1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,250 Mike: Welcome to Upswing Poker Level Up, 2 00:00:02,340 --> 00:00:05,010 the show that helps you get better at poker fast. 3 00:00:05,190 --> 00:00:08,820 My name is Mike Brady and I've got Scottish cash game pro and coach Gary 4 00:00:08,821 --> 00:00:11,460 Blackwood on the line to talk about how to approach three betting, 5 00:00:11,700 --> 00:00:13,680 AKA reraising before the flop. 6 00:00:14,370 --> 00:00:15,210 Gary: Thanks for having me, Mike. 7 00:00:15,211 --> 00:00:17,910 Very happy to be here covering a very important topic. 8 00:00:17,911 --> 00:00:18,744 Let's get straight into it. 9 00:00:19,410 --> 00:00:22,740 Mike: Yeah, so we're going to talk about when to three bet over an open raise, 10 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,340 how to decide which hands to three bet for value and reveal the hands that are 11 00:00:26,341 --> 00:00:28,110 the best three bet bluff candidates. 12 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:31,920 We'll also get into the nitty gritty of three bet sizing and discuss critical 13 00:00:31,921 --> 00:00:34,560 factors that should impact your three bet strategy. 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,920 Let's start with something simple but important. 15 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:41,160 Why is it important to have a well thought out three bet strategy? 16 00:00:41,430 --> 00:00:41,581 Gary: Well, 17 00:00:41,581 --> 00:00:44,640 I think that's a great question to start with and there are two really important 18 00:00:44,650 --> 00:00:46,950 reasons for us to have a solid three bet strategy. 19 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,400 The first one is that three betting used to happen a whole lot less than it does 20 00:00:50,401 --> 00:00:51,030 now. 21 00:00:51,030 --> 00:00:54,900 People used to play so many flats compared to how they play now and now many 22 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,200 great players play three bet or fold from so many different positions. 23 00:00:58,410 --> 00:01:02,010 It's just so much more common and therefore a very important part of the game. 24 00:01:02,220 --> 00:01:04,260 Secondly, given how common it is these days, 25 00:01:04,261 --> 00:01:07,200 you can bet that your opponents will have a really solid three bet strategy 26 00:01:07,201 --> 00:01:10,080 themselves. So it's really important that ours are up to scratch as well. 27 00:01:10,590 --> 00:01:12,810 Mike: Yeah, not every opponent, if you're playing low stakes live, 28 00:01:12,820 --> 00:01:15,210 micro stakes online, maybe some of your opponents don't know what they're doing, 29 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:17,640 might have unreasonable three bet strategies, 30 00:01:17,641 --> 00:01:19,860 should maybe listen to this podcast, but Gary is right. 31 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:23,850 Most players out there who are thinking players are going to have solid three 32 00:01:23,860 --> 00:01:25,020 bet strategies these days. 33 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:28,800 The first step to building a three betting range is to consider which hands you 34 00:01:28,810 --> 00:01:31,200 want to three bet for value. So Gary, 35 00:01:31,290 --> 00:01:34,170 how do you decide which hands are good enough to three bet for value pre flop? 36 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:35,401 Gary: Well, 37 00:01:35,401 --> 00:01:38,640 it varies by position and also which position our opponent has opened from. 38 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:41,580 For example, if under the gun opens and we're under the gun plus one, 39 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,910 our value range is much narrower because our opponent has opened from under the 40 00:01:44,911 --> 00:01:48,810 gun and therefore has a tighter range themselves. But if the cutoff opens, 41 00:01:48,811 --> 00:01:50,910 we get to really widen that value range up. 42 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,270 A perfect example is that some pre-flop charts will have you folding ace queen 43 00:01:54,270 --> 00:01:58,830 offsuit a little bit and folding ace eight suited pure, MP