chronic 3betting

[DaycareInferno]

lately i've seen a lot of people on the tables with 3b% in the 12-15 range, and a lot of times these players are pretty good otherwise, but in my opinion, that's just riduculous, and pretty easily exploitable.

example: i'm at a table tonight that's populated by myself, another reg, and 4 megafish. the other reg had a 3b% of 14, and every time he came over the top of me, i 4bet. whenever he shoved, i called. i didn't have to do the math to know that this guy is almost always folding to the 4bet, and that i can do this with pretty much any two. he folded so much that i had already made a buyin off of him before he finally picked up KK, which i sucked out on with AQ on the freeroll. he left after that.

i have no problem with light 3betting, but there's a time and place for it. i mean, look at this guy. he's in a sweet game, but decides that he's going to try and push the only other non-horrible player around? that's your ingenius plan, to gamble for stacks with DCI and then leave a bunch of money and fish at the table? that's pretty stupid.

i have known a lot of people that have been very frustrated by light 3betters as they move up through the levels to tougher games, but it seems like a pretty easy problem to solve to me. am i just being reckless in taking this aproach? to me it seems like if a person is well banked for their level, being reckless is really the only viable approach other than just getting up and changing tables.

[mookboi]

So many people fold to 3bets at 50NL, that 3betting is so profitable. Lately I've been 3betting a ton IP.

It really depends on your opponent's PFR of course. If a 12/5/1.5 opens in MP, I'm folding my AT on button.

However, same situation, villain is 21/16/3, I'm 3betting everything. From 33 to air to A3s.

[john voight]

3 betting light is pretty exploitable too imo.

[corsakh]

4betting light is no less exploitable than 3betting light, there are better lines to take.

[GSykes]

Dont 3bet light its BADDDDDD!!!!!! jkjk of course.

[DaycareInferno]

there's a big difference between light (6-8%) and maniacal (12-15%). i don't really know how you can exploit being 4bet with that wide of a range, unless you really want to gamble for stacks on a regular basis with AJ type hands.