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Unit 8

Facing 3-bets

You opened, someone raised. Now what.

One idea, then 8 lessons that drill it until the answers stop needing thought. Everything below appears inside the lessons themselves; this page is here so you can read it without playing, or come back to it after.

Three answers, and folding is usually right

The rule

Against a re-raise you can fold, call, or raise again. Most of your opening range does none of the last two.

You opened with a range built for a table that had not acted yet. Somebody behind you raised, which means their range is now far stronger than the one you opened against. The hands that were comfortable opens are not automatically continues.

Position decides how much survives. In position you can call with hands that flop well and see what happens, because you will act last for the rest of the hand. Out of position that same call turns into guessing on three streets, so the range narrows sharply and more of it becomes fold or raise with nothing in between.

Read more: three bet, position, blockers

The 8 lessons in this unit

  1. 1Continue or let it go8 questions
  2. 2The 4-bet range8 questions
  3. 3Flatting in position8 questions
  4. 4Early position under fire8 questions
  5. 5Paint the response3 questions
  6. 6When the 3-bet is a bluff10 questions
  7. 7Holding on out of position8 questions
  8. 8Unit review10 questions · review

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