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i def 3b more IP than OOP these days (as my positional stats indicate). i've become more and more convinced that people overly respect UTG/MP opens in 6m and vastly underestimate the fold equity that exists when 3b'ing them IP with blockers (plz start 3b'ing TAgg wannabes IP w KQo when they open UTG). i have similar views on 3b'ing wide CO opening ranges/wide iso'ing ranges, and on squeezing IP with Ax, Kx, offsuited connectors, etc.
basically, getting 3b OOP sucks ass, and only leaves one with a few options (in order of commonality of responses i've noticed):
1. fold an exploitable amount or PFR less: the former is free money for us and the latter is a rare adjustment and makes our table easier to play in general when a TAgg is neutralized.
2. flat: in general, this is just a slightly longer, slightly higher variance path to printing even more free money for ourselves 95% of the time, as most villains play very fit or fold or generally extremely -EV once they get to the flop in this spot. i'm sure that there is some %age of the time (and it may very well become more common as villains get larger sample sizes on me at 100nl) that people start flatting me more with the intention of c/r'ing a lot of flops, which would be a huge thorn in my side. i still think that'll be rare enough, and i'm confident i'll be quick enough to re-re-adjust that this won't be a huge sag in the efficacy of this philosophy.
3. 4b: sure, it's annoying and adds variance, but a) it's rare for villain to correctly resort to this and takes a sizable sample on me for villain to consider 4b bluffing OOP when they opened UTG in the first place, and b) it doesn't take long to re-re-adjust to this by merging my 3b range, since i diligently take notes on 3b/4b/5b dynamics.
all of my posts tonight are prolly starting to make me sound like a snooty-pa-tooty, know-it-all, but i made this thread to get discussions like this going, so i'm jumping at the chance for outlaw to ask a question and for me to make a (possibly flawed) response that can spark discussion.
btw, i'm surprised you're having trouble getting your ATS number up, since i've never seen anything as nitty as a 25nl FR PS game, which is why i went back to 6m lol. there are just so so so many tables i was at where i wouldn't think twice about opening 100% of my buttons
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