HOW TO Play Against 3-BETS In CASH Games | A Little BRÈINFÚEL with Jonathan Little

It’s important to recognise that 3-bet pots need to be understood and navigated correctly. These are bloated pots where a lot of money is won or lost therefore it is vital that we formulate the correct strategy when approaching them.
In this weeks A Little BRÈINFÚEL I’ll give you some tips and tricks on how to become a 3-bet pot master!
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[@SerErryk]

I like Jonathan when he's in a feisty mood.

[@andrewfraancis]

Don’t blame him, some of the questions are so dumb 😂

[@erico1theday294]

These types of videos are the best things that you produce. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@PokerCoaching]

Glad you like them!

[@denniskrook2925]

Thanks for the three days free pass. I watch the whole tournament master class (not the small stacks pre-flop because I am a cash player). It is quite huge and does have very nice content!!!

[@PokerCoaching]

Awesome!

[@cuth4king]

If everyone on KZbin had your attitude towards adverts , life would be much better! Thanks for the ad free content and high quality free content

[@nhnhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

2/5 is so easy to crush. This video explains it perfectly. Play tight and unbalanced. Very seldomly run a a big bluff. Use your opponent’s junky ranges to steal small pots. Make the nuts, and stack them. I’m making $45 per hour at 2/5 plying 30 hours a week

[@nhnhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

And they don’t check raise bluff enough. So just fold

[@maxwelllittle5291]

This is where the HUD on GG really helps sometimes - when I see a guy with a couple hundred hands of data and a 1% 3-bet range (once I saw someone with 1% PFR!) you pretty much have their hand face up and can fold everything besides set-mining pairs (if deep enough) and KK/AA. Then if the guy has a 20% 3-bet you can feel like QQ/JJ and AK/AQs are probably good value 4-bets that will likely be called by TT, AT, KQ, etc.

[@micarobles3248]

Glad to be here coach,Tks.

[@jtome84-91]

Great knowledge to be learned here. So much depends on your particular opponents IMO

[@PokerCoaching]

Very true!

[@paulpena5040]

The only problem with all of this is raise sizes. These GTO charts assume a certain "Normal" raising paradigm (1st in 3x BB, 3 bet, 9x, 4 bet 27,etc.). And there is math behind that related to pot geometry. But in alot of these 1/2 cash games the raise sizes are GREATLY exaggerated. I just played tonight at the hard rock casino and the typical open was some where between 12 & $25 (6, 12.5 bb). Let's say you try the strategy suggested by these charts to 3 bet with AQ o on a bluff intending to fold to a shove. By the time it gets to that point half your stack is already in the middle! That's why I tend to flat where the charts say 3 bet or shove to pot control. But ALOT of adjustments are necessary to this strategy.

[@kobinakasone127]

Hi Jonathan! 6-max cash .02/.05 : HJ: KQo : Players have been folding left and right to 2/3rd pot bets and to 3-bets preflop LJ raises to 3x bb (.15) I decide to 3-bet to 12x bb (.60) as your preflop GTO charts suggest CO calls for .60 & BTN folds SB raises to 1.30 for 26 bb I insta-folded. SB showed up with AA so woohoo! Regardless of whether they show up with AA or not...Easy fold for me right? I just wanted to say thank you because I wouldn't have ever considered folding KQo to a 4-bet but after watching a lot of your cash game content it seems like this was an easy fold for me. So thank you for teaching me how to fold! hahaha

[@mistressliz3891]

Why is 44 a fold, but 22 and 45s a sometimes raise, on the pre flop chart?

[@jonathanellingwood8275]

Does the mobile app work the same as a laptop? I can not get onto site with work laptop?

[@PokerCoaching]

I think so.

[@TG-rx8kd]

Fundamentally sound poker is not what I would say about poker in any of the casinos I’ve played at.

[@pauljones3587]

What you mean? High stakes no but low stakes fundamental poker is good

[@TG-rx8kd]

@@pauljones3587 well after a 3-bet all in I had a guy call me with 5-2 o after raising UTG with it. GTO I think. Low stakes

[@berserkercimerio7946]

ty from a fish from Brasil!

[@MaydayAggro]

Jonathan, for some reason I am not getting notifications anymore. Any clue why? I am subscribed and have notifications set to "All".

[@PokerCoaching]

No idea. Maybe unsub and then sub again?

[@MaydayAggro]

@@PokerCoaching Done. Throw up a new video real quick and let's see if that worked! Lol

[@MikeJones-zu7cq]

Thanks for the free 3 days. Im gonna wait for a deal and subscribe for the year. Great data

[@PokerCoaching]

Coming soon!

