Quiz for lesson "Range Protection"

... avoiding 4-bet ranges in order to protect call 3-bet ranges.
... the passive play of certain hand combinations.
... big 3-bet and 4-bet sizing out of position in order to give the opponents the wrong odds to realize his equity against hands like AK and AQ.

Your value range is very small compared to your bluff range.
Your bluff range is very small compared to your value range.
Your range is, after a passive play pre-flop, defined and capped.

A 3-bet range on the button is so wide that your opponent cannot exploit your calling range if you take every top pair and JJ as an overpair to showdown.
You miss on most boards and if you do hit, you only have a bluff catcher most of the time. Your opponent has, with a polarized 3-bet range, the stronger top range on nearly every board.
If you don’t 4-bet JJ, your value range pre-flop becomes too weak, and you cannot bluff 4-bet too often.

You can realize more equity with your medium strong hands.
Your opponent underrates your aggressive range because he discounts premium hands when he sees that you play AA or KK passively pre-flop.
As soon as your opponent notices that you are applying range protection, he will categorize you as a strong opponent and will avoid you in the future.

You are missing out on profitable value bets with your premium hands.
The amount of premium hands in a passive line is too low and doesn’t solve the problem regarding capped ranges.
Weak opponents cannot exploit defined and capped ranges. Range protection becomes unnecessary.

Wide ranges hit all board textures even without range protection. Hands like top pair no kicker increase in relative hand strength against wide ranges and can be counted as part of your top range.
Range protection is always important. Especially with wide defending ranges like a calling range in the big blind against a button open raise one can lose too much money with weak pairs against aggressive barreling frequencies.
With wide ranges, opponents tend not to bluff too much. They are frustrated with the call downs of their opponents. Through this, weak hands improve their value and range protection becomes unnecessary.