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Pre-preflop: Michael Jackson is a solid play. You could also raise Prince.


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I got a lion in my pocket and baby he's ready to roar

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Preflop: Thin 3-bet considering your read, but whatever.


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I have a minor peeve with this comment. The 3 bet is -ev here, not thin. I constantly hear "oh it's close" or "oh it's thin" and it's really just mincing words and is conducive to the kind of slippery thinking that leads to FPS and other kinds of spewy silliness. I know we have some pride in our games, but this is FULL RING limit hold em guys. Blah blah chow meow play is often best, and when it isn't, it's never far from wrong.
The only way this PF is close or good (given OP's read) is if hero thinks that villain thinks that hero thinks that villain is playing tight, and will therefore give hero credit for a monster and play fit or fold on the flop.

Also, as others noted, villain plays well postflop, and unless hero thinks he has a good edge on villain, this PF is just bad bad bad.

Of course, I may be misinterpretting what is meant by "nitty." Nitty for this game may in fact be somewhat wide by my own standards.