versus under the gun. 44 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:00,150 But when the cutoff opens, 45 00:02:00,151 --> 00:02:04,290 we've got ace jack and ace ten offsuit in our range along with all the suited 46 00:02:04,290 --> 00:02:06,090 ace X and some other hands in there as well. 47 00:02:06,510 --> 00:02:10,740 Mike: So you touched on there how position should impact your value three bet 48 00:02:10,741 --> 00:02:13,440 threshold, but how does the open size impact it? 49 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,410 Gary: So this is a really good question and it's really important that we don't 50 00:02:16,411 --> 00:02:18,000 have just one three bet size. 51 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:21,420 Generally we want to go three times our opponent's raise size when we're in 52 00:02:21,430 --> 00:02:24,450 position and four times when we're out of position. However, 53 00:02:24,451 --> 00:02:26,250 people have gotten pretty smart these days. 54 00:02:26,251 --> 00:02:28,860 They know that when they open from under the gun and MP, 55 00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:32,250 they're going to play a pot out of position very often and therefore they use a 56 00:02:32,251 --> 00:02:34,140 smaller opening size to counter this. 57 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:37,950 So if our opponent uses a standard 2.5x open size, 58 00:02:37,951 --> 00:02:40,860 then just three betting to three times that raise size is fine. 59 00:02:41,070 --> 00:02:44,100 But if somebody opens to 2.2x or even a min raise, 60 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,560 they're doing this to keep the pot small out of position. 61 00:02:46,770 --> 00:02:49,080 So if we only three bet to three times that raise, 62 00:02:49,081 --> 00:02:52,680 we're allowing them to exploit us. So versus those smaller opens, 63 00:02:52,690 --> 00:02:56,880 I tend to size up slightly, go around 3.5 times to stop that happening. 64 00:02:57,180 --> 00:02:58,500 In terms of the range, 65 00:02:58,530 --> 00:03:01,900 unless it's a really big open or a really crazy player that's opening, 66 00:03:02,110 --> 00:03:04,540 I think our range should stay the same whether it's a min open, 67 00:03:04,541 --> 00:03:06,250 2.5 times or three times. 68 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,820 Mike: Alright, now that we have the value range nailed down, 69 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,690 let's talk about balancing that value range with bluffs. First of all, 70 00:03:13,780 --> 00:03:17,200 why is it important to include some bluffs in your three bet range? 71 00:03:17,770 --> 00:03:20,560 Gary: Well, I think the answer lies in the question. We need to be balanced. 72 00:03:20,590 --> 00:03:22,210 If our range is just value only, 73 00:03:22,211 --> 00:03:25,360 we're not three betting anywhere near wide enough and as a result we're costing 74 00:03:25,361 --> 00:03:26,950 ourselves a lot of EV. 75 00:03:27,370 --> 00:03:30,850 Say we three bet cutoff versus MP and the flop comes down king six deuce, 76 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:31,660 rainbow. 77 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:35,320 We just get to bet our entire range there and our opponent folds so much. 78 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:36,790 So if we've got value only, 79 00:03:36,791 --> 00:03:40,090 we're missing out on all these spots where we easily just C bet and win the pot 80 00:03:40,091 --> 00:03:44,200 because our range is wide enough. There are also things like board coverage. 81 00:03:44,410 --> 00:03:46,510 So if we don't have the six five suited in our three bet range, 82 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,550 big blind versus MP for example, 83 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:51,940 when the flop comes down seven four three or six five deuce, 84 00:03:52,150 --> 00:03:54,850 our range is really struggling. And lastly, 85 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,030 we just become really exploitable if our opponent knows that we don't have any 86 00:03:58,031 --> 00:03:59,950 bluffs and are very, very value heavy. 