NL25 - J9o BBvsBU 3Bet Pot

Hey,

How much the average BU open on PKR NL25? J9o is often a fold. If you 3bet J9o you 3bet like 20% from BB profitably which seems a bit unrealistic so it seems a preflop fold most often to me vs a 3bb open.

Your reasoning though was that you 3bet for a bluff, right? Now, when you get called, your hand is quite some way behind his range, right? How much did you really improve on that board against his range? Not much imo so I would go with a check/call flop to bluffcatch against a range that contains quite a few suited connectors without a flushdraw and ofc a good amount of good hands. If you bet though you only get called by flips or better which means a range that is ahead of you. That means you cannot value bet. Keep in mind why this is a good bluff board: people fold often so you cannot get thin value. Very important for micros imo!

As played on the flop, turn is insta check/fold, he is always going to have a range better than your hand there.

Originally posted by EmanuelC16
Hey,

How much the average BU open on PKR NL25? J9o is often a fold. If you 3bet J9o you 3bet like 20% from BB profitably which seems a bit unrealistic so it seems a preflop fold most often to me vs a 3bb open.

Your reasoning though was that you 3bet for a bluff, right? Now, when you get called, your hand is quite some way behind his range, right? How much did you really improve on that board against his range? Not much imo so I would go with a check/call flop to bluffcatch against a range that contains quite a few suited connectors without a flushdraw and ofc a good amount of good hands. If you bet though you only get called by flips or better which means a range that is ahead of you. That means you cannot value bet. Keep in mind why this is a good bluff board: people fold often so you cannot get thin value. Very important for micros imo!

As played on the flop, turn is insta check/fold, he is always going to have a range better than your hand there.

Not sure it's all that high tbh. got myself in a retarded spot for no reason

Brilliant evaluation. made me laugh reading it thinking how stupid this hand is played!

when we C/C as a bluff catcher are we folding to a blank turn barrel? .. are we just C/C'ing flop hoping to get to showdown unimproved?

Thankyou manu!

The weaker our bluffcatcher (here just a 9 kicker) the more often you fold to the second barrel.. If you have for example hand like A9 that you turn into a bluffcatcher, I'd still 90% check the flop but now you can probably call the turn as well, or maybe with KJ against a more aggressive player vs checks.