[carnivalhobo]

Uh preflop is mandatory IMO.

On the flop i think bet/fold is best without better reads on this guy, once we know more about his 3betcalling range we can make different plays here. Yes it turns our hand into a bluff, but we can rep AK and fold out QQ/KK usually, and it prevents us from being bluffed in general.


About this cbet amount business:

Matrix: Betting more than 1/2 pot is most certainly not a leak. Jamming the pot button every time is probably a leak, but typically with 100bb stacks a slightly larger than 1/2 pot bet is better. WHY?

V opens to 3.5bb, Hero makes it 12bb.

V calls, flop XXX (Pot is 25bb) Hero bets? if we bet 12.5bb here you end up with 75bb left and the pot is 50bb on the turn (minus rake). If we bet 19bb here we have 69bb left and the pot is 60bb on the turn. This makes the turn shove a lot closer to pot which IME is better for a variety of reasons. I think at uNL when you are 3betting a tight range and you will often have the best hand on the flop, the line that lets you stack people easiest post flop is better in general. If you were 3betting wider, and wanted more room to do fun stuff postflop, then sure, maybe small 3bets and small cbets would be better. Or you can flat pre and play even more games [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].