87 00:03:59,951 --> 00:04:03,340 It's really good for your image to show down nine high in a three bet pot 88 00:04:03,341 --> 00:04:04,174 sometimes. 89 00:04:04,690 --> 00:04:07,660 Mike: What types of hands make the best three bet bluffs? 90 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,330 Gary: Let's talk about the big blind blasts. 91 00:04:10,630 --> 00:04:12,640 We three bet a different range from the big blind, 92 00:04:12,641 --> 00:04:15,880 but all the other positions really favor high cards. Suited ace x, 93 00:04:15,881 --> 00:04:18,640 suited double broadway, even versus late position. 94 00:04:18,641 --> 00:04:20,890 We have some unsuited double broadway in our range, 95 00:04:21,130 --> 00:04:24,880 all those mergey type hands which are kind of on the line between being a value 96 00:04:24,881 --> 00:04:25,750 bet and a bluff. 97 00:04:26,290 --> 00:04:30,220 We also throw in some low suited connectors at a smallish frequency and we 98 00:04:30,221 --> 00:04:33,550 immediately have a very solid, pretty wide three bet range. 99 00:04:34,210 --> 00:04:36,940 Hands that should not be in there are hands like pocket threes, 100 00:04:36,970 --> 00:04:37,803 king ten offsuit, 101 00:04:38,290 --> 00:04:42,970 ace nine offsuit and definitely no suited gappers like six four suited, 102 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:45,490 nine seven suited, jack eight suited. 103 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:49,030 These are disaster three bets and we should always be folding these hands pre 104 00:04:49,031 --> 00:04:53,320 flop. Onto the big blind now, and this is where we see some really funky hands, 105 00:04:53,321 --> 00:04:56,020 especially versus the small blind and versus the button. 106 00:04:56,470 --> 00:04:58,180 We'll have all the hands that we've just mentioned, 107 00:04:58,190 --> 00:05:00,160 but we've also got some queen eight suited, 108 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,310 jack seven suited hands versus the button and then versus the small blind, 109 00:05:03,311 --> 00:05:07,120 we have such a crazy wide range including hands like king eight offsuit, 110 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,340 ace deuce offsuit, ten deuce suited and so on. 111 00:05:09,850 --> 00:05:12,700 I just want to quickly say that big blind versus small blind we three bet so 112 00:05:12,701 --> 00:05:16,120 many hands like this and it's so important that we find these three bets and 113 00:05:16,121 --> 00:05:20,050 that's because we get to deny so much equity from better hands that have to 114 00:05:20,060 --> 00:05:23,770 simply fold versus that three bet. If you look at king six offsuit for example, 115 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,650 say the small blind opens and we three bet the big blind with king six offsuit, 116 00:05:27,310 --> 00:05:31,150 we fold out all the better king x, like king ten, king nine, king seven suited, 117 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:34,960 and so many hands like ace four, ace eight offsuit, all those better hands. 118 00:05:34,961 --> 00:05:36,970 And if our opponent does peel our three bet, 119 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,830 we're playing a three bet pot in position, 120 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:41,380 which is actually a very profitable situation for us. 121 00:05:41,860 --> 00:05:44,950 Mike: All right, so we've covered value three bets generally. 122 00:05:44,951 --> 00:05:48,430 We've covered bluff three bets generally and later on in this episode I want to 123 00:05:48,580 --> 00:05:51,940 kind of do an example range where we talk about the specific hands we would 124 00:05:51,941 --> 00:05:55,060 three bet in a specific positional matchup. 125 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,760 But before we get into that, I want to clarify one thing. 126 00:05:59,210 --> 00:06:02,450 So you had talked a little bit about three bet sizing earlier going about three 127 00:06:02,451 --> 00:06:06,110 times the original raise in position and four times the original raise out of 128 00:06:06,111 --> 00:06:06,591 position, 129 00:06:06,591 --> 00:06:11,000 but there's one position that's very special and actually requires a little bit 130 00:06:11,001 --> 00:06:12,770 of an adjustment in three bet sizing. 