[W. Deranged]

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If we think it's a move what does 3betting the flop accomplish (othen then sometiems getting villian to fold a six out hand)?

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Reasons I like a three-bet:

We are ahead fairly often here. By three-betting the flop, we charge draws more in the scenario where they would check-raise flop, bet turn, check river. By calling down instead of getting aggressive, we allow villain to choose when he puts in money.

When we're in fact behind, we'd rather put in money earlier in the hand when our equity is higher, then be forced to pay off river bets where we're usually behind. (Villain is generally not bluffing the river more than 50% of the time when he bets). Add to that the fact that we can often see a showdown when behind for 2.5 bb instead of three.


It basically comes down to control the flow of the hand, and the times at which money goes in. Unless we have a really strong reason to believe our opponent is going to bluff all the way down with an inferior hand, we really want the money to go in early regardless of whether we're ahead or not:

-When ahead, we charge villain money to draw which he likely won't put in on the river.

-When behind, we put money in when we have the most equity and keep the total number of bets going in smaller.