Defending BB issue

[oreogod]

odds really are not that important HU. well they are preflop and such, they essentially dictate the fact that u can play so many hands...thats why in HU matchs ppl are raising all the time. They are getting 3-1 odds, u can literally play every hand. Mix in the fact that sb usually has position, hence all the raising, because u have to play 85 percent of your hands at least (so if u should be playing 85 percent of your hands on the button w/ the sb, think of how many u should be playing in postion w/ the BB).

But this is a steal w/ bb in position. You should be 3betting top 35 percent of your hands and Id go down to 33 or 44. But here, say u have 33 or 44, sb steals. Hes a solid player...so I would call to float postflop. Id call, hope for a Kxx rainbow flop and raise. If he 3bets (and hes not a crazy player) then either call, fold turn UI or fold flop if u want. Usually u want to call and fold turn, ppl will notice the raise/fold and act on it if u pull it more than a few times.

Against a crazy ass lag who will auto 3bet any raise on any street...call down. On the flop if hes w/ overcards to your pair he's a 3-1 dog usually. So call him down, most of the time u win, some of the time he outflops u, or catches up...but really folding a good amount of hands here in your bb to an sb steal, while u have position is super lame. You need to play a ton of hands. 3betting more hands then you would think possible, while sometimes using the stealers momentum against them.

I will give u a hint though to postflop play. And this goes doubly for HU matches where BB is out of position to sb/button: Think to the turn. You need to know if he's willing to keep firing on to the turn or bets the flop and gives up. If he gives up on the turn, start 3betting more preflop. If he always continuation bets the flop AND turn consider calling preflop more often, then calling flop and raising turn. Say u do this w/ 44. U call preflop, call a K-high flop, and raise his turn bet. If he 3bets, fold (notice this play costs the same as calling down). If he calls, check behind on the river.

Hopefully this helps.

EDIT: Note that the 35 percent figure I gave was a general figure that, while I do belive that should be the case, u have to take into account how your opponent plays and how often hes stealing etc.