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 Originally Posted by Mr. Bucket
Preflop: When this villain raises his button and we are in the bb our range should consist of three portions. Your A range are the hands that fair well against our villain's continue v. 3 bet range. These hands we 3bet for value. Your B range are the hands that do not fair well against his continue to 3bet range, but do great against his wide opening range. These hands we call as we have made the decision they are +ev to play this way. Our C hands are those which we feel it would be unprofitable to play against the villain's opening range. We 3bet the top of this range, and fold the rest.
This strategy is very important because we want to play as many hands as possible profitably. The hands in our B range are profitable for us to call with, so if we decide to 3bet them we are wasting the value of the hand. QJs is definitely in our B range in this spot. It is profitable for us to call or raise preflop; however, the ev of 3betting qjs is not too much greater than 3betting the top of our c range. Following this method allows us to play the most hands profitably.
nicely put. though it's worth noting that in some situations, more so at the microstakes, we don't need or want a C range (that is, 3bet bluffing range). sure there will be players who are hugely exploitable to 3bet bluffs, spot them and 3bet bluff them. just dont' consider "3bet bluffing" a default play.
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