C betting in 3BP
UTG opens 6bb (Covers)
Hero 3b 20bb QdQh (250bb)
UTG call
Flop AK4 (42bb)
In this exact hand I checked the flop but I was curious how we should be playing IP in 3BP. I see some player who will just Cbet 100% in this situation which I can understand since we have a massive range advantage. But my question would be what hands would be want to Cbet here. I think out Cbet should be about 1/3 pot if we are going to. I assume QQ would be best to check even more so vs UTG who can have some strong Ax too?
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You should provide more info. What stakes, info on villain, what is your position, what is the rake, what suits on the flop, or at least is it rainbow.
This board is way too good for us to check. I would range bet. Pick a size less than half pot and always use it here. 1/3 is fine. 1_4 pot would be fine too.
You might as well turn over your hand if you don't bet here. And remember there are hands that can call you that you are ahead of. QJ, QT, JT, 54.
On some boards you protect you range by having checks and bets, occasionally checking strong hands. But this board is so good for your range it would miss out on value if you checked AA, KK, AK, here sometimes to protect QQ that checks back. So just bet small with your whole range and he won't know if you have Ax+ or QQ, JJ.
You can have some strong hands that you check atarting in the turn, so on the river facing a large bet, you can comfortably fold QQ knowing you'll have some strong hands to call river so villain can't just go crazy with busted gutshots.
This hand is entirely dependent on how you play your range.
1/3p range bet seems perfectly reasonable. Not checking this hand unless I'm also checking a range of Ax.
in position id prefer betting like 1/4 pot. OOP check more hands including Ax hands.
the problem with checking flop is that it you will probably level yourself into making bad calls on later streets irrespective of bet size. i see it constantly.
This really depends on your reads. If the UTG is loose pf, he is going to have a lot of Ax in the hand which is not folding on the flop. You'll need to be prepared to bet several streets to get a fold. You can get JJ to fold, but you beat that. If it is a rainbow flop, I'd check and see what the villain does on the turn. If there is a flush draw, moderate cbet would be good.
You should provide more info. What stakes, info on villain, what is your position, what is the rake, what suits on the flop, or at least is it rainbow.
This board is way too good for us to check. I would range bet. Pick a size less than half pot and always use it here. 1/3 is fine. 1_4 pot would be fine too.
You might as well turn over your hand if you don't bet here. And remember there are hands that can call you that you are ahead of. QJ, QT, JT, 54.
On some boards you protect you range by
Sorry thought I had the board wrote down as rainbow.
The stakes are 1/1
I had no information on this player
The rake is 10% and my position was HJ
Yeah I was thinking of betting which I would normally go 1/3 pot, I think the main reason I choose not to was he raised UTG and I thought that can contain a lot of Ax too
This hand is entirely dependent on how you play your range.
1/3p range bet seems perfectly reasonable. Not checking this hand unless I'm also checking a range of Ax.
I mean personally I would check back A2-A5 something like that as I dont think I'll be getting 3 streets. Or would it be preferable to just 1/3 those hands too
If you're checking those hands and maybe AA, then you can check QQ.
At equilibrium, IP just range bets ~1/3p (it's not even simplified GTO; it basically is GTO).
