Re: odd one.
Against this particular opponent, I say 3-bet, calldown. You are behind only KK, 33, 88, K3, 83, and KK is out of the question. Chances are he is betting a crappy king, and eight, or a small pocket pair. He could be semi-bluffing a flush draw (picked up or from the flop), or even bluff-raises that paired 3 because of the turn action. Since he is a good player, a convincing argument might be made for calling the raise and just calling a river. On the same token, however, your respect for eachother's play often means that he is either value-betting/thinning with a king or reading you for nothing. IMHO, its an easy 3-bet, call down... If he 4-bets, you obviously have a problem. And many will argue to fold. But in this case, this opponent might know that factor. I still think his K or 8 should be called down (giving you the better 2 pair), plus you usually have 4 outs to improve if behind.
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