pocket pair in the sb against a good stealer

[Victor]

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I think the only part that's ugly is the terrible, terrible pre-flop call. Yuck. 3 bet him or get out.

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if bb is very loose i think preflop is ok given this blind structure.

[helpmeout]

I normally fold preflop but a call isnt that bad.

I C/R the flop, why bet out?

as you played it I 3bet the flop betting all the way, if he raises again then I fold the river unimproved.

[redrooski24]

Against spelatight, I would just c/c down after the flop. I have about 2k hands on him and hes like 43/28/2 and plays like it. Sometimes good LAG, sometimes mega donkey spewing LAG.

[Rudis]

c/r flop is SOOOO, I have not hit the hand, reraise me and make it expensive.
The pf decisions is because I know he can resteal postflop with high aggression, so I either want bb in or the chance to represent alot of hands.
I think this is a golden flop to bet. I know he will raise me often with a worse. I thought of reraising the flop, but felt he might still move on the turn if I did, so I awaited the turn as to not represent the draw. The turndonk is often a slowdown play if he is ahead and otherwise a oddscutter and valuebet.

[Rudis]

ps. spelatight in this session went from 24/17 to 35/24 . 100 hands to 300 hands stats on him.
This was all 4-6 handed

[shootaa]

dot dot dot

that said, i 3 bet this or fold, personally i like 66+ in this spot, but i think that absent the pf 3 bet to increase ure fold equity and represent a decent hand, i like all other streets

[flawless_victory]

w/ a 2/3 sb and a 40/30 guy opening on the button, folding 55 is just awful. thats just lighting money onm fire.

[MATT111]

Folding preflop is horrible.
You played the hand fine.

[Gildwulf]

Whoever advocates folding preflop doesn't play 15 30.

I think your line is interesting but agree that preflop isn't very good. If you are in the BB I think calling is more plausible but I would prefer to just 3-bet bet this instead of getting tricky with a vulnerable and difficult-to-read hand OOP. Both the advantage and problem with only calling here is you've given no sign of strength, which also means, as a LAG, he is putting the petal to the metal almost all the time on the flop. So while calling here gives you some deceptive value and lets you see a flop cheaply OOP, it also gives you zero information about his hand since he is going to be laying on the aggression full steam to your perceived weakness. I just don't see the benefit of calling this preflop.

The way you played the hand preflop I think a checkraise on this flop is mandatory. You are certainly way ahead of a 40/30 range here from the button and you have a lot of equity on the flop. I would just call a 3-bet and get to showdown against this lagtard.