NL16 6Max, 3bet defend 98ss on BTN vs CO

Fold to his 4-bet. Don't think he was 4-betting light, so you are aiming to call to hit flush or straight or 2 pair.

Am not to sure what to do in the situation on the flop, I haven't had it before.
I do think the majority of his range still beats your pair though.

I see you keep 3-betting suited connectors in late position facing a raise, why not flat call and see a flop? save these suited connector hands for calling because of the playability and I would 3-bet my premiums and some bluffs that have blockers instead.

I like the preflop play. Calling is fine for sure (even folding sometimes is ok - rake issues, aggro blinds etc). If the blinds squeeze decently, 3bet more. If they're fish, call more.
With position you should be calling 4bets with a significantly wide range and 98s is a great hand to do so. His 4bet size is small too, so one more reason to call. This hand has great postflop playability and won't be dominated often.
Folding here is wrong (I'm calling even vs nits because they overplay so much their overpairs and stuff OOP that your implied odds are massive).
Flop is tricky. He should be very careful cbetting that board, but NL10 players are not aware of this.
9♣:8♣: I'm calling, but without the backdoor flushdraw it's less appealing.
I don't mind folding vs 1/2, although it's not a clear fold imo. Against his value range you have 6 outs.

Originally posted by zetozinho
I don't mind folding vs 1/2, although it's not a clear fold imo. Against his value range you have 6 outs.

Yeah, I think this is a fold on flop. This is not quite the flop I wanted...

this is the 2nd hand in 1 day I’ve seen OP 3-bet from BTN with suited connectors, it can screw up your ranges when you are 3-betting all your playable hands you won’t have anything strong to flat with. It’s fine to do it but I would strive to keep my ranges balanced so you have playability post flop.

If you're going to flat some SCs, and 3Bet others, how are you deciding which ones go with which strategy?

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
If you're going to flat some SCs, and 3Bet others, how are you deciding which ones go with which strategy?

I don’t typically 3-bet suited connectors I 3-bet my premiums and my 3-bet bluffs are off-suit facecards with blockers and my weaker suited aces that can make wheels. You can choose a suit that you will 3-bet and the rest you flat. You could say I will 3-bet my decent suited connectors when they are hearts this session and flat the rest, or you can try to be aware of your frequencies and look at your data if you have a tracker

If your opponent knows you 3-bet your good hands what is he going to think about your range when you call ? Or when you call and then check fold a bunch or don’t connect with the board and wonder what to do because all your good hands are being raised pre-flop.

I use a range analyzer on another website that lets me dissect my ranges , I put random flops in and analyze how I would play my whole range, it opens the eyes to how unbalanced somebody can be and the repercussions of having such a range when the flops come

Originally posted by Casey55

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
If you're going to flat some SCs, and 3Bet others, how are you deciding which ones go with which strategy?

I don’t typically 3-bet suited connectors I 3-bet my premiums and my 3-bet bluffs are off-suit facecards with blockers and my weaker suited aces that can make wheels. You can choose a suit that you will 3-bet and the rest you flat. You could say I will 3-bet my decent suited connectors when they are hearts this session and flat the rest, or you can try to be aware of your frequencies and look at your data if you have a tracker

This sounds better than my approach of trying to gage when I last did it, then just do it from time to time haha.