4/19/2023 0 Comments Popkey vs riffsy![]() ![]() UTG raises to 2.5bb and the Button calls. You are in the Big Blind with Q♣ 7♣ at a 6-handed table. Cold-calling with such a hand is losing you money because you will often either get squeezed or be dominated by better Kx hands. In addition to this, there are better 3-bet bluff candidates. What’s your play?Įven though the Cutoff open-raising range is made up of roughly the top 25% of hands, K8-suited is not strong enough to call. Cutoff raises to 3bb and the action folds to you. You are on the Button with K ♥ 8 ♥ at a 6-handed table. In either case, you should be looking to play a relatively tight range - Ace-Ten offsuit falls outside of it. ![]() In this case, you should be looking to play a mixed strategy (cold-calling and 3-betting) or a 3-bet only strategy. However, you have to keep in mind that even though you are on the Button, offsuit hands tend to under-realize their raw equity.įurthermore, you will get squeezed out of the pot around 14% of the time or so by either the Small Blind or the Big Blind. Against such a range, Ace-Ten offsuit has a good amount of equity (~47%) and could call given the pot odds. The UTG open-raising range is pretty tight, somewhere around the top 16% of starting hands. Here’s the chart for this spot and raise size from the Elite Cash Game Exploits course: UTG raises to 2.5bb and the action folds to you. You are on the Button with A♠ T♣ at a 6-handed table. In this case, you should be looking to 3-bet a linear range consisting of about the top 12-15% of hands. This is why, especially in high-rake games, it’s better to play a 3-bet or fold strategy. Why play a 3-bet or fold strategy? When playing from the Small Blind, you are in an awkward spot because the Big Blind has position on you and can squeeze you out of your profits if you cold-call. Against this chunky 3.5x open, you’re even more incentivized to 3-bet. That’s true even when getting good pot odds versus smaller raise sizes. Playing 3-bet or fold is oftentimes the best way to approach playing from the small blind. ![]() The Button raises to 3.5bb and the action folds to you. You are in the Small Blind with T♣ T ♦ at a 6-handed table. Against this position, though, it’s a clear call unless you have a good exploitative reason to 3-bet. The correct answer is B. Here’s the chart for this spot and raise size from the Elite Cash Game Exploits course:Īgainst a later position, this hand would start to 3-bet at some frequency. The Hijack raises to 2.5bb and the action folds to you. You are in the Big Blind with 9♣ 9 ♦ at a 6-handed table. These charts were taken straight from the Elite Cash Game Exploits course. Here are the answers and explanations for our “ Do You Know How to Play vs an RFI” quiz.Įach answer shows the solver-generated preflop range for the given situation. ![]()
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