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
This isn't even accounting for the equity
This isn't even accounting for the equity you have in your hand when your continuation bet is called, which will jump this number up quite a bit. This is just the raw EV of a play until the continuation bet on the flop. Consider when you continue to do this against an opponent, and they decide to adjust at the incorrect time and you have a big hand (either a big pair pre-flop, or you flopped a big hand). Having position is huge in this situation and you can control the size of the pot post flop.
KJs versus MP 3-bet calling range
KJs versus MP 3-bet calling range KJs versus MP open of 21.6% of hands To be fair, let's compare this against the EV of calling KJs in position. That's a fine hand to call with and take a flop in position against most opponents. So let's take a look at the hand against the same range, and same situation. EV = (5.5(.47) = (3(.53) = +1