888 Poker - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
Hero (CO): 170.6 BB
BTN: 114.6 BB (VPIP: 25.53, PFR: 7.45, 3Bet Preflop: 4.30, Hands: 190)
SB: 77.6 BB (VPIP: 12.55, PFR: 9.14, 3Bet Preflop: 4.29, Hands: 974)
BB: 115.4 BB (VPIP: 17.82, PFR: 14.55, 3Bet Preflop: 3.85, Hands: 278)
UTG: 225.2 BB (VPIP: 15.56, PFR: 11.56, 3Bet Preflop: 7.79, Hands: 227)
UTG+1: 111.4 BB (VPIP: 18.62, PFR: 13.88, 3Bet Preflop: 5.43, Hands: 850)
MP: 121.6 BB (VPIP: 31.18, PFR: 13.98, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 94)
SB posts SB 0.4 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.4 BB) Hero has J♥ J♦
fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 3 BB, BTN calls 3 BB, fold, BB raises to 13 BB, Hero raises to 28 BB, fold, BB calls 15 BB
I almost want to ignore this play due to how bad I see it was now (I was tilting last night after a long grind and a few bad beats). But wanted to focus on 4betting in general. Here villain is folding to a steal attempt 55% of the time. Given that the BTN calls, I figured that the BB was just trying to squeeze for the dead money. What I didn't consider is that villain is only 3betting 4% of the time (sample is too small to look at 3bet vs CO open but it was 1/7).
4betting is still a big leak of mine pre flop. Initially I didn't do it enough (like 1.3%) so I made a conscious effort to 4bet more. However now I feel that I am 4betting too often (5.92%), since making the adjustment to my play.
What is the optimal 4bet frequency for fullring and how do I find more suitable spots? It's surely not just a case of "I have a monster, I must 4bet" because that would be to easy and exploitable. How do we use 4bet as an exploitative play ourself? E.g. against a reg that is 3betting way too often against us or when we make an open raise with a half decent hand such as AQ from the BTN and one of the blinds 3bets us?
I am going to go search for some content to improve for sure, but wanted to get your guys' input too.
