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Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players

Hero (BB): $27.07
UTG: $28.69
CO: $25.00
BTN: $25.00
SB: $15.07

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with 8 A
2 folds, BTN raises to $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2, BTN calls $1.50

Flop: ($4.10) 3 K 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $2.50, BTN raises to $5.95, Hero?


Hi guys, been at the table for around 20 hands and villain is playing 32/32 3bet 14% , I 3bet pre to see how he reacts to 3bets. I think its a good spot to 3b as I have blockers to the Ace as well.

When he flats IP, I don't necessarily give him credit for a particularly strong range as players like to flat very wide in this situation.

The flop comes super dry with a K and is therefore a great board to cbet obviously. Villain then raises, at this point I find it very hard to put him on a hand that make sense, any K would just flat, sets wouldnt raise on such a dry board, I figured his range probably consists of air and maybe some semi bluffs like A2.

For this reason I think this is a pretty good spot to shove, I just find it so hard to believe he ever has a hand good enough to call.

What do you guys think?

Cheers.

I like the 3 bet, but I don't agree that players like to flat very wide in this situation. I guess it depends on your definition of very wide.

I also agree it's a good board to cbet. While I agree that it he may just call a lot of his value hand, you really don't have a lot of information and I don't think many people are raising dry K hi flops in 3 bet pots. He may be, but I wouldn't assume it with only 20 hands.

If you are going to continue shoving is about the only choice since you may actually be behind some of his "air".

I like the 3 bet, but I don't agree that players like to flat very wide in this situation. I guess it depends on your definition of very wide.

Yeah very wide was probably a bit too far, I was just trying ot get across that I dont believe his range is necessarily super strong in this situation

While I agree that it he may just call a lot of his value hand, you really don't have a lot of information and I don't think many people are raising dry K hi flops in 3 bet pots. He may be, but I wouldn't assume it with only 20 hands.

Sorry I dont really understand this? Are you saying you believe folding is superior due to the limited information we have on this player?

Cheers.

Sorry I dont really understand this? Are you saying you believe folding is superior due to the limited information we have on this player?

Yeah sorry I wasn't very clear. Basically without a good read you are going to find that in general micro players are passive and even if it doesn't make a ton of sense if an unknown shows aggression you should probably assume it's for value.

Yeah sorry I wasn't very clear. Basically without a good read you are going to find that in general micro players are passive and even if it doesn't make a ton of sense if an unknown shows aggression you should probably assume it's for value.

Yeah that makes sense, thanks a lot!