Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
off topic: if you're not looking to get 100bb stacks in at microstakes after flopping a pair with AK, you're missing value.

Somebody said you obviously won't 3b if you are dominated by a calling range. So let's have fun with that.
Let's take a more specific situation:
MP3 opens to 3x in a 10 handed game. He opens about 15% of hands in that position.
I'm going to simplify that range a little because I don't have all day.

66+,A9+,KT+,QJ

(normally you would weight more towards suited hands, add some random hands and whatnot)

66+ = 7*6 + 2*3 = 48
seven times 6 combinations of 66-QQ, two times 3 combos of KK, AA

AK KQ QJ
AQ KJ
AJ KT
AT
A9

That's 9 + 4*12 + 3*9 + 16 = 100

100+48 = 148

Note that if you don't hold AK, he has 9*16 + 9*6 = 198 combinations or ~15% of all possible combinations. Behold the power of blockers!

You are in the bb and everyone has folded to you. So there are 4.5bb in the pot. Relative stacks: 100bb

Let's say he folds all but JJ+,AK to a 3b and shoves the rest and you will call.

JJ+ = 2*6 + 2*3 = 18
AK = 9

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Ive read up to here about 4 times not, i think ive got it. , must goto work now, ill re-read when I get back. thanks for your patience.