I'm not really a fan of 3 betting this type of hand even on the button. Much prefer double suited higher end stuff.
Don't really like the 3bet much. Any specific reason for it dave?
For me, this is a pretty standard 3bet - (this actually is prolly the worst type of opponent to 3b with this hand mind, given he'll be opening the CO loser than most, and calling close to 100% here (defo a mistake overall, although clearly not when I have this hand specifically) but I still think 3betting this hand is significantly better than calling with it as it plays pretty poorly multi-way and gives us some strong coverage on low boards. For my mind it's one of those where I'm really not a fan of calling or folding so by default 3betting becomes the "stnd".
The added 20bb of stack depth makes it much nicer to play as a 3bet too as it makes i) it tougher for him to 4b, and ii) easier to play for us when he does.
I guess it has a reasonable amount to do with style as some strategies will benefit less from 3betting these hands but the way I play I actually consider it fairly imperitive to my overall strategy that I take spots like this pre-flop. Obviously JT98ds is a miles better hand but it's hard to get dealt that
If you were trying to get a good balance between bet fold/bet get it in/check, wouldn't this fall into the check category?
I would agree with that certainly, I maybe fell into the "A high board lets c-bet" trap. We're just checking to call most/all turn cards right? Any turns we can start bluffing on??
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