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WPT GTO Trainer Hands of the Week: Calling 3-Bets When In Position

Related Topics: In Position EP, World Poker Tour

Today you’ll be playing in a tough cash game where you open in middle position and call a 4x 3-Bet from the player in the Big Blind. Since you are in position against this 3-bet, you can call with a healthy portion of your initial preflop opening range. Your opponent will have a polarized range consisting of premium hands as well as weaker semi-bluff hands such as suited wheel aces and some suited one gapper type hands.

Even though Villain has a polarized range, you should not be afraid to get value from your bigger overpairs postflop. Since the pot is inflated preflop, many of your overpairs should be willing to get all-in by the river with bets on every street.