131 00:06:12,771 --> 00:06:16,040 Can you talk about what that position is and what size to use Gary? 132 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:17,960 Gary: Yeah, absolutely. 133 00:06:17,961 --> 00:06:20,390 We've just spoken about our big blind three bet strategy. 134 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:24,020 The big blind is the only position where we're really quite polarized. 135 00:06:24,410 --> 00:06:27,500 So when we're out of position from the big blind versus the button, 136 00:06:27,501 --> 00:06:29,630 we've got jack seven suited and queen eight suited. 137 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:32,420 We don't have those types of hands from the small blind and therefore we're a 138 00:06:32,450 --> 00:06:35,960 little more polarized. And I like my sizing scheme to reflect this. 139 00:06:35,961 --> 00:06:40,910 I generally go 4.5x just to allow my sizing to reflect the fact that I'm 140 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,550 polarized and I've got some hands in there that I don't have when I'm in the 141 00:06:43,551 --> 00:06:44,384 small blind. 142 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:46,190 Mike: Yeah, a little fun fact for people. 143 00:06:46,191 --> 00:06:49,850 If you ever watch those super high roller tournaments with some of the best 144 00:06:49,851 --> 00:06:52,160 players in the world battling with very deep stacks, 145 00:06:52,490 --> 00:06:56,480 you'll see three bet sizes out of the big blind upwards of seven times, 146 00:06:56,510 --> 00:06:59,690 eight times the original raise because they're just really trying to pump up the 147 00:06:59,691 --> 00:07:02,690 pot with a very polarized range. Always interesting to see that, but yeah, 148 00:07:02,691 --> 00:07:07,280 generally speaking, if you're playing 100 BB cash, like Gary said, 4.5x, 149 00:07:07,281 --> 00:07:10,820 5x the original raise is going to do just fine. 150 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:13,880 So continuing our discussion on three bet sizing, 151 00:07:13,910 --> 00:07:16,550 how does stack depth change the optimal size? 152 00:07:16,551 --> 00:07:20,420 Are you adjusting your size when stacks get deeper or when stacks get shorter? 153 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,780 Gary: It's really simple to adjust to different stack sizes because obviously 154 00:07:23,781 --> 00:07:26,390 not everyone plays 100 big blinds deep all the time. 155 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,280 If you're playing against a shorter stack, 156 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:31,190 you want to just go a little smaller with your three bet size to allow for a 157 00:07:31,191 --> 00:07:33,980 little more playability post flop. And on the flip side, 158 00:07:33,981 --> 00:07:35,180 when you're playing a little deeper, 159 00:07:35,190 --> 00:07:38,120 you just want to size up ever so slightly to account for those deeper stacks. 160 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,210 Mike: Yeah, and if you want some related reading on that topic, 161 00:07:41,510 --> 00:07:44,210 go ahead and Google stack to pot ratio. 162 00:07:44,420 --> 00:07:49,280 You'll find an article on Upswing Poker that covers that concept quite in depth 163 00:07:49,281 --> 00:07:54,140 and it's kind of the key concept behind why you want to increase your three bet 164 00:07:54,150 --> 00:07:57,770 size when you're deeper. There's one other thing I want to add there too. 165 00:07:57,771 --> 00:08:01,760 If you watch the Doug Polk versus Daniel Negreanu heads up challenge, 166 00:08:01,790 --> 00:08:06,440 you may have noticed Doug was actually decreasing his three bet size when he was 167 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:11,360 out of position as stacks got deeper and he increased all of his raise 168 00:08:11,361 --> 00:08:13,130 sizes when he was in position. 