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Originally Posted by spikeraw22
The best way to plug this leak is to fold pre. SC's OOP are beyond profitability for most players.
If you're playing in a game where you can be profitable playing SC oop, you're playing too low.
Other than in the weakest games (1/2, 1/3) against villains that believe that stacking off with TP when you have 150BB is a good idea, playing SC to hit and get paid off is generally a -EV idea. To get the extra juice necessary to play SC profitably, you need to be able to win hands without 2pr+. To do so, you generally need to have position.
Three betting SC light IP is quite profitable if done right. The problem is that most people go overboard with the idea and get looked up in LLSNL. There are way more SCs that there are legitimate 3 betting hands. You need to limit them. My preference is for 65s, 76s, and 87s. They're generally are far enough away from people's 3bet calling range that your outs aren't tied up post flop. If you hit big, it is hard for the calling range to get away. Finally, it is hard for a calling hand to continue on an ace or king flop oop.