Re: First Things First, flop decision
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1. If he's ahead, then 3-betting is obviously bad because villain ain't folding and hero's losing more.
2. If hero's ahead, then either (a) the flop 3 bet will allow villain to get away from the hand when hero'd probably prefer for him to keep putting money in the pot, or (b) for that narrow range of hands that we're ahead of but that we'd like to fold out (2 overcards), the flop 3 bet inflates the pot and makes a call by villain either correct or at least less of a mistake -- as compared, e.g., to calling the flop and donking the turn (and folding to a raise).
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i agree with #1, but #2 I have trouble with. We are indeed inflating the pot, thus minimizing villain's mistakes by calling with overs, but we are causing him to make a mistake nonetheless, thus our 3bet is for value. Our 3 bet also may get villain to dump a hand like 99-JJ (although i concede that this is unlikely). Finally from a meta standpoint, it may get villain to think again about getting frisky with our blind.
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