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Oh, and a question of my own:

You talk about 3-betting as the main defence to the player who (correctly) raises a large percentage of his button hands. Do you see this as preferable to calling and leading out on the flop (ie effectively floating before the flop)? Or do you feel that both have a place?

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Thanks for the question, Penguin.

As you can see if you read further down in the article, I believe a strategy of check/raising the flop to be a superior play, because it is more likely to give your opponent conniptions and it puts you back in control of the hand. (Check-calling flops has its place as well, particularly vs. aggressive foes.)

Donk-betting the flop leaves your opponent in control of the pot size and the situation. Also, it's hard to both donk-bet your good hands and have hands left over that are worth calling if you check and he continuation bets; so either your donk-bet range is going to be quite weak, or your checking range will be quite weak, and in either case you're giving your opponent useful info about the strength of your hand while having no info on his, which is IMO a poor situation.

--Fred