Quote Originally Posted by daven
Quote Originally Posted by Micro2Macro
How am I supposed to defend against crazy 3bettors if I never 4bet?
tighten your open range up loads, then widen your 4-bet range. 4-bet appropriate hands, 89s is way better to 4-bet than A9o, if you don't understand why then think about reverse implied odds, how 89s does against a calling/5-bet range, vs A9o, etc. Pick appropriate spots. Focus on the situations where villain's 3-bet range is weak. Etc.
I was thinking in terms of just fold equity. His 3bet range was very wide and I was assuming that he would be continuing very tightly. For example, because I have the A blocker in my hand, he can only have 3 combos of AA instead of 6. I was actually expecting him to fold..but surprisingly he called :/. Am I thinking about this incorrectly?

I'm pretty much never, ever, ever '4bet bluffing' ever again because clearly everyone feels the need to 'protect their 3bet' by calling (I had 4 other 4bets called this session I had AK or better each time) with shitty hands trying to outflop someone with limited implied odds.