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Originally Posted by RiverRock55
First, yes I meant merging rather than balancing the range, if you are already playing air and the nuts that way I suppose it would already be balanced.
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I would not recommend looking to merge our range at these stakes, there is just no need, we are not looking to play optimally as most players at these stakes are not good enough to exploit us to that large an extent. Balancing our air:nuts is more than enough, and I would not get into the habit of bluffing in 3bet pots.
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Originally Posted by RiverRock55
I don't advocate betting more with marginal hands in 3bet pots as a general rule, what I am adovocating is tailoring you bet sizing in such a way that the stacks arn't such an awkward size in relation to the pot to play on later streets.
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I agree I just wanted to know your reasons were not just because of a marginal hand.
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Originally Posted by RiverRock55
^^ I think you contradict yourself here, If hes continuing with only hands that beat us he would be trapping us not floating us. I disagree that he only floats with hands that crush us, I think alot of nitty type players at 100NL peel here with AK, or once in a while AJ and TT. I know thats very debatable but if they are bad enough to call a 3 bet oop with those hands they are definitly not folding to a half pot cbet on a J high board.
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Yeah I had meant to say that those hands he is continuing with which are beating us have QQ in bad shape, as nearly all players play very straight forward in 3 bet pots, with the exception of AJ, but I just dont see him calling too often with AJ when he will be OOP with a hugely reverse implied odds hand with this flop. Although again, gameflow and OP's image would play a large part in villains decision in that regard.
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Originally Posted by RiverRock55
Also, for arguments sake if most of his continuing range does infact crush us then yes we do lose a few dollars more on the flop by making a larger bet. However, those few dollars let us more clearly define the situaion, which in turn may allow us to make more optimal decisions later in the hand when much more money is at steak.
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Is this not tandemount to betting for information? Cos here I think what you are saying is you are betting to make him fold, and if he continues you are giving up on the hand? Would this not be a bluff then?
