrong in so many ways. Who cares if he doesnt respect our raises? Maniacs dont respect our raises; it doesnt mean we start calling with J8o IP btn open vs maniac 3b from the BB, which is what you imply by sometimes having to defend full range in order for them to respect our raise. Making -EV plays just so he can “respect our raises” is the wrong way to approach it. We’re basing our decisions off EV not what our opponent feels about us.
Never folding in some spot is 99% of the time a huge leak. Not to mention the burden of defending vs the 3b also falls onto the callers, so it literally makes zero sense for you to defend full range here. Take a look at minimum defense frequency.
If you really want someone to respect your raises, which has some metagame value/EV purposes, be a spewtard and 4b when you think they’re squeezing light. It’ll make them think twice before they 3b you again. Calling and playing mostly fit-fold post isnt. Calling is extremely weak, esp when doing so is going to invite other donks behind to call A10s/AJs/KJs/KQs which dominate J10s.
Last edited by Minatorr; 03-14-2019 at 08:36 PM.