This happened about a week ago but was just brought to my attention and is still being discussed in great detail on almost every poker forum you can name...
Phil Ivey made a strategy post on pokkeroad.com, giving his advice to Barry Greenstein on the website's "Pro Strategy Discussion" forum, a place where only pros are allowed to post advice and comments to each other based on hand histories.
They've got a 13-page (and growing) thread discussing the Ivey post over at 2+2.
As for the post itself? Here's what Ivey said (in regards to an Omaha 8 hand played by Barry Greenstein against Daniel Negreanu):
I have never officially posted anything online before but when i read this hand i felt it was my duty to comment. Its not even close that this is a clear 3bet situation that came up. Lets just act like it's a normal player raising and not daniel because i don't even want to discuss the way daniel plays omaha 8. That's a completely diff issue. I look for situations like that to 3 bet. Those are the best situations that come up that most people aren't aware of.
When u 3 bet and get called by one of the blinds u can pretty much put them on certain type of hands allowing u to get away on flop pretty cheaply when certain flops come up. Also u take the lead away from your opponent which allows u to win hands when the flop comes up kkq or 996 . You're going to pick up all of those hands on the flop if ur opponent doesn't flop anything.
Also by 3 betting in those situations it stops your opponent from raising with weaker holdings as such and taking your button away. Once u put a stop to him raising with those pieces of cheese now you're exercising control of table and he will pass those hands and allow u to raise with below average hands on the button and win some hands u normally wouldn't be able to win if your opponent to your right was more aggressive.
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