169 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:17,780 I think this is a heads up exclusive concept because the best six max players in 170 00:08:17,781 --> 00:08:21,380 the world don't do that, but a lot of the best heads up players in the world do. 171 00:08:21,890 --> 00:08:26,510 The very interesting and nerdy reason behind it. When stacks get deeper, 172 00:08:26,570 --> 00:08:28,730 the value of position goes up. 173 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,020 So by making the three bet size smaller out of position, 174 00:08:33,230 --> 00:08:37,130 your opponent is winning more of a smaller pot. Now again, 175 00:08:37,140 --> 00:08:39,830 that's pretty esoteric stuff if you don't play heads up, 176 00:08:39,831 --> 00:08:41,510 it's kind of totally irrelevant to you, 177 00:08:41,660 --> 00:08:44,240 but it's something I just wanted to throw out there. Alright, 178 00:08:44,241 --> 00:08:48,620 I want to flesh out in position versus out of position play a little bit more. 179 00:08:48,621 --> 00:08:49,071 So Gary, 180 00:08:49,071 --> 00:08:53,150 can you speak to in position versus out of position three bet sizing and ranges 181 00:08:53,151 --> 00:08:53,984 a little bit more? 182 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,090 Gary: So our range that three bets is quite similar to be honest whether we're 183 00:08:57,091 --> 00:08:58,470 in position or out of position. 184 00:08:58,530 --> 00:09:01,440 And the difference is that we use a larger three bet size out of position. 185 00:09:01,770 --> 00:09:05,310 Think about just how wide your opponent could peel if you used a 3x three bet 186 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:06,660 size out of position, 187 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,870 they would just continue their whole range with such a great price and the fact 188 00:09:09,871 --> 00:09:13,470 that they're in position. So we have to use that bigger size out of position. 189 00:09:13,471 --> 00:09:14,101 But like I said, 190 00:09:14,101 --> 00:09:17,250 the range that three bets is really quite similar and the fundamentals of a 191 00:09:17,251 --> 00:09:21,690 tighter range versus an EP open and a wider range versus a later position open, 192 00:09:21,691 --> 00:09:22,590 they still stay the same. 193 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,290 Mike: Let's talk about some specific ranges. 194 00:09:25,500 --> 00:09:27,870 Let's take the small blind for example. Gary, 195 00:09:27,871 --> 00:09:31,980 can you talk about the type of range that you would three bet from the small 196 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:36,210 blind versus an early position raise and then compare that to the range you'd 197 00:09:36,211 --> 00:09:39,090 three bet from the small blind versus a button raise? 198 00:09:39,270 --> 00:09:39,600 Gary: Yeah, 199 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,420 so I'm looking at the advanced solver ranges from the Upswing Poker Lab to 200 00:09:42,421 --> 00:09:45,030 compare these two spots and say EP opens, 201 00:09:45,031 --> 00:09:47,430 our range is really quite narrow here that when we three bet from the small 202 00:09:47,431 --> 00:09:49,230 blind, we've got pocket eights and above, 203 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:52,590 all the suited broadways and some ace queen and ace five suited. 204 00:09:53,010 --> 00:09:56,430 That's such a narrow range and if we compare that to small blind versus button 205 00:09:56,431 --> 00:10:00,120 where we've got way more suited ace x, king jack offsuit, ten eight suited, 206 00:10:00,420 --> 00:10:04,950 pocket fives, it's just so much wider and it's important that we understand why. 207 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,670 Under the gun's opening range is tight and our range has got to be tight as a 208 00:10:08,671 --> 00:10:10,560 result, but when the button opens, 209 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:14,310 their range is really wide and our range can get much, much wider as a result. 210 00:10:14,610 --> 00:10:18,030 The exact same logic applies to in position, the wider the opening range, 211 00:10:18,031 --> 00:10:19,950 the wider our three betting range becomes. 