Triple Range Merging?

Played in a tourney the other day when the following hand came up:
Late raiser and i call with 99.
flop comes KK7 and i check raise the min. he 3 bets the min and i smooth call.
2 hits turn completing flush and it goes check check.
river is jack completing 4 card flush. and i check call him with a 9 hi flush.
he showed a king for trips w/out a club and i win the pot.

-After the hand i asked him was that river bet a value bet with trips or were u turning your hand into a bluff?
His response "i was triple range merging."
WTF IS TRIPLE RANGE MERGING?

lmao, the person is obv a member of 2+2, you should use the search feature over there, there is loads of information on it.

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Originally Posted by PooffyFooffy

lmao, the person is obv a member of 2+2, you should use the search feature over there, there is loads of information on it.

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And after you do that...come back and tell us what the hell it is! lol ;)

yeah me too when you find out what it means let us know

i too am curious wtf triple range merging means. has anyone looked it up yet?

what the fuck is triple range merging.....is that when merge sets up action?

Triple merge ranging. Sounds interesting... but i would not be learning that, lol.

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Originally Posted by Paisleysky

And after you do that...come back and tell us what the hell it is! lol ;)

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Oh I couldn't do that, it would spoil all of the fun :)

triple range merging donk plays poker-.......

I found this article on triple range merging if you guys are interested in learning about it.
-http://www.bluffeurope.com/poker-news/en/poker_clinic/Triple-range-what-_10490.aspx

The basis i kinda got from it seems similar to polarizing(really strong/really weak) your range, and the object is to get that thought into your opponents head; all the meanwhile you actually hold a medium strength hand and get value by either getting a better hand to fold(bluff) or a worse hand to call (value bet).

-In reference to the hand i discussed above, I tend to believe that my opponent just thought he was fancy using a poker term that he didnt truly understand. Moreover, if he was triple range merging that means that he is trying to get me to fold a weak flush OR he was attempting to get value from a worse hand. This is the problem, what value is he getting out of K10 on KK72J with 4 clubs? Am i really calling him with something like two red 8's-10's, A7, K8, K9? COME ON, GET REAL!

sounds like a level to me

triple range merging , i will use that in the next roll

yeah most likely he just wanted to sound fancy or just an excuse to play badly LOL

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Originally Posted by marlais

sounds like a level to me

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Bingo :)

The triple range merge comes into play when you believe your opponent has 3 possibilities for hand strength. He can have Strong/Nut hands, nothing at all, or a medium strength hand. You would want to employ a triple range merge if you believe that an opponent has not demonstrated absolute strength and you hold a hand that is medium/strong. The given hand in the OP is a bad example of when to use this strategy. A better example would be when you hold KQ on a AsKd7d2c4h board. You may be facing someone with top pair, 2 pair, or a set. They could also hold a worse K or have a pocket pair QQ or less without making a set, or bottom pair. They then could also have air with a busted flush draw.

In that scenario you would want to merge all of those ranges and disguise a bet that could either be for value or a bluff. I would say somewhere around a 1/2-2/3 pot bet would be good. You could be called by worse, you could get a fold from a weak A, or you could be called by Top pair. The key to this is balance and the action that came before the river. Betting the flop and checking the turn by your opponent would warrant this play. He has shown some strength, but not enough to double barrel. That means you could get him off an A. It's all about balance in this spot and mixing up your play. It's a step beyond a polarized range of strong and weak.

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Originally Posted by kingkowboys

The triple range merge comes into play when you believe your opponent has 3 possibilities for hand strength. He can have Strong/Nut hands, nothing at all, or a medium strength hand. You would want to employ a triple range merge if you believe that an opponent has not demonstrated absolute strength and you hold a hand that is medium/strong. The given hand in the OP is a bad example of when to use this strategy. A better example would be when you hold KQ on a AsKd7d2c4h board. You may be facing someone with top pair, 2 pair, or a set. They could also hold a worse K or have a pocket pair QQ or less without making a set, or bottom pair. They then could also have air with a busted flush draw.

In that scenario you would want to merge all of those ranges and disguise a bet that could either be for value or a bluff. I would say somewhere around a 1/2-2/3 pot bet would be good. You could be called by worse, you could get a fold from a weak A, or you could be called by Top pair. The key to this is balance and the action that came before the river. Betting the flop and checking the turn by your opponent would warrant this play. He has shown some strength, but not enough to double barrel. That means you could get him off an A. It's all about balance in this spot and mixing up your play. It's a step beyond a polarized range of strong and weak.

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thx for trying to clarify, overall this just seems like a stupid fancy term for balancing your range/value betting/deception. whoever came up with this term is stupid. To my opponent in that scenario u keep triple range merging with trips on a 4 flush board and ill keep taking your $!

I will express all my knowledge about this subject. HUH !!!!

from what I read about it real quick the other day it sounds like something most decent/good players do but didn't know there was a name for it. One thing that confuses me is that your supposed to merge the possible ranges of a strong/medium/weak hand. What is confusing about this to me is, what other possibility for hand strength are there??? To me it sounds like it is saying if you have a medium strength hand and you believe your opponent hit but doesn't have the absolute nuts then value bet because it's possible that a strong hand might fold thinking your stronger and are just trying to extract more chips or a weak hand might call thinking it's a bluff because it's not a strong bet. Obviously you have to pick and choose your spots and opponents that you do this against.

what is this you are talking about wha t is that.. o i dont care

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Originally Posted by jcolee2

what is this you are talking about wha t is that.. o i dont care

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I'm just curious, have you ever made a post that was relevant to the conversation going on???? or are all your post really just to get your 5 points???

Originally Posted by kingkowboys View Post
The triple range merge comes into play when you believe your opponent has 3 possibilities for hand strength. He can have Strong/Nut hands, nothing at all, or a medium strength hand. You would want to employ a triple range merge if you believe that an opponent has not demonstrated absolute strength and you hold a hand that is medium/strong. The given hand in the OP is a bad example of when to use this strategy. A better example would be when you hold KQ on a AsKd7d2c4h board. You may be facing someone with top pair, 2 pair, or a set. They could also hold a worse K or have a pocket pair QQ or less without making a set, or bottom pair. They then could also have air with a busted flush draw.

In that scenario you would want to merge all of those ranges and disguise a bet that could either be for value or a bluff. I would say somewhere around a 1/2-2/3 pot bet would be good. You could be called by worse, you could get a fold from a weak A, or you could be called by Top pair. The key to this is balance and the action that came before the river. Betting the flop and checking the turn by your opponent would warrant this play. He has shown some strength, but not enough to double barrel. That means you could get him off an A. It's all about balance in this spot and mixing up your play. It's a step beyond a polarized range of strong and weak.

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Originally Posted by donny111

thx for trying to clarify, overall this just seems like a stupid fancy term for balancing your range/value betting/deception. whoever came up with this term is stupid. To my opponent in that scenario u keep triple range merging with trips on a 4 flush board and ill keep taking your $!

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lol. It seems useful but there is so much else to learn as well this gets a lower priority for myself. I think if ranging was mastered 1st, then this would be much more helpful then as some random beginners post.