3 Betting Articles

dvdfan

Anyone have any good strategy links for 3 betting for low levels. My Basic concept is only 3 bet with hands in position unless ive AA or KK. Ill 3 bet light with anyone with a PFR over 25% but what range should i 3 bet with based on the V$PIP, should i consider how the villain plays after the flop before doing this, i.e is he a calling station etc

So some article or post that covers that kind of thing would be great Cheers.

cooker3

dvdfan wrote:

Anyone have any good strategy links for 3 betting for low levels. My Basic concept is only 3 bet with hands in position unless ive AA or KK. Ill 3 bet light with anyone with a V$PIP over 25% but what range should i 3 bet with based on the V$PIP, should i consider how the villain plays after the flop before doing this, i.e is he a calling station etc

So some article or post that covers that kind of thing would be great Cheers.

I wouldn't be looking at the VPIP as much as I would is pf raising percentage, thats the big one and also the stat for % time that someone is stealing.
Naturally if someone is a calling station then I am less likely to do it, but for serial button and co raisers then I am going to be 3 betting very light.

dvdfan

Sorry i did mean PFR% of 25% or more [ill edit OP]. Is that too conservative whats the lowest PFR% youd be raising. You say also about someone button stealing, i presume your in the blinds when your 3 betting, is this a good idea if your going to be OOP.

cooker3

dvdfan wrote:

Sorry i did mean PFR% of 25% or more [ill edit OP]. Is that too conservative whats the lowest PFR% youd be raising. You say also about someone button stealing, i presume your in the blinds when your 3 betting, is this a good idea if your going to be OOP.

Oh 25% for PFR is huge, 15 or bigger is pretty high to me.
Yeah I would 3 bet in the blinds a good bit against a serial button raiser, usually being oop is not an problem as I don't intend it to get beyond the flop. I raise with ATC and if he calls and bet the flop and usually give up if they continue. Again if someone is huge calling station or gets tricky then I would do it less.

RedJoker

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shoutman

Thanks for the links RedJoker, I'll have a read now/

RedJoker

shoutman wrote:

Thanks for the links RedJoker, I'll have a read now/

No problem, go to the stickies in micro stakes, small stakes and high stakes and read all the threads when you have time. There is an absolute wealth of information there.

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phantom_lord

you could spend months reading 2+2 and still only get through a fraction of the good stuff on it, between the archives and all the new stuff posted everyday.

dvdfan

Thanks Joker, something im going to start doing is reading 2+2 more often

RedJoker

phantom_lord wrote:

you could spend months reading 2+2 and still only get through a fraction of the good stuff on it, between the archives and all the new stuff posted everyday.

QFT

I'm on 2+2 every day but I don't spend nearly enough time on the strategy forums, have read all the stickies though. I spend most of my time on the investing forum. And of course BBV4Life which has been hugely +EV for me because somebody liked my MSPaint work there and offered to help me out with my cash game play. Went from 46, 23 (used to be a tourney donk) to 22, 17 in less than a month.

cooker3

phantom_lord wrote:

you could spend months reading 2+2 and still only get through a fraction of the good stuff on it, between the archives and all the new stuff posted everyday.

Agreed, I went through master section on micro stakes and it was an goldmine and I still haven't finished it and not even started on any other stakes
It is by far the best resource for poker ever devised.