3 betting light from a CO post.

[hobbsmann]

Just sat at this table (5/10 party). Who likes this 3-bet from the post? Moreover, this brings up a more general concept, who raises light from a CO post in general? How do raising standards change when you are a LP poster? 3-betting standards?

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: FatChicksKT is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. FatChicksKT posts a blind of $5.
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">FatChicksKT (poster) 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls.

thanks

[Nick C]

Yeah, I think this is fine. Your hand probably isn't best, but you do have position, and getting it heads-up (along with the strength your 3-bet represents) could increase your postflop stealing potential.

As for your other questions, I open-raise almost anything from the CO after I've posted. I don't especially like doing it though (I kind of worry people will suspect I'm doing exactly what I actually am doing), so I kind of hope there'll be a couple of limps before the action gets to me instead, to be honest.