{"id":2528257,"date":"2024-01-31T01:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T01:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?p=2528257"},"modified":"2026-10-14T09:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T09:18:24","slug":"3-bet-poker-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/3-bet-poker-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"3-Bet Poker Strategy: When to 3-Bet and How Big to Make It"},"content":{"rendered":"\"tournament<\/a>\n\n\n\n

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A 3-bet in poker is the first re-raise on a betting street. You will see it most often before the flop, when one player raises and another player raises again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most players get the first half of 3-bet poker strategy right. They re-raise aces, kings, and ace-king. Then they call or fold everything else, which makes them easy to read and leaves a lot of money on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, I will cover why you should 3-bet in Texas Hold’em<\/a>, which hands to do it with, how big to make it, and how to adjust to the player who raised.<\/p>\n\n\n

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* A 3-bet is the first re-raise on a betting street, because the big blind counts as the first bet and the opening raise as the second.
* 3-bet for value and as a bluff, because a player who only re-raises premium hands gets no action and gives up the pots that bluffs win before the flop.
* Turn some calls into 3-bets against weak openers, because it gets you heads-up, keeps the blinds out, and gives you the lead after the flop.
* 3-bet your best hands plus some suited ace bluffs when you are in position, and only good hands when you are out of position or against a caller, because bluffs only work when opponents fold.
* Change your range to the player, with more bluffs against folders, more value against callers, and fewer 3-bets against tight players, because each one makes a different mistake.
* Make it a little over 3 times the raise in position and 4 times out of position in cash games, and about 3 times and 3.5 times in tournaments at 30 big blinds, because a bigger size out of position gives the caller a worse price.
* When someone 3-bets you, call with suited hands and pairs that flop well and fold dominated offsuit hands.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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