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  • eanderson85

    Member
    December 8, 2023 at 12:14 pm

    I think the 3bet is small. A pot sized bet gives your opponent 33% odds to call (which preflop hands have more than 33% equity?), and more clearly defines their 4bet (plus it’s faster and easier to smash the “pot” button.) It is much easier to base your bet size on a fraction of the pot than some preset number of chips, as you will face wide variety of situations. Plus, players unwilling to learn the science of poker will try to get reads out of your bet sizes that aren’t there, and are easier to exploit.

    In this situation, you would have probably still gotten 4bet. Given population tendencies, this is a fold. Given villain tendencies and the assumption he is playing looser (aka adding your bounty in chips to the pot odds) to isolate your bounty, I can see a call.

    See the free poker math course by splitsuit (dot) com (slash) lesson.

    Postflop, I love the implied odds of a royal draw. You either hit the stone-cold nuts, the nut flush, or the nut straight, and most players’ have difficulty folding the second nuts. Did I mention blockers?