Originally Posted by Legendash

Man Takesix's avatar really reminds me of Humphrind, what ever happened to him? Actually, were any of you here when he was?

Originally Posted by takesix

4bet him like 1 in 3 times with whatever if you truly feel he's picking on you.

Originally Posted by Legendash

Man Takesix's avatar really reminds me of Humphrind, what ever happened to him? Actually, were any of you here when he was?

Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill

Can someone explain why A-xs has better equity against a range of
QQ-AA/A-K than Suited Connectors?

6h-7h is 37-40% against A-K0
6h-7h is 25-33% against A-A

A-xs is 27-30% against A-K0
A-xs is 12-15% against A-A

(Those percentages are "guestimates" - i am supposed to be preparing my research paper topic proposal )

So, if the percentages are wrong, just correct me. However, if they are correct but A-xs is still better, please explain what other factors are going into consideration.

Originally Posted by Vi-Zer0Skill

Can someone explain why A-xs has better equity against a range of
QQ-AA/A-K than Suited Connectors?

6h-7h is 37-40% against A-K0
6h-7h is 25-33% against A-A

A-xs is 27-30% against A-K0
A-xs is 12-15% against A-A

(Those percentages are "guestimates" - i am supposed to be preparing my research paper topic proposal )

So, if the percentages are wrong, just correct me. However, if they are correct but A-xs is still better, please explain what other factors are going into consideration.

Originally Posted by Rondavu

I don't want to be the bad guy here, but you shouldn't be playing 200NL if you don't know how to handle yourself in 3-bet situations.

Originally Posted by Massimo

I think in these situations you can do many things.

1. Keep playing with him and there will be situations where you both showdown. Figure out how he plays, what he's three-betting by just keeping standard.

i have checked PT constantly and opp stats are 14/8 at 200NL and i aint seem him 3 bet any others or just not with much frequency. Another point for me NOT being 3 bet light but I seem to feel he may be focusing on me a little. Annoying thing is he is so tight that he may be very very basic player. Wouldnt a guy with alot more stats be more prone to these moves.

2. Definitely slowplay AA or KK preflop, even QQ. Be aggressive with them once the flop comes though, but make sure he puts some money in on the flop first.

yeah flop c/r or the like, im not gonna slowplay till river

3. 4-bet weak suited Ace's sometimes, they are the best hands to 4-bet with as a bluff because they have the most equity against a range of AA-QQ/AK.

dunno but its discussed above, wouldngt mind seeing more discussion on this

One thing to consider is that you haven't seen him showdown many hands. This may mean he's aggro but also nitty. You can probably bluff him. The best boards to bluff are K high dry boards, because they only hit AK and KK (obviously AA doesn't mind a K either).

Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan

This is your problem:
Your right, you have no idea where u stand with good holding like AJ, KQ, or 88. But you don't realize you're not thinking in you're opponents head enough. Things to think about when responding to light three betting.

1. How much loose/tight is ur preflop raising in this position? If it's BU or CO it's reasonable to think he's going wider.

more like the positions between EP and MP are being 3 bet

2. What does your opponent think of YOU. this is probably the most important. What I learned in HU is that sometimes you just have to threebet/make a huge bluff because you've been playing really tight and opponent, if not knows, senses ur being really tight.
You have to take the drivers seat, u can't rely on your hand. Create a tight image, and once every so often push a flop on his cbet where his range consists of a lot of hands that are folding. Like i.e. opp reraises you pre and you have 54s, you call and flop comes 852, opp cbets. What do you do? push!!! opp can't call you here without at least QQ, 88, 55, or 22 unless he's seeing SD a lot in which case you just have to let him hang himself.

makes alot of sense but i do tend to have the good when shoving flops or RRing. maybe something to work on maybe.

You have to remember the fact that at 200nl u raise to 8 pre and people are reraising you to 24+, that means that all you have to do is call 1 out of 4 times and win the pot post flop. That's one hell of a tight image IMO.

i dont really think that way, more apt to thinking about setting. please just explain what your trying to say here exactly.


Don't go crazy and try to play back at him every time, use a tight image to your advantage. I mean if the guy is just not folding in three bet pots, you have to tighten up and let him hang himself.

OOP it gets especially tough, just don't get too out of line and figure out if he has any bet sizing flop tells or reraising tells.

Originally Posted by Rondavu

I don't want to be the bad guy here, but you shouldn't be playing 200NL if you don't know how to handle yourself in 3-bet situations. This is something that is "in the playbook" so to speak for someone who plans to beat this level.

Play 100NL 6-max for a while, and get comfortable with being pounded by 3-bets, so you can learn how to counter them. 100NL is a little easier in these situations, and it happens less often.

The basic idea is that you profit in these spots through tight reads and precise equity moves. You're going to be hammered by 3-bets at 200NL like no tomorrow, so learn the hard way or move down to learn some things first.

Originally Posted by ieatp1gs

Who's the bastard that caused you so much trouble? screenname?