Top pair facing river raise in 3! pot
250 hands with V. 19VPIP / 18 PFR / 13 3bet.
River Raise looks pretty strong. V tank called on the flop, could have been considering a raise with an overpair or flush draw.
Yatahay Network - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
CO: 92 BB
BTN: 111 BB
SB: 565 BB
Hero (BB): 82 BB
UTG: 135.5 BB
MP: 46.5 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♠ Q♣
fold, fold, fold, BTN raises to 2.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 11 BB, BTN calls 8.5 BB
Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) 3♣ 6♣ 2♥
Hero bets 14.5 BB, BTN calls 14.5 BB
Turn: (51.5 BB, 2 players) A♥
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (51.5 BB, 2 players) 9♣
Hero bets 18 BB, BTN raises to 83.5 BB, fold
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X flop. Curious as to why you bet, and for that size?
In a 3 bet pot out of position I am typically using a larger bet size. I am betting frequently on low card flops since I have all the overpairs. Maybe AQ and AK should be checks and all my K high hands should be bets.
We size up on paired boards, but this texture connects with villains range so we lose some nut advantage. A smaller size denies equity while not making villain's range too strong.
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We size up on paired boards, but this texture connects with villains range so we lose some nut advantage. A smaller size denies equity while not making villain's range too strong.
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That makes sense. I am playing 2NL and still working on adopting a simple winning strategy.
With that being said. In 3 bet pots OOP would it be wiser to: always size down (1/3 pot), always size up (2/3 pot), or is there a simple metric I could use for determining when to do which?
Not saying I will always bet, just when I do which of the above would be the best strategy?
simplifying to ½ pot for < Q high boards and ¼ pot for K/A high boards will do u just fine
in theory u would play big bet on A/K high from BB 3b cuz u have polar 3b range but not much diff in EV with using small bet
