the same BTN opener from SB, we want to have a very good linear range, which consists of hands that play the best vs. Let’s look at optimal ranges for SB and BB respectively.Īs we can clearly see vs. Let’s look at the example of linear and polarized range vs. As we are deeper we want hands that are both blockers and have robust equity and board coverage which are, loggicaly, high suited hands such as A4s, K5s.Hands that helps us have good board coverage and also have robust equity such as T8s, 97s, 75s etc.They have blockers such as A4o (which i s very important as we are effectively shallower).Polarized range consist of some very good hands and also some hands which are not the best hands we have left, but hands that meet other criteria:
opener and typically you want to have ranges as linear as you can, if the villain is calling more than 4betting and folding. Linear range consists of the best hands that we can 3-bet vs. In general there are 2 types of ranges that we want to take into consideration when making 3-bet preflop gameplan and that’s polarized and linear ranges. 3-bet ranges, while comparing play from Small and Big Blind and its biggest differences. Today we are going to look at forming 3-bet and vs.
