Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Standard 3-bet Strategy
Standard 3-bet Strategy Against most regulars you should create a standard 3-bet sizing range for being in and out of position. 3-betting 3.5x your opponent’s opening size in position, and 4x out of position. Against fish or really weak players, you should deviate from your standard raise sizing and focus on a max size you think your opponent will call when you have a big hand. Typically speaking you're going to depolarize most of your range against a fish, so a bulk of your raises will be for value, or to isolate with a quasi range. And you can deviate and change those sizes until you have some history with other regulars at your table who may begin to seize on your changed sizing. Then you'll have to keep it more consistent, or occasionally flip-flop your value and quasi range sizing.
Applied Pressure 3-bet Strategy
Applied Pressure 3-bet Strategy For several years now players haven't really adjusted well to their opponent’s opening ranges. When 3-betting became more popular, it was one of the first major adjustments to counter how wide a lot of opponents were opening from certain positions, and especially in 6-max cash games. It makes sense to try and fold out some of your opponent’s range and take down a pot without seeing a flop. There are rarely situations where you're so much of a favorite pre-flop, so any time you can get your opponent to completely abandon the equity in their hand without further play is good.