Video: Calling as a Strategy for Dealing With Aggressive Three Betting

In this strategy video, Andrew ‘Foucault’ Brokos discusses the theory behind calling as a response to aggressive three betting in no limit cash games.
Strategy for handling three bettors in 6 max cash games

In no-limit hold ‘em 6-max cash games, there’s one thing most of my students bring up when I ask them to tell me an area they have trouble with: dealing with 3-bets, specifically, when getting 3-bet by their opponents.
It’s a spot that comes up often and is almost always tough to deal with. What [...]
Playing against a light three bettor: a sample scenario

As no limit cash games get more and more aggressive, many players are finding that they’re forced to develop ultra-aggressive counter-strategies that would have been pretty controversial even a few months ago. The old adage, popularized by (I believe) T.J. Cloutier,that a fourth raise preflop is a guarantee of pocket aces now seems oddly [...]

