Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 783
I call here, if we're aiming to get value from the BB, may as well make sure he is in the pot. Also, if the flop is disgusting, we can escape cheaply, whereas if we 3-bet we are almost committed to c-betting.
I think that a 3-bet is trying to win the pot outright by pressuring both players, w/o really taking advantage of the BB, whereas by calling pf we are just hoping for a flop where we can exploit the BB's poor play. Using superior postflop skill takes the money in LHE, and here is an excellent chance to wait until the flop before making our play, as our edge is so big over the BB.
Having said this, if the BB will call w/ much much weaker hands, and the button's range is standard-ish, 3-betting may simply be for value here