The Flat Barrel Reverse Squeeze is a cool little sequence that I came upon by accident. The play is made generally from the blinds but it could certainly work in other positions if the opportunity presents.
I misclick called preflop in the SB with a hand that I would have called a single raise with, in this situation 22, however since this time the button three bet I would have normally folded. This time I misclick called the three bet out of position with 22. Not a seemingly +EV situiation. However, because the three bettor was a thinking reg and my image is tight, cold calling a three bet made my hand look very strong in the the eyes of the three bettor, I made a smallish 50% or so Cbet on a dry flop and the reg insta-folded.
It got me thinking that this would be a fun and tricky defense against regs who were three betting light in late position. It doesnt come up all that often but in the right spot the FBRSQ is a good way to disguise your range and f with your opponents head a bit.
The key is using this play against an opponent that knows you and is thinking enough that they would put you on a super strong range when you flat the three bet.
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this makes good sense. i think it would work best when we expect the original raiser to fold often.
ReplyDeletemy first thought is that sc's and Axs would be best, since we're going to donk or c/r a ton of flops and want hands that have good equity on many. deeper, i think small pp's start to do better since villains will be looking to make 2pr to crack our obvious big pair.
i think the play would become especially interesting when deep, as we misrepresent our hand and will choose hands that can play big pots - pp's, sc's, Axs.