212 00:10:20,010 --> 00:10:23,850 We should also try and play a strategy that involves no flats in the cutoff or 213 00:10:23,851 --> 00:10:27,810 in middle position. And there are two huge reasons for this. Firstly, 214 00:10:27,811 --> 00:10:31,500 if we flat, we kind of cap ourselves to never having hands like aces, kings, 215 00:10:31,590 --> 00:10:35,130 ace king and then the players behind can just make our lives a misery by 216 00:10:35,131 --> 00:10:38,880 squeezing relentlessly and we just end up out of position with a weak range so 217 00:10:38,881 --> 00:10:42,270 often and bleeding money on the flop. Secondly, the rake, 218 00:10:42,450 --> 00:10:45,480 the rake is really high, higher than some of us might realize, 219 00:10:45,690 --> 00:10:48,420 and if we're flatting too much then the rake starts to eat away at our win 220 00:10:48,750 --> 00:10:50,430 rates. But if we three bet correctly, 221 00:10:50,460 --> 00:10:52,920 it has much less of an impact on our results. 222 00:10:52,980 --> 00:10:56,640 So let's be sure we're not flatting in the cutoff and MP or in the small blind 223 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,000 and we're playing a three bet or fold strategy from all of these positions. 224 00:11:00,570 --> 00:11:03,300 Mike: Yeah, playing a three bet or fold strategy from the small blind. 225 00:11:03,301 --> 00:11:06,570 I think that's something that a lot of players have been doing for a long time, 226 00:11:06,630 --> 00:11:11,190 but it's a little bit more of a modern approach to also play three bet or fold 227 00:11:11,191 --> 00:11:14,250 from those other positions like the cutoff, like middle position, 228 00:11:14,610 --> 00:11:17,580 early position if you're playing a nine handed game and Gary touched on the 229 00:11:17,590 --> 00:11:19,080 reasons why you do that, 230 00:11:19,110 --> 00:11:23,520 the rake really makes your calls suffer and there's the potential that you will 231 00:11:23,521 --> 00:11:28,230 face a squeeze behind which puts you in a really, really tough spot. And lastly, 232 00:11:28,231 --> 00:11:32,310 of course your range is really capped. When you call a raise from the cutoff, 233 00:11:32,850 --> 00:11:35,310 it's pretty clear the types of hands you're going to have. 234 00:11:35,311 --> 00:11:36,660 You're going to have pocket pairs, 235 00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:39,630 you're going to have some double broadway hands, maybe like a jack ten suited, 236 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,050 maybe some offsuit aces like an ace jack, ace queen offsuit. 237 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:47,310 It's just kind of obvious for your opponent which boards are going to connect 238 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:48,240 with that range. 239 00:11:48,390 --> 00:11:51,420 It's going to prevent them from paying you off when you hit a strong hand, 240 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:53,830 it's going to allow them to bluff you effectively. 241 00:11:53,831 --> 00:11:58,750 It's just a situation you can avoid by playing three bet or fold. Now that said, 242 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,740 there are situations that make sense to call. Really obvious one, 243 00:12:02,741 --> 00:12:05,680 in tournaments or in any situation where there's an ante, 244 00:12:05,770 --> 00:12:08,920 it makes a lot more sense to start having a calling range because that price 245 00:12:08,930 --> 00:12:12,280 that you're getting is so much better pre-flop. Additionally, 246 00:12:12,281 --> 00:12:16,090 if you have some really weak players behind or maybe the player that raised is 247 00:12:16,091 --> 00:12:18,790 very weak and in addition you have weak players behind, 248 00:12:19,030 --> 00:12:23,260 you can start to consider mixing in some calls because in those situations you 249 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:26,590 want to take advantage of the player who raised if they're a bad player and 250 00:12:26,591 --> 00:12:29,500 you're not really worried about the players behind squeezing you out of the pot 251 00:12:29,501 --> 00:12:31,450 because well, they're not going to do it very often. 252 00:12:31,690 --> 00:12:34,990 So there are some situations that you can keep your eye out for to start having 253 00:12:34,991 --> 00:12:38,590 some calls, but generally speaking as a default strategy, 254 00:12:38,650 --> 00:12:40,690 you're going to want to play that three bet or fold approach. 