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[sfbruin]

PP $30 SnG. My opponent came in with a huge chip lead on me but has slowly leaked it away by going all-in on almost every hand. I was short stacked, so calling was pretty much my only play and I doubled up a few times. I took a full minute to decide what to do on this hand and I don't know if I made the right choice. What's the correct play against a loose very very aggressive player?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (2 handed)

Button (t3680)
Hero (t4320)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Button raises to t3680 (All-In)</font>, Hero ...

[rjb03]

folds...I'd rather steal his blind next hand with any two than call here.

[2planka]

Fold it. OK to push if you're first to act, but not worth calling even heads up. Let it go and fire at his blind next time.

[lorinda]

What's the correct play against a loose very very aggressive player?


As long as this description is accurate then I probably call this and see what happens.

Lori

[lorinda]

Fold it. OK to push if you're first to act,

If the guy is loose then there's probably not much edge in position.

Lori

[sfbruin]

Well, he's being going all-in on most hands so obviously he can't have a hand every time. I called an all-in when I still had t1400 and he turned over Q4s. Then I went all-in a couple hands later w/ t1200 total and he called and flipped over 83o.

[jedi]

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Fold it. OK to push if you're first to act,

If the guy is loose then there's probably not much edge in position.

Lori

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Probably not, but at least Hero has SOME folding equity if he pushes first. There's ZERO folding equity if he calls the all-in.

[lorinda]

Well you have a 4320/8000 chance of winning on chip count, which is 54%.

If you fold you have a 3720/8000 chance of winning purely by chips is 46.5%, if he's going all in every hand, there is not a great deal you can do at these limits to increase your odds a vast amount, other than by picking a reasonable spot.

If you call here, assuming he will do this with any two cards, A2s has a 55.5% chance of winning.
Edit: You also have a 640/8000 chance of winning if you lose this pot. = 8.0%, meaning that by calling you'll win 63.5% of the time here as long as you are certain of your read.

These my friends are the facts, I'll let the jury decide /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Lori

[Bremen]

If he goes all-in almost every hand, which can be a very effective stratagy btw, then you absolutely cannot wait for a better hand. Doing so will just blind you off so low that if you win the all-in you'll still be a shorter stack. IE you'll constantly be all-in in situations where you can bust out but he can't. Even if you have the best of it the odds will eventually catch up to you and you'll bust out.

[2planka]

"it's not even close." /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Nicely stated Lorinda. I'm still probably too weak to make this call, but the numbers are compelling.

Had a similar situation in the Atlantic SNG last night and made the call in spite of myself. Whaddaya know? It worked out in my favor. Go figure...

I stand corrected.

[rjb03]

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folds...I'd rather steal his blind next hand with any two than call here.

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I overlooked the fact that he was pushing every hand here. With this information I'd say a call is in order.

[RacersEdge]

If he is that loose, I think it's an easy call. You have about a top 28% hand - and he's been pushing with much worse.