People are stealing/defending blinds pretty aggressively in my low stakes sit and goes. But how loose/tight should my calling range be? Assume you don't have enough hands for a ready read on the opponent. Here's an example: I 2X on the button with A9 offsuit, BB raises my bet 3X. I typically call in this spot with Ax because I assume they think I'm raising with worse. Wondering if my calling range is too loose—don't want to be spewing chips in this spot. Thanks! Adam
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Calling Range From Button When The BB Three-Bets?
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It really depends on what the rest of your range looks like.
Let's look at the maths behind it (assuming no ante as you didn't confirm):
The villain is risking 5bb to try and win a total of 8.5bb.
So 5bb / (5bb + 8.5bb) = 5 / 13.5 = 37%.
This 37% is the frequency which he needs to get you to fold to immediately profit.
Therefore you need to be defending with at least 63% of your opening range in order to prevent the BB exploiting you. Both 4-bets and flat calls are included in this amount.
What does your opening range from the BTN look like?
What is 63% of this?
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