AQ from SB

Hi Edukator,

Preflop: Why are you min raising in the SB?

Given that we minraised and 3-bets are smaller we have at least a call.

As played, given our hand and equity it's an easy fold.

Well...I'm minraising in the SB because I'm raising a huge range of hands. Opponnents at this limit seem to call and then fold to a cbet A LOT. Which makes me an extra 2 cents as opposed to people folding more often.

Also...I'm only risking .04 to win .03. So I can open more hands and get my cbet called or raised more often without losing much money.

Also...I think people don't respects SB raises much so they tend to call a lot...at least at this limit.

Originally posted by Edukator99
Well...I'm minraising in the SB because I'm raising a huge range of hands. Opponnents at this limit seem to call and then fold to a cbet A LOT. Which makes me an extra 2 cents as opposed to people folding more often.

Also...I'm only risking .04 to win .03. So I can open more hands and get my cbet called or raised more often without losing much money.

Also...I think people don't respects SB raises much so they tend to call a lot...at least at this limit.

But if they call and fold a lot postflop we'd benefit more from a 3x raise because we collect a bigger pot, unless you think that they fold way too much preflop to 3x.

2x means you are risking 1.5 bb to 1.5bb so your steal has to work 50% without postflop. If you raise 3x that means you risk 2.5bb to 1.5bb so your steal has to work 62.5%... And I am sure that you will get 3-bet a lot more often when you make it just 2bb, perhaps not a lot yet but as you move up you will.