Poker 3 Bet Pot
Playing Top Set in a Three-Bet Pot. From a $5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker no-limit hold'em event. In this one I was fortunate enough to flop top set in a hand that was three-bet preflop. The Light 3-Bet; The Value Three-Bet. The value three-bet is the “traditional” three-bet and is the same as any other value bet. You believe you have the best hand, and you’d like to get more money into the pot while you have the advantage. Which hands deserve to be value three-bet is up for discussion.
Today I have another fun hand to go over from a $5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker no-limit hold'em event. In this one I was fortunate enough to flop top set in a hand that was three-bet preflop, and over the course of postflop streets sought to maximize value.
With the stacks all relatively deep (it was early on Day 1), the blinds were 150/300 with a 50 ante when I raised to 750 from early position with . The player in the hijack seat called as did the small blind, then a tight-aggressive player in the big blind reraised to 2,700.
As I talk about in the video below, this could be a squeeze from the BB, though the bet sizing suggests perhaps a stronger range (i.e., makes a squeeze less likely). I called the three-bet, the others folded, and we went heads-up to the flop.
With 6,700 in the middle, my opponent led for 3,500. This hand ultimately made it to the river — I'll let you watch below to see how things played out. As you do, listen to my explanations for why I played the flop, turn, and river as I did.
Would you have played this hand the same way?
Jonathan Little is a professional poker player and author with over $6,800,000 in live tournament earnings. He writes a weekly educational blog and hosts a podcast at JonathanLittlePoker.com. Sign up to learn poker from Jonathan for free at PokerCoaching.com. You can follow him on Twitter @JonathanLittle.
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Today I have another fun hand to go over from a $5,000 buy-in World Series of Poker no-limit hold'em event. In this one I was fortunate enough to flop top set in a hand that was three-bet preflop, and over the course of postflop streets sought to maximize value.
With the stacks all relatively deep (it was early on Day 1), the blinds were 150/300 with a 50 ante when I raised to 750 from early position with . The player in the hijack seat called as did the small blind, then a tight-aggressive player in the big blind reraised to 2,700.
As I talk about in the video below, this could be a squeeze from the BB, though the bet sizing suggests perhaps a stronger range (i.e., makes a squeeze less likely). I called the three-bet, the others folded, and we went heads-up to the flop.
With 6,700 in the middle, my opponent led for 3,500. This hand ultimately made it to the river — I'll let you watch below to see how things played out. As you do, listen to my explanations for why I played the flop, turn, and river as I did.
Would you have played this hand the same way?
Jonathan Little is a professional poker player and author with over $6,800,000 in live tournament earnings. He writes a weekly educational blog and hosts a podcast at JonathanLittlePoker.com. Sign up to learn poker from Jonathan for free at PokerCoaching.com. You can follow him on Twitter @JonathanLittle.
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tournament strategyno-limit hold’empocket pairspremium handspreflop strategyvalue bettingslow playingpositionJonathan LittlevideoRelated Players
Jonathan Little