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[QUOTE="primrose, post: 6980031, member: 1036998"]
I agree that flatting is better if you close out the action than if you don't (and hence is better from the BB vs. SB).

But that doesn't mean flatting from the BB is good. It could be the case that vs. a 5BB open, any flatting range from the BB is slightly negative EV compared to a 3bet/fold range, and from the SB it's significantly negative EV.

Speaking informally, it's unclear to me why flatting would ever be correct. Presumably we want to 3bet premium hands (and perhaps bluffs) and fold junk, so the only point of debate is marginal-ish hands, with maybe 45-53% equity or something. Again those make a ton of sense to play for pot odds, but with only a 20% discount, it remains unclear to me whether it ever makes sense to flat. Playing deep stacked, equity realization for a 53% equity hand OOP would probably be <50%.

Another argument would be that people can't 4bet a flat, but this isn't very relevant in a field where almost no one 4bets. Idk, overall I still feel like this question is very much unresolved; currently I'm leaning toward only flatting suited aces and pairs and only as an exploitative play vs. a weak field.
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