[@MikeJones-zu7cq]

@@PokerCoaching Thanks man

[@jamesbarone8811]

At around 19:30 you said that if when you raise to 3bb and you get four bet to 9bb compared to when you bet 3bb and get four bet to 6bb your range should be wider for the larger raise. Why is that?

[@mad1337nes]

You numbers are off a bit bud. He said 3x to 12x (4x 3 bet size) is the chart, you have to call 9bb. If it goes 3x to 9x instead, you have to call 6bb. Should make sense without explanation that you can call with more speculative hands getting 2:1 vs 1.7:1 (33% vs 37%).

[@TheMarceloSilva]

The BTN is incentivized to 3 Bet a really wild range most of the time so from HJ + you should 4bet or 1/2 top of your range and call 1/2 bottom your range , you can't fold for BTN 3bet if he is not a neat

[@PokerCoaching]

Not so accurate.

[@MarceloSilva-ko7qk]

@@PokerCoaching you can’t 4bet only AA, AK, QQ - makes the BTN life easy , you got to have 99, TT, JJ, AQ, AJs and A5s as “bluff” , easy folds to a shove

[@MarceloSilva-ko7qk]

@@PokerCoaching search “Reg Life” theNERDguy , the best player 2020 Yuri

[@jayceh]

I thought GTO meant that you're ambivalent against other GTO agents but you'll make money against every non-GTO strategy I mean, assuming we're running programs against each other, the true-GTO should win in the long term right? Exploits just help you make more money faster and also because there's no way to actually play GTO, may as well deviate logically.

[@BoleDaPole]

Nice

[@salimajahimha]

Where can I get these graphs from?

[@jarirepo1172]

Nice timing just when I have next day off! Finally time to study ---->

[@PokerCoaching]

Perfect!

[@lewishaywood9053]

Hey Jonathan, I really appreciate the content. I have a question here @7:26 why do we fold 33’s, but call with 22’s. Is there a reason for that? Once again thanks for the content…

[@lewishaywood9053]

I read other comments, so I guess it’s that weird GTO thing. Thanks.

[@wumingkit]

Because gto players 3bet more with A3s than A2s?

[@trapick76]

With these 100bb charts: If you OR from HJ (3bb) with T9s and face a 3bet (9bb) from the button, is the SPR (~5) not to small for calling with suited connectors especially OOP? 🤔

[@PokerCoaching]

Nope, because T9s does not have to make the flush or straight to win.

[@trapick76]

@@PokerCoaching Thank you so much, for take the time to produce so much content and give answers for us recs!!!

[@zacvoorhees2879]

I'm soo tilted I lost 13 buy ins on 15 all ins with the equity advantage. I'm getting soo frustrated trying to build a bankroll on low stakes. I feel I'm making the correct plays but loosing a ton.

[@PokerCoaching]

Variance is tough sometimes. It happens to everyone eventually.

[@justinche8867]

I’m having a similar situation, lost a ton of flips with ak, and lost a ton of hands where I dominate someone e.g qqvsjj Very frustrating lol

[@zacvoorhees2879]

@@DugImpossible007 thats real I'll keep studying I was tilted.

[@malcolmwasher2308]

@@justinche8867 Ak is not as preuim as u think alot beats it in a allin

[@AngelicHelper]

Any update on Postle? What happened?

[@PokerCoaching]

He dropped the case.

[@Masoch1st]

When's the next big sale?

[@ronswallow]

Maybe this is a weird question but I play at commerce at the 100 table. You basically only have 33 blinds to play with. Should this just be treated as like small stack poker?

[@PokerCoaching]

Yep!

[@ronswallow]

@@PokerCoaching Thanks. I started playing online cash now because for a hundred bucks I'm getting less rake and 100 big blinds but now when I go to Commerce I'll make some adjustments. Appreciate it. Maybe I can build up enough bankroll and then extra money to pay for classes rather than use the basic free advice. Thanks so much for helping us all out in all the ways you do.

[@goodmushroom]

why is 33 excluded not 22? @19:29

[@PokerCoaching]

It was probably not in the range at that point due to being played differently on a previous betting round.

[@lewskaanen812]

Seriously, how do you NOT have 1m+ subscribers??? Pretty girls who whisper into their mics get 3m.

[@ianhaworth4588]

Love these videos BUT how do you deal with all the stupid questions you get asked live id go mad with the idiotic questions lol

[@PokerCoaching]

I answer them.

[@lancekiel1467]

If you're watching a Jonathan Little video buckle up and hang on he talks so fast that you get twice the value in half the time

[@naveengidha7429]

but I like ads about toothpaste and bubble gum...

[@grantterence]

too much waffle.Be succinct.

[@PokerCoaching]

Waffles are great. I like mine with butter and syrup.