quick preflop - K8s 3bet from SB 15/30

[Surf]

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Is this thread from the bizzaro world? A guy who raises 1/3 of his hands raises on the button and we're holding K8s. This is a 3 bet every time. In fact calling in the SB in general is extremely weak. Your hand factors to be ahead of his range, this is a pretty easy isolation reraise. What's more is if you call and big blind comes along you're now in the worst absolute and relative position with a marginal hand in a pot that is virtually the same size had you 3 bet and that you don't even have the initiative.

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Yads,

Calling definitely has its merits, especially vs a showdownmonkey with a WTSD of 46% - this guy is playing pretty close to correctly postflop versus our hand, calling down A-hi and most K-his and peeling with worse hands and folding the turn. We can use this against him by keeping the pot small and value betting him when we make a pair.

Assuming he plays more sanely postflop I agree with your sentiments.

Surf