Cold-Calling 3-bets with AKs? Discussion I recently played a hand at 25NL from the SB and there was a raise to 75 and then a Re-raise to 3.00 and with AhKh I felt like folding was too tight. By Alton Hardin. For beginners, 3-betting can be a confusing concept to understand and properly apply at the poker tables. With so much theory being discussed in books, forums, and training videos its easy for beginners to get lost in a fog of poker haze, not knowing when to 3-bet, what range of hands to 3-bet and why. You will be amazed how many otherwise good online poker players have a Raise 3-Bet stat of 2,5-3%, which makes them really predictable. On the other hand we have the Fold to 3-Bet stat, which comes in handy when we have to decide whether to re-raise an opponent – especially preflop. Is it correct to call these three bets based upon implied odds? Numbers numbers not the same call a 3 bet for 2 big blinds or call a 3 bet for 6 big blinds, u have already put money on the pot and pay the 3bet or u are at the button and dont know call or fold the 3bet from MP every case is diferent are u playing vs nit?

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By Alton Hardin

I spent a lot of time learning, tweaking and adjusting my 6-max opening raising, calling and 3-betting ranges over the past year trying to identify good, conservative, but strong and aggressive ranges for mainly beginning and struggling 6-max micro stakes poker players. So after lots of work putting these together, trying to make them as simple as possible to follow, I am here to share them with you.

The goal with these ranges is to be playing close to a 20/18/10 VP/PFR/3B game where (1) we are raising in a TAG range pre-flop, (2) we are not over calling too much, and (3) we are 3-betting aggressively for value with our value hands, especially when defending our blinds. Lastly, while we are 3-bet bluffing from time-to-time, it is not a big part of our game.

Open Raising Ranges

You’ll notice that our opening ranges are conservative, so if you want to open up your game, please feel free to play a wider range, especially in late position.

Open Calling Ranges

Our goal with our calling ranges is to minimize our over-calling where beginning and struggling micro stakes players end of check/folding a lot post flop. With these ranges, we follow the Gap Theory with our Broadway cards and we also throw in some small pocket pairs and suited connectors / one-gappers for implied odds.

Note: When I say “UTG” Open Calling Range, I am providing a starting point range of hands you can call an open raise from UTG. The same goes for MP, CO, BTN, and SB. So MP Open Calling Range is not the hands you should call from MP, but the hands you can call from an open raise from MP. This is the same for my 3-betting ranges. So please don’t get this mixed up because it can be a bit confusing if you mis-read the diagrams.

3-Betting Ranges

Our 3-betting range is a strong value-oriented game. You will notice that as our opponents open in later positions, we can 3-bet wider ranges for value, especially against BTN and SB opens. We do have a 3-bet bluffing range composed of small suited aces, 22-44 and a few combos of suited connectors. I do not recommend you 3-bet bluff that often unless someone is a habitual blind stealer that folds to a lot of 3-bets over a large sample size.

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This isn’t something I do often, just because you’re basically announcing strength without charging your opponents anything, plus by spotting them position you put them in control of the betting as well. Against good players I almost always 4-bet or fold, usually fold in this spot. Against a monkey with no hand-reading, skills, though, I make exceptions:

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Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com

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Button ($1097)
Hero (SB) ($1347)
BB ($1292)
UTG ($530)
MP ($2964.75)
CO ($1015)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
UTG bets $30, MP raises to $90, 2 folds, Hero calls $85, 1 fold, UTG calls $60

Flop: ($280) 9, 10, 2 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $150, Hero calls $150, 1 fold

Turn: ($580) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $222, Hero calls $222

River: ($1024) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $885, Hero calls $885 (All-In)

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Total pot: $2794 | Rake: $3

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Results:
Hero had 10, 10 (full house, tens over twos).
MP had Q, Q (two pair, Queens and twos).
Outcome: Hero won $2791