Join Date: May 2012
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I'm not a big fan of the 3bet preflop either. An EP raising range is going to be very tight. By 3betting, we are narrowing an already narrow range while playing OOP. Sure, that's great for when he flats AJs and we get stacks on a A6639 board. But most rec players despise AJs. So I'd like flatting better. We keep his range wider and that gives us a big boost in the hand equity department.
As played, we block QQ/AA to just 4 combos. KK has 6 combos. We don't have a heart and most villains put us on AK. I think calling is better than shoving which is better than folding. Such few hands actually beat us but we can still keep his range wider by flatting. I'm folding on any heart or K turns, and jamming over his turn bet with the rest of the cards. He's then putting his money in a lot worse this way and we can still get away from the hand. He checks turn, think we're check/calling most river bets too. I don't think we can get value from worse by betting the river, but plenty of bluffs that he can fire.
I think if there is anything I'm jamming the flop with, it's going to be like AA/KK and some random AhXh combos (but not too many).