Quote Originally Posted by Fnord
Quote Originally Posted by ponyboy
What is your table image?
Not terrible, but not that good either. I open a few more hands than most.

That said, I run a bunch of other less transparent lines. Like delayed c-bets and checking top pair behind to induce.

zeeeboooo

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
PokerStars
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com

Stacks:
UTG ($197.00)
CO ($197.50)
Hero ($297.45)
SB ($209.30)
BB ($241.95)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is BTN
2 folds, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, BB calls $4

Flop: ($13, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB raises to $36, Hero raises to $80, BB folds

Final Pot: $85

Hero wins $127 ( won +$41 )
BB lost -$42.00
I must be really weaktight, because I have A LOT of trouble making that 3bet against most players without more potential in my hand.

I can see it is perfectly reasonable for BB to read your line as steal attempt + standard cbet, and in that scenario he could easily just be defending his blind and trying to push you off it on the flop. But thats only one possible scenario, and this has got to work at least 2/3 of the time to be profitable. Are you just playing the odds (ie. he only hits that flop with a Q, a 9 or JT, and that is a very small part of his range)? Or is this play read specific?

I'm also not sure whether this is a 100NL+ scenario that is less applicable at the micros, where if they represent it they usually have it. Are many players at 10NL likely to take villain's line here with air?

Just trying to understand for the benefit of my own game.

And yes, I get pushed off pots reasonably often, unfortunately.