Here are the questions, answers, and explanations from our vs 3-bet quiz.


Question #1: You have no reads on your opponent.

🔲 Fold

🔲 Call

✅ 4-Bet

This hand is not strong enough to call out of position versus a 3-bet (assuming you’re up against a somewhat well-balanced 3-betting range). However, it’s a great hand to use as a 4-bet bluff because it blocks your opponent’s continuing range (your ace blocks AA, AK, AQ) and it has good equity and playability when called (it can hit flush draws, straight draws, etc.).


Question #2: You have no reads on your opponent.

✅ Fold

🔲 Call

🔲 4-Bet

Q9s is a great hand with which to raise preflop. Versus this 3-bet, however, it is a marginal fold out of position because your opponent’s 3-bet size is quite large and you are playing in the high rake environment that is 100NL online.

Both of these factors decimate your pot odds. So, as much as it hurts to fold a hand this pretty, you should probably let it go.


Question #3: You have no reads on your opponent.

🔲 Fold

✅ Call

🔲 4-Bet

Q♣ T♣ has a lot of equity and playability versus a small blind 3-bet range. This combined with your advantage of being in position makes this hand a profitable call.


Question #4: You have no reads on your opponent.

🔲 Fold

✅ Call

🔲 4-Bet

The button 3-bet size is quite big, but our hand has just enough equity and playability (due to being able to flop straight draws, gutshots and flush draws) to make a marginally profitable call.


Question #5: Your opponent is a maniac who has 3-bet 5 of his last 10 opportunities. 

🔲 Fold

✅ Call

🔲 4-Bet

In theory, this hand is a clear fold, or perhaps a 4-bet bluff at some frequency. But against a maniac with an unbalanced 3-betting range it becomes a very profitable call because it has great playability, nut potential, and a lot of equity against such a wide range. Further, even if you are out of position for the rest of the hand, your crazy opponent will likely make a lot of betting mistakes postflop.


Question #6: Your opponent is an older man whom you haven’t seen 3-bet in the last 4 hours of playing.

✅ Fold

🔲 Call

🔲 4-Bet

Though theoretically strong enough to call with, this hand becomes a tough-but-correct-fold preflop when facing a 3-bet from a very tight and strong range. This is mainly due to its reverse implied odds against the older man's AA/KK/QQ/AK-heavy range. 4-betting is also out of the question against such a tight range.


Question #7: Your opponent's 3-bet frequency is quite low (5% BU vs. MP) over the last 2,000 hands. 

✅ Fold

🔲 Call

🔲 4-Bet

Although typically a good hand to 4-bet, A3s becomes a losing 4-bet when faced with such a tight/strong 3-betting range. Since the hand is too weak to call due to reverse implied odds, and since Hero is out of position, the only remaining option is to fold.


Question #8: Your opponent is an aggressive regular with a high 3-bet frequency (18% SB vs. BU) and a high fold to 4-bet frequency (65%).

🔲 Fold

🔲 Call

✅ 4-Bet

This hand is a profitable 4-bet bluff considering this unbalanced opponent's high fold to 4-bet frequency. In theory and vs. the general poker-playing population, this hand should be folded versus the 3-bet. (In case you're wondering, a more appropriate fold to 4-bet frequency is somewhere around 55% unless you're up against a strong opponent, in which case it should be lower.)


Question #9: Your opponent is an aggressive regular with an average 3-bet frequency (15% SB vs BU) and a low fold to 4-bet frequency (40%). 

✅ Fold

🔲 Call

🔲 4-Bet

K8s is typically a great hand with which to 4-bet bluff versus the small blind, but that would be a losing play against this unbalanced opponent who calls too many 4-bets. Once again, the correct fold to 4-bet frequency is somewhere around 55% vs. the population.


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