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Originally Posted by furkae
Improvement attempt: 3bet more preflop
3bet for value:- AA/KK: 3bet always
- AK/QQ: 3bet always but against some tight and full stacked players I can find a fold if get reraised
- AQo/JJ/TT: 3bet most of the time esp. OOP and if there’s a raiser and callers
- AJ/77-99: 3bet only against maniacs (if I’m ready to stack off preflop)
3bet light (as a bluff):- Opponents: mostly against taggy players who may fold a lot. I’ll avoid loose players and maniacs.
- Opponents stats:
- VPIP/PFR: 14/10..28/25
- Steal > 30%
- Fold to 3bet > 70%, but this stat is rarely reliable as I don't have enough hands on most of my opponents
- Position:
- BTN vs CO (rarely vs MP)
- BB vs SB
- SB/BB vs BTN/CO: only if steal attempt > 50%
- Frequency: I should 3bet light as often as 3bet for value. This should result in a frequency of 5-7%.
- Hands:
- Against most opponents I’ll have a polarized range as I assume they will fold much more often than call. I’ll play my (suited) thrash hands w/ a blocker: Axs, Kxs, Qxs like e.g. K3s. This is also the case when I’m IP.
- Against a few opponents who call too often but can fold on later streets: Axs, SC, small PP like e.g. 89s. Against them my hands must have some postflop value. This is also the case when I’m OOP.
- Bet sizing:
- IP: 3x, but at least 9BB (even against a min open)
- OOP: 3.5x, but at least 11BB
- The size of my 3bets shouldn’t differ from my value bet size. Against some very fishy opponents (who never fold) I will 3bet bigger for value.
- Stack sizes: I won’t 3bet light against an opponent whose stack is smaller than 70 BB. They may 4bet shove lighter so I will rather widen my value 3bet range against them.
- Postflop play: I will c-bet (3/5 pot) most of the time as I expect my opponents to play fit or fold. I will rarely double barrel w/o a big hand.
You probably already know this but the one problem with trying to stick to a criteria like this is that it's often robotic, imo at the micros you want to 3bet more OOP, 3bet those who are likely to call IP and for value, also how they play postflop is important, e.g. you don't want to 3bet light those who don't fold postflop or raise a lot of c-bets. Bvb people will often say flatting IP is better than 3betting however i think it works well for your image if you 3bet IP, you'll take it down pfr, it'll look like you're 3betting a lot of hands from all positions.
The idea of 3betting light a lot of the time is to 3bet and get a fold pre, vs the types of players who open/steal a lot but will continue to fold to your 3bets. Seeing flops is where it's get tricky because the pot is aready huge and will get even bigger so i wouldn't be totally stuck on 3bet/cbet/c/f as a line, try to be creative but not spewy.
I wouldn't worry too much about 3betting light/value and balancing it, if you find a player who opens a lot and folds to your 3bets a lot, 3bet the **** out of them and keep doing it until they adjust.
Your 3bet for value range looks good but again think outside the box, there are times even at 2/5nl where i can squeeze with a hand like KQo because the situation allows me to, a tag opens gets a caller and both have a high fold to 3bet, squeeze away.
Also with 3betting light you can find spots to 3bet with SC's IP, the main reason being that if you flop a fd/oesd, against overpairs/TP's you're going to have ~50% equity + fold equity (watch out for this at the micros but you know that anyway) so there can be spots where they can raise you and you can shove and wouldn't be making a mistake.
Looks good but like i said try to think outside of the box/not stick to strict requirements.
Just my opinion as always and gl!