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Tell me all you know about 3-betting. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Can you give some pointers for SSNL about what you think is important in 3-bet pots?

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Hmm, I don't know where to start. 3-betting is good because it puts pressure on your opponent and is tough to combat. If they just call they will miss most flops and not have a strong enough hand to continue, so to successfully combat you threebetting them fairly often they have to either start fourbetting you lighter (very few people are comfortable doing this) or they will have to start bluffshoving or floating you postflop (most people are too scared to do this too).

A lot of mediocre TAGs are more than willing to open tons of crappy hands because they know they are supposed to for metagame, but they are not good enough to readjust in any real way when you start threebetting them (some just fold, others call and then wimp out on the flop). This allows you to have your way with them fairly often while also building up your image on the table as a bit crazy.

That's my basic description of threebetting! Here is one of the best ever posts about the subject: AJ Fenix on threebetting