[nazahl]

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I was in the exact same situation (in the sb) and I had a late position caller, except he flat-called my flop bet.

How much should we bet in these 3bet pots?

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it varies a lot depending on villain/board texture.

against a calling station who is going to showdown like 30% of the time, u wanna try and build a pot quickly and get him committed for a stack. if the board comes Q 9 8 w/ a flush draw, obviously u need to bet more to protect your hand from draws. in OPs post on a Q73 rainbow board, we're not really worried about draws so we wanna get value from his weaker hands w/out tipping the strength of our own and blowing him off everything. if we bet 2/3 pot or maybe a bit less, we can get calls from 88-JJ where a full pot bet would probably scare him away.