Re: PF Raising Logic
I've become a much bigger fan of 3 betting AK pre flop since reading PNL and understanding SPR. Assume a situation at 200NL, player before you raises to $8, and you can either call the 8 or reraise to $25. The benefits of 3 betting all come from making your hand easy to play:
1) if he's the type of player who will only push AA/KK, you can fold to a push, and probably save money vs flopping a pair and being deep stacked.
2) If you flop a pair, you can comfortably get all in on the flop. The stack to pot ratio is nice, and the only hand you worry about is a set here- but because or your pre flop bet they dont have the implied odds to draw to a set anyway, let alone draw to a set with an A/K high board.
3) Sometimes you'll get called by a smaller pair, and they'll fold to a cont bet on the flop fearing a big over pair.
4) You cannot be outplayed post flop at all at this point. No guessing.
5) Most times, they'll fold pre flop.
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