[FR] NL50 AA ex.02 15.08

Originally posted by EmanuelC16
When you have AA and 3bet you cooler his KK. That's what happens when he is tight. That's all your value.

but what about situation when he calls our 3bet like in this case? he can call with wider range because of position. Players still don't fold to 3bet small pocket pairs so probably he will call 99, 88 sth like this...
you know... I try to understand your concept...

so when do you start 3bet AA, KK in situation like this?
what kind of stats does reg have to 3bet AA/KK? vs what kind of reg do you start 3betting AA/KK?

Did you come up with this concept or coach teaches you?

please answer this question because I would like to know you everything about it.

When do they call if they fold >70% to 3bets? Maybe they call QQ, JJ to set mine.. you mostly get one bet extra from them or stack off with an overpair when they hit a set.

There are a few problems with 3betting only AA which I will try to explain but bare with me, it goes a lot deeper than the more simple explanation I first gave you.

If you 3bet only KK+ your range is very defined. 100bb deep you might not be too exploitable but then you cap your calling range very hard because you don't call wide vs EP anyway, you also 3bet predictable and easy to read range so you end up with a very weak calling range.

Furthermore, if you only 3bet KK+, you cannot really be balanced postflop. This is less of a concern at NL50 probably but against competent players here you have to start thinking about it. Having a weak and probably reasonably defined calling range because you 3bet KK+ also leaves you unbalanced postflop when you call. In order words, the range you play vs an EP is already quite tight and defined. If you split it into 3bet and call, you end up with 2 predictable and easy to play against ranges.

In your case, the biggest concern is just wasting value of your hand because they fold often. All the rest is secondary since NL50 is still a stake where even regs might not adjust correctly to your ranges here, as easy to read as they are.

The idea of not having a 3bet range against a tight opening range is quite old. I've talked about it with others quite a bit, it's also in videos for sure but cannot say which one exactly now. I think one of TwiceT's old videos should have it as well.