by Ojingo » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:14 pm
Let me add something. If the 3-6 games play like those on UB, then the basic policy should be to stack off with any set on such board for 100bb, barring great reads. Obviously if you have a lower set you prefer to have some kind of backup (with 6689 I wouldn't hesitate), but still I think you will get run over if you start routinely folding hands like that in aggressive games where people will felt with hands like overpair plus draw, two pair plus gutshot, etc.
Now that means that (again barring a big read) that in principle you don't mind playing for stacks here. However, that doesn't mean that a 3bet is necessarily the best play on the flop, because there is a decent chance he is taking the lead with, say, a mediocre draw, or is testing the waters with some two pair type of hand. 3betting may make him lose his confidence in the hand. This being an unraised pot and the pot relatively small compared to stack sizes, there is some room for maneuvre here, and there is an argument to be made for a flat call. Then you can lead any straightening turn card, or CRAI on a blank, extracting the maximum from semibluffs, weak made hands who think they should protect against a draw, etc.