This is where your observational skills will come into play if you play live. We want to know exactly how wide their range is when they 3Bet us. So what range of hands should you actually defend against a 3Bet with then? Well, it depends a lot on our position but even more importantly on the player type. Let's break it down a bit further than this though. This means that your calling range when you are in position should always be a little bit wider than when you are out of position. So I would certainly suggest defending wider when you are in position as a default strategy. Now of course nearly everything in poker is infinitely easier to do while in position. So the real key to a successful 3Bet defending strategy is knowing when to call, when to 4Bet and knowing when to simply back down and choose a different battle to fight. Because this is an even faster way to lose money! But we also don’t want to just mindlessly call 3Bets with no plan on how to win the pot either. We don’t want to become one of those easily exploitable regs who fold to 3Bets way too much. It is important that you find that fine balance between knowing when to call, fold or get even more aggressive by re-raising them right back (also known as a 4-Bet). This is when you raise preflop and then somebody re-raises you back. Learning how to defend against 3-Bets well in today's small stakes poker games will be a big key to your success.
