54s BB vs BTN 3-bet gutshot and a flush draw

Calling pre is totally fine too, it's a mixed strategy, and anything that makes 54s hard to play in SRP makes it hard to play in 3bet pot so I don't really see the argument lol.
Anyway nh.

I think calling pre is better than fine, and for me it is the only good option here imo. We are on BB so we have to call just 2bb more. We are also slightly deep. Our speculative hand benefits from higher stack to pot ratio. Imo 3betting is bad.

Postflop is fine.

Originally posted by MyFloXyBabY
Calling pre is totally fine too, it's a mixed strategy, and anything that makes 54s hard to play in SRP makes it hard to play in 3bet pot so I don't really see the argument lol.
Anyway nh.

In a 3-bet pot we are playing against a tighter defense range so post-flop decisions are easier. A lot of flops will polarize villain's range depending on what he does - for instance calling with a mid pair is almost never correct. In NL5 and NL10 I find most reg-ish villains will open the BTN about 40-60%, and playing 54s against that range OOP is very draining for me, and usually does not bring a lot of profit or results in unnecessary mistakes. When the villain only defends about 10-15% of the hands he opens I make my life after the flop a lot easier.

I don't agree at all, first we don't seek the easier thing to do at poker, or we'd always fold or shove, that's easier right, and second, I don't find it easier to play a 3bet pot versus a somewhat tight range.
I don't see what your problem with 45s is, moreover in SRP versus a huge range you can so outplay them even OOP come on. Anyway by just calling you don't need to win a lot of the time it's totally ok to give up on many spots you don't have to feel exploited at all.

Yeah, I definitely need to work on my BB defense ranges
Thanks for the help

I do quite strongly disagree with that also.
I disagree with that it would be easier in a 3bet pot. I disagree that calling a mid pocket pair on BB would be bad (I would actually say that 3betting is bad). And the average regular definitely steals too little, not even close to 60% range. The population actually opens less than 40% on BTN.

54s should be 3b vs btn with some frequencies. Maybe not this deep. Flop i would bet 1/2. Turn and River are pretty straightforward, nothing to mess up there. Never x otr imo :).