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AJo vs 3bet, preflop decision

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MisterSnS
Joined: 09.11.2011

888 Poker - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 3 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: 64.3 BB (VPIP: 57.89, PFR: 52.63, 3Bet Preflop: 50.00, Hands: 21)
BB: 120.4 BB (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 15.87, 3Bet Preflop: 4.17, Hands: 63)
Hero (BTN): 100 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J♠ A♣

Hero raises to 2.2 BB, fold, BB raises to 6.8 BB, Hero calls 4.6 BB

Lately, hands like AJo put me into some trouble. And I am asking myself if I should defend them vs certain opponents.

This guy only has a 4% 3bet overall. But then, it's only 63 Hands. I know, AJo should be in the "standard defending range" vs 3bets in this spot.

But doesn't it make more sense to fold to very tight players?
How many hands do you get before folding this?
Would you always call this on a low sample size? (included are btw other hands that are dominated such as QJs, KTs etc)


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la55i
Joined: 27.01.2013

I would defend by calling here. We can start folding if we know villain really 3bets tight but that takes a couple of hundred hands.


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tiltmonk
Joined: 02.07.2014

I guess it is fold most of the time, especially vs low 3b. For example, if your opponent's 3b range is 4,1 as example

Spoiler

TT+,AJs+,AQo+

. So, you most of the time dominated. You got aces and your opponent will 3barell you on the AXXXX board where X !=J - what is your plan? Just check your HH and verify is this hand in green zone or redzone when you called 3b. If you could play it with possitive WR, I guess you can call.


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la55i
Joined: 27.01.2013

The problem is that villain should have some amount of bluffs here and we have only a small sample size. I 3bet actively but there are some times that I don't 3bet at all in 50 hands for example. We just can't know what his true 3bet% is yet.

I think if we don't call here we should 4bet. Folding this kind of hand on a blind war vs unknown would be to tight for me :)


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

4,1 general 3b % means that it is 6-7 from the blinds. Plus we are Ip and we can call.


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