Ok been looking over my poker tracker stats for last 11,000 hands at 10 NL and only one thing struck me as odd, my fold to 3bet is is 58.7, so I am calling 3bets quite a bit actually (and raising half the time too ofcourse) , Ive been doing this a lot with hands like ak and qq as I am just really not a fan of getting them all in preflop for >50bb. I like to call then evaluate the flop, is this good/bad? All my other stats look good as far as i can tell, my att to steal is only 26, but thats still decently high. (current winrate is 12BB/100).

thoughts about this? I feel like my play with ak and qq reduces variance which is why ive been doing it but id like peoples opinions on this


(also running 18.5/15.5/3.1 if that matters any)

58.7 is pretty low. You may be calling too many low-mid pocket pairs when you arent getting the correct implied odds. I tend to only call 3 bets with low-mid pocket pair with effective stacks being 15x the cost of calling.

I am not sure about 10NL but i am happy to get in for 100BB with QQ or AK in 20NL+.

Ill do it vs very agressive villians who i think will get all in preflop with like jacks and aq and whatnot, but I find the majority of the time vs another full stack im flipping at best.

and yeah, the calling with low/mid pp think is probably true.

Flipping with the overlay of whats in the pot plus the times they fold to the 4 bet is +EV.

there is a stats thread for this stuff, but I can't resist....

Fold to 3b of 59% is a little low but not bad. I think ideally it is supposed to be about 65%

AK is the nuts at 10NL. The only time you should flat call is (sometimes) in position. Don't ever do it out of position.

What do you do with QQ after flatting a 3-bet? Fold on all A or K flops? The problem with flatting QQ is you allow AK (the most common 3b hand) to play perfectly postflop. You still lose it all to KK and AA when undercards flop. 4-betting QQ is good

Calling 3-bets with PPs below 99 is burning money unless you are 180BB+ deep.