KQ flops trips against laggy PF raiser

[milesdyson]

the 3-bet is to get this heads up or 3-way and to win the pot when we both miss. say he has an ace and the flop is J95. if he holds A6/A7/A8/AT he will have a hard time continuing.

3-betting is surely better than coldcalling, which in my opinion is the -EV option. folding is 0 EV, and reraising is probably just a little bit on the positive side.

If the pfr'er donk bets us on the J95 flop you are raising it and folding to a 3 bet?

[milesdyson]

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If the pfr'er donk bets us on the J95 flop you are raising it and folding to a 3 bet?

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no. doing so would be horrible poker. perhaps the reason you feel you are running bad is because you are folding hands in profitable situations? if i had 3-bet preflop and raised the flop, the pot would be plenty large enough to call for my gutshot to the nuts.

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the 3-bet is to get this heads up or 3-way and to win the pot when we both miss. say he has an ace and the flop is J95. if he holds A6/A7/A8/AT he will have a hard time continuing.

3-betting is surely better than coldcalling, which in my opinion is the -EV option. folding is 0 EV, and reraising is probably just a little bit on the positive side.

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I really doubt coldcalling is -EV here, and I actually prefer it to 3-betting. I kind of think that against someone this aggressive we are likely the ones that are going to be put to the test if we both miss.

Raise flop (it will only give you 2 sb if the other two call and a scare card can come so easy...). Cap it if possible.

Raise turn (If you raise preflop and he 3-bet you, he wont go anywhere, and make him pay any drawing hand he have)

Cap river. How come you only called???