What is the difference between "3 Bet" and "3 Bet Range"?

[cursedjuly]

I have always doubts of this:3Bet and 3Bet Range,4Bet and 4Bet Range.What is the definition between these data?How to transform them to each other?If a villain had a 3Bet data around 2.5,does that mean that his 3Bet Range is 2.5,which is "QQ+/AK"?

[udbrky]

Range is the theoretical range of hands, rather than the straight % you 3bet.

It is RFI * 3b%.

It is the range of hands that you open, then continue with.

[cursedjuly]

Thx for ur replying,do you mean that 3Bet Range=RFI * 3Bet%? So,If a villain has a 3Bet% of 2.5%,then can I say that ,his 3Bet Range=general RFI(from the player pool he genneral play with) * 3Bet%?

[udbrky]

That's actually for 4bet, not 3bet. There is no 3bet range. Range is a subset of a previous range. Since a 3bet is your first action, there is no previous range.