I block with AA, cuz you know, two less aces for villains.

It's important to have a plan for the flop too Mine is: If they call, I fucking panic

Love your channel man! Great advice all around

One important thing to notice is, that if you are using PokerTracker 4 as your HUD program, then it calculate fold vs. 3-bet for any situation, where you had money in the pot and folded to a 3-bet. This means, that if you are in the blinds, and the pot has been 3-bet, when action gets to you, this will count in your fold vs. 3-bet number. So this number from your HUD can not be directly translated into, how often someone fold to a 3-bet, after they open raised. I have a very passive reg in one of my games, which I have collected 600 hands on. His stats say VPIP = 17, PRF = 3, 3-bet = 3 and fold vs. 3-bet = 100. If you look at these thats without understanding, how they are created, you might draw the conclusion, that 3-betting this guy is hugely profitable, because his fold vs. 3-bet is 100%. But since he only open 3% of hands, the vast majority of 3-bets, which he face, is, when he is in the blinds. This is even more true, because when he open this tight, other regs have probably picked up on that as well, and adjusted by not 3-betting him. So even though the 100% is 18 out of 18, the number is pretty much useless and should NOT be used as a reason to 3-bet this guy.

Thanks for the video! Very informative. I was wondering if you could comment on two other button 3-betting strategies I've read about: 1) The polarized range: 3-betting with premiums as well as hands at the bottom of the calling range (Q2s, T7o, for example) 2) Middle suited connectors or gappers (T8s, 87s for example)...or those hands plus premiums. This can give you two live cards against two unpaired overcards as well as a lower pair, plus the chance to make a straight or flush in position.

Great video! just as a correction, even though the result is the same, the EV increase is miscalculated. the percentages were rounded too roughly and since it involves small changes it makes a difference. $4,5*(190-62)/190 - $9*(62)/190 = $0.095 $4,5*(168-51)/190 - $9*(51)/190 = $0.402 using your analysis, The EV increases 4.2 times

Another fantastic video!

Guess I need to start taking my graphing calculator, pencil & paper to the poker table.

Do you have any videos or posts where we could learn to proof our plays further given different scenarios like you mentioned but said it would take to much time? I would really like to understand the math! Thanks for all the videos they are awesome!

Awesome content man

these videos may seem simple but 99% of regs have no clue about ne of this

Hey man I love the vids, do you know of any channels similar to yours that are maninly STT/MTT based? Thanks, keep up the good work!

what would be the characteristics of a spot where this is good, short handed, big effective stack?

Can you do a video for about 3betting from the SB and Btn for 6max, please.

How do you count the combos in the range

Thanks for the videos, the only thing I understood is half because the taductor from youtube to spanish is horrible

This video is a jewel :)

then u get called and flop comes A K 5 and he shoves.....

Is the added ev of ax 3 bet enough to offset reverse implied odds of playing a weak ace

1. That player in the HJ seems really tight. 2. There is a chance that the SB or BB could call your 3-bet or 4-bet you. 3. You still have some equity postflop, and if the HJ folds 67% of hands to a 3-bet, you can 3-bet most of your hands, or perhaps, any 2 cards because of the postflop equity. 4. According to your analysis (assuming the SB and BB always fold and that you lose if the HJ continues), it becomes profitable to bluff hands like T4o, Q6o, and even 72o.

thx

Would you do this as well would like K5 suited or A3 offsuit?

So any thought on 3 betting KQo? You rarely win big with this hand anyway, and it has double the blockers?

Is blauff 3bet good if we are out of position,e.g in SB and we blauff 3bet the CU or Button?And what other blockers can we use in blauff 3bet?E.g KJoff 3bet in an MP open?Thanks SP!

My question would be around the post-flop equity that you say we get with A5s against the call. In your other video about weak Ax hands, you say even if you hit your A, you're still not going to want to get into a big pot. So what do you do if there's an A on the board post-flop and you already know there's a good chance opponent also has an A based on your ranges?

This is great. A5s is a great light 3-bet.

Hi PokerBank, I have been regularly watching all your videos and you are truly my inspiration on how I approach poker. I made a lot of +EV decisions during the last 4-5 months, under the guidance of your videos. I would like to ask one think, Will Bluff 3-Betting with blockers be a good strategy in 5NL games,(0.02$/0.05$ stakes) online on pokerstars,?

nice

Who has time to do all this at the table??

I think sometimes all this dont matter and just play the player’s

I 3 bet and villian calls and even though i have an ace blocker he smooth calls with AA and stacks me 😂

Feels like realistic would be villain continuing with almost every hand they chose to open. Rarely see people fold to 3bets..

You sound like Doug Polk

Is it hard being as cool as you? I would imagine so.

How does all the math work if your always facing new players?

Villain prob isn't folding an Ace or any pair to a 3 bet in a 6 handed game. Prob isn't folding 2 face cards either. What if he shoves? What if he calls and an Ace hits. Now what? Or worse an Ace and another face card. You have to fold and you wasted a 3 bet. The only thing you are really hopping for is a draw or flopping 2 pair, even a draw isn't going to give you good pot odds if you're heads up and villain will certainly make you pay. A flopped 2 pair is really the only thing you're comfortable with. I can't see 3 betting with blockers as +EV in the long run. I'd rather flat call in hopes to smash the flop with 2 pair or a flopped flush. Better yet instead of playing blockers, play connectors or one or two gap suited cards. This way it's cheaper and if you do hit, usually villain won't put you on those hands.

The analysis is furthermore wrong, because the other players ranges (blinds for instance) are neglected; however, the general idea holds: blockers are relatively important

Every time I have an AK, villain has AA

The math is wrong: You counted ak twice in the combos; it's not 190 but 174

This video fails to include that number of times people behind you also call or three bet.The profitablility of this play is highly exaggerated in this video, particularly when you are on the button. The people behind you have reasonably good chance of having hands like 99+, AJ+, and KQs. If you include the call/three bet frequency with this range, I doubt this is nearly as profitable as claimed. Maybe from the big blind it is very profitable, but from the button not as much.

Trust me, it doesn't work in online poker. To many idiots which calls everything.

making my head hurt...just play

Is something wrong with your voice?

None of this matters. It's all luck.