If I raise with A3s for example and then you 3 bet me. If I 4 bet you to $200 and you push, I have to fold my A3s and I lost 1/3 of a buy in.
If you flat call me, what am I gonna do? Shove any flop? Im OOP with only a pot sized bet left.
Well if you are in for half a pot pre-flop it seems to me that shoving first to act is exactly the correct thing to do.
This is one of the reasons I rarely 3 bet even with position - the more I escalate the pot towards either of use being pot-committed early the more I lose positional advantage and the less I can win by outplaying villain post-flop.
In or out of position I'm quite happy to let the villain have the last word pre-flop if it means I can count on him betting the pot on the flop because he feels he has the vig and 'has to bet'. OOP on the flop I will check to raiser with anything other than a good draw or monster (set) usually.
If they are the PFR and I have cold called in position they seem to fire a CB almost all the time.
I've kept the pot small pre-flop and can let it go - if I have hit or smell weakness I am in a good position to extract decent money.
Obviously I will often 3 bet premium hands in LP (or OOP limp-push them) - here I'm talking about the range outside AA-QQ and AK.Statistics: Posted by excession — Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:40 am
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