Our hand is strong enough to get one, max two streets of value.
The villain will still have a lot of stronger aces, two pairs, and sets. Try to think of hands that can call our triple barrel that we beat unimproved. Yes, we flopped top pair, but do we really want to start with betting and go for three streets. Let’s look at a widespread example where you raise CO with A5s and get a cold call from a good opponent OTB. Suited Ax, especially low ones, are also great 4bet bluff candidates but, of course, with much lower frequency since our value 4bet range is naturally narrower. In this scenario on 459 we would have at least a gutshot straight draw, or maybe a pair)
(* how much of a board do our hole cards cover postflop. They also provide us with good board coverage* on low runouts. Suited wheel aces are especially favored because of their ability to flop flushes, straights, and all kinds of draws. As demonstrated in the picture below we can see that a lot of our bluffs come from suited Ax. Our 3beting range should consist of all strong hands and some bluffs. We sit OTB with 100 BB and face a CO raise. For a more straightforward illustration of how to include Axs into your 3beting range, let’s look at a typical situation. The power of 3beting suited ace X is that it has solid playability when called, and it blocks our opponent’s strong hands. Suited Ax is one of the prime 3bet bluff candidates.
