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KK 3 BET (FLATTED) IN POS LINE ON AJX - MTT PRE ANTES

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deanp27:
 Prob pot control as a default, how to continue depends on a number of factors including history, previous action in 3bet pots etc. I"d start with checking behind

pokerpops:
Whose is the effective stack?

TheSnapper:
The question here is, how do we best exploit our opponents tendencies?

Best line versus villain A is likely an awful line versus villain B.

So its all about reads, what range does villain flat our 3b, what range will villain call a cbet, if only with a hand that beats us then cbet would be a really bad idea.

PRThomas:
Thanks for input all. Read-less on villain. No history. So its a blind line check. He is the effective stack, no antes, blinds are 80-160.

Its a spot I have played hundreds of times. I will normally CBet it around 6.5x, and play according from there, depending on action/reads/history etc etc.

This time however I checked behind on flop, hoping to induce 5-10s (and air) to barrel, which I believed make up the majority of his range. But read-less I hated my line. Because it puts us in such a ****ty guessing game spot. And as our check can induce those hands, we then are forced to call at least one street without gaining knowledge. Sure it could go ideal for us and he could check the turn and give us an easy time value betting. But when he does lead turn. Meh. We call. Then when he bets/ships river. We are generally forced to fold. But of course we have the induce line there to level us.

Made me think I really need to have a solid line for this spot, vs unknowns.

He actually had three Aces, but thats besides the point eh. You can guess how I know that. Check flop station f/r.

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