255 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:43,900 It's also going to be a lot easier for you to play post-flop because when you 256 00:12:43,901 --> 00:12:46,390 three bet your range is going to be a lot stronger, 257 00:12:46,450 --> 00:12:49,120 it's a more simplified approach. It really just makes a lot of sense. 258 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:50,111 One last note, 259 00:12:50,111 --> 00:12:54,100 a lot of poker players really suck at playing against three bets and playing 260 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:56,500 three bet pots. They get scared, they get timid. 261 00:12:56,590 --> 00:12:58,330 Sometimes certain guys get spewy. 262 00:12:58,750 --> 00:13:02,170 You get to take advantage of that by three betting more often. Alright, 263 00:13:02,171 --> 00:13:05,080 we've covered a lot of ground in this short episode, 264 00:13:05,140 --> 00:13:08,920 but I want to wrap it up with a quick example and it's going to be a little bit 265 00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:13,270 of a quiz too. So suppose you're in a two five cash game, 266 00:13:13,570 --> 00:13:18,040 your opponent in the hijack raises to $15. You're in the cutoff, 267 00:13:18,050 --> 00:13:19,420 one seat to his left. 268 00:13:19,690 --> 00:13:23,860 What hands are you going to be three betting there if you're playing a three bet 269 00:13:23,861 --> 00:13:28,390 or fold strategy that has no calls? Pause the podcast really quick, 270 00:13:28,420 --> 00:13:32,440 consider what hands you'd three bet and then Gary will reveal the answer when 271 00:13:32,441 --> 00:13:33,430 you unpause. 272 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,580 Gary: So let's start with our pocket pairs. We've got eights, nines, tens, 273 00:13:42,940 --> 00:13:46,750 jacks, queens, kings and aces. We've got all of our suited broadways, jack ten, 274 00:13:46,751 --> 00:13:50,200 queen ten, et cetera. We've even got king queen offsuit, ace queen offsuit, 275 00:13:50,890 --> 00:13:54,610 ace five and ace four suited as well as ace nine suited. 276 00:13:55,030 --> 00:13:58,810 And then we've got ace jack offsuit and then sometimes rather infrequently we've 277 00:13:58,811 --> 00:14:02,830 got seven six, six five and five four suited. Really important we find these, 278 00:14:02,831 --> 00:14:05,800 but not too often because obviously we need that board coverage. 279 00:14:05,980 --> 00:14:09,220 As mentioned earlier in the podcast, if the board comes down six five deuce, 280 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,220 you're just struggling on a board like that if you don't have these suited 281 00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:13,390 connectors from time to time. 282 00:14:13,630 --> 00:14:14,231 Mike: Yeah, and Gary, 283 00:14:14,231 --> 00:14:17,200 I believe you were reading right off the advanced solver ranges right there. 284 00:14:17,890 --> 00:14:21,580 Gary: That's right. A really fantastic tool that all the Upswing members have. 285 00:14:21,910 --> 00:14:24,700 The advanced solver ranges are fantastic. I strongly recommend them. 286 00:14:25,150 --> 00:14:28,600 Mike: Yeah, so if you want to get access to the advanced solver ranges, 287 00:14:28,610 --> 00:14:32,140 all you have to do is sign up for the Upswing Lab training course on 288 00:14:32,141 --> 00:14:35,440 upswingpoker.com. You don't just get the ranges too. 289 00:14:35,620 --> 00:14:40,330 You also get 85 plus lessons that each cover a crucial strategy topic, 290 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,870 hundreds of play and explain videos in which the coaches demonstrate a winning 291 00:14:43,871 --> 00:14:48,610 strategy and access to a community where you can ask questions, get answers, 292 00:14:48,611 --> 00:14:51,980 and participate in discussions that will help you improve your skills. 293 00:14:52,190 --> 00:14:53,750 Keep in mind, you can cancel any time, 294 00:14:53,751 --> 00:14:55,730 you're not locked into a contract or anything like that. 295 00:14:56,060 --> 00:14:59,420 We hate contracts and would never impose them on our members. Anyway, 296 00:14:59,421 --> 00:15:03,080 thanks very much for listening to the three betting episode of the Upswing Poker 297 00:15:03,081 --> 00:15:06,890 Level Up Podcast. We'll see you next time. Gary: Take care guys. 298 00:15:06,950 --> 00:15:07,460 See you next time.