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
Comments: Despite the fact that your range
Comments: Despite the fact that your range will be significantly tighter in the cut- off, your opponent’s 3-betting range will be almost as wide as if you had opened from the button. Somewhere between 10–13% on average for normal aggressive regulars. So assuming a 3-bet range of about 11.5%, then a good defending range would be: 88–JJ, ATs+, AJo–AQo, KQo, KJs+, QJs, JTs, T9s. Again, the goal is to get between 47–52% equity versus your opponent’s range. In this case you'd be pretty close to 50% equity.
You open in cut-off, a normal cut-off range
You open in cut-off, a normal cut-off range The action folds to the small blind who 3- bets a fairly wide range for this situation. Comments: Same as above, and your opponent’s 3-bet range should be slightly tighter as opposed to 3-betting from the big blind, but not by much. A range of 8.5–12% would be average for this situation. So assuming a 3-bet range of 10%, a good defense calling range would be: 88–JJ, ATs+, AJo–AQo, KQo, KQs. This would be slightly over 48% equity versus your opponent’s 3-bet range.