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HoldingFolding
10-25-2004, 08:12 PM
BB was very passive. How should I have played this? What should I do now?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (3 handed)

Hero (t2265)
SB (t4185)
BB (t1550)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, SB folds, BB calls t300.

Flop: (t1350) T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets t300</font>

SmileyEH
10-25-2004, 08:26 PM
push preflop.

For discussion on the 10xBB rule, pot comitting yourself, etc. see the other 10,000 posts/week in the Single table tournament forum.

-SmileyEH

HoldingFolding
10-25-2004, 08:56 PM
I originally entitled this "The worst hand I've ever played". We'd been 3 handed since the blinds had been T30(!). The big stack had simply folded to the BB every orbit even when the BB's stack was close to T500. I guess this had put me on tilt. I'd stolen my way back up to T2200 and had finally got a sort of hand. I wanted to bust him.

lastchance
10-25-2004, 09:06 PM
Go with your read. What is BB playing? If BB is folding everything, I think you need to lay this down, and it's not close. So, read-dependent hand, don't get tilted.

Klak
10-25-2004, 11:28 PM
just so you know, the 10xBB rule means that if youre going to steal later in the tourney, if you have less than 10 BBs, pushing is the best option.

lorinda
10-25-2004, 11:40 PM
When very passive people suddenly bet, you're screwed 90% of the time, and they've had a brainfart the other 10%.

Fold this.

Against passive players, a bigger raise preflop takes away the problem.

Was he very tight? If so, then the raise preflop is fine as it is, but if not then all-in is a better play.

Lori

lorinda
10-25-2004, 11:41 PM
just so you know, the 10xBB rule means that if youre going to steal later in the tourney, if you have less than 10 BBs, pushing is the best option

FWIW I always feel that this should be the 7xBB rule /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Lori

lastchance
10-25-2004, 11:44 PM
I think a minraise is fine here with just about 8x BB and the other guys really shortstacked. Would be better if you had just about 10x BB, but 8x BB is ok.. Though on second thought, you're right, pushing is better.