Losing money on calling 3bets
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 52
Hi guys,
I'm doing a database review on my first 100k hands at 10NL zoom.
I noticed when filtering for DID 2bet AND called 3bet I'm losing -114,58bb / 100.
First I was a little shocked since I thought this was a major leak, but then I figured it might be something unavoidable, just like the negative non-showdown line at my win-graph.
My thought process is that we already invested 2-3 bb on the 2bet, and we are being offered on average around 2:1 on a call. Obviously if we fold hypothetically to every 3bet we lose around 250bb/100 hands, so I figured -144bb / 100 isn't that bad, but I could be totally wrong (and if so I would like to know of course).
So my question is simple, is it normal to have a negative win-rate on calling 3bets after 2betting, or is there regs that have a positive win-rate on calling 3bets after a 2bet?
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 16,235
it is normal and your thought process is correct
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,371
Nicely done!
This same principle applies for vpips out of the sb and bb because of the forced blind bet.