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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by BorisTheSpider View Post
    OK, I can see that I don't particularly want to play it OOP, but I feel like I turn a fairly good hand into a bluff if I 3bet here, and that I manipulate BTNs range to my disadvantage. I'm grateful for your advice, and I want to play this better, but it'd help if you could elaborate a bit on your thinking process.

    What about what Savy said about it being slightly ahead or way behind if he calls. Just giving up on most flops if called by the BTN?
    What factors do you think make 3betting a more merged range from the small blind advantageous (compared to a more polarized range from the big blind) as a default strategy?
  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Micro2Macro View Post
    What factors do you think make 3betting a more merged range from the small blind advantageous (compared to a more polarized range from the big blind) as a default strategy?
    Thanks for an excellent, thought provoking question.

    1. We are perceived as having a stronger range when we 3bet from the SB, so we can 3bet a wider value range and not worry too much about being 4bet bluffed by an aggro BB or BTN.

    2. Because we're perceived as having a strong range when we 3bet the SB, we're more likely to get a mid-strength hand to showdown.

    3. If we 3bet the BB with a wide range of bluffs there's no-one behind to cold-call. That's obviously not the case in the SB.

    4. If BB is a habitual cold 4-bet monkey, we have more hands we can 5bet.

    Anyone got any more?

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