stack is pretty much even, villain is 3 betting (3/20)hands, and small winner in small sample size. how do u regulars counter villain's strategy of 3 betting preflop wide early game. my thought is that i should wait for a better spot and be a bit patient. but, i find out there is a hole of this strategy because villain is going to take advantage of 3 betting strategy and mix up his 3-betting range later stage. i sometimes do flat with some hands like (Q,t J,T, J,9, Q,9, and some suited connectors). Are there better ways of against villain's 3-betting light preflop strategy??
4-bet wider, 3-bet call more, open less wide and see if he adjusts are three of the most common adjustments that you can make.
Mersenneary do you call their 3bets much lighter when you are getting 3bet a lot? I find myself doing this and I'm thinking I may not be 4-betting wide enough against some of these guys.
I recently ran a lot into these guys, so I experimented a bit with different counter-strategies.IMO if you know for sure that he's 3betting super wide and then follows up with a pot-sized cbet on any flop, then I think flatting and shoving over his cbet is a lot more profitable than 4betting. Especially if they 3bet complete trash like 27o, they usually fold to your 4bet, but fire pot on every street when you flat.Against these guys, I'd flat only with big broadways, some suited Ax and pairs 99+ - you can't profitably call with any suited connector type of hand since you'll be faced with a pot-sized cbet on any flop. With 99+, I get it in on any flop if they lead for full pot ... and be very suspicious if they bet smaller or even check and there's some overcard.However, you need some decent reads to be sure that they're actually cbetting for full pot size with complete air.With a decent hand that's not too vulnerable, you could even flat flop and shove turn as these guys often follow up with a pot-sized turn bet.
Well the usual stuff, raise less, raise less often, 3 bet call more, 4 bet more, but I wanted to throw in the fact that your strategy here is going to depend on how the opponent plays post flop and how well you play post flop as well. I think too many players are intimidated by 3 bets pre flop too much, the more he 3 bets the better really if you know how to handle it, you pick profitable calling ranges giving you the advantage and then leverage this advantage with your position post flop. The weaker the opponent post flop OOP the more you can call with here. I think the main thing though isn't to think of 3 bet ranges in absolute terms, as in man this guy is 3 betting me a lot, it's more a matter of seeing it in relative terms, he's putting money in lighter and you just figure out how to best take advantage of this but it's never a bad thing and usually a good thing if you just play well against it.