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dfscott
02-16-2005, 12:54 AM
BB is a Gus Hansen protege -- raising and bullying people with all kinds of junky hands, but occasionally showing down the goods.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG (t1005)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t1960)</font>
SB (t1725)
<font color="#C00000">BB (t3310)</font>

Preflop: Hero is Button with 2/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t200.

Flop: (t900) 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t900) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises t1560 (all-in)</font>, BB calls t760.

I know my pre-flop bet was too small -- would something like 600 be better here or is this hand too marginal for the bubble?
Bigwig
02-16-2005, 12:55 AM
In that specific scenario, I would fold preflop.
dfscott
02-16-2005, 12:57 AM
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In that specific scenario, I would fold preflop.

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Because we're not the shortstack and we're on the bubble?
curtains
02-16-2005, 01:00 AM
I would fold preflop too.
adanthar
02-16-2005, 01:03 AM
I definitely fold PF and since you didn't bet the flop (which is almost as good for you as you can hope for) I fold again on the turn because, at best, you're splitting.
Bigwig
02-16-2005, 01:07 AM
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In that specific scenario, I would fold preflop.

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Because we're not the shortstack and we're on the bubble?

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Yes, plus the BB is the big stack. Another reason to tighten up. A2 is crap.
dfscott
02-16-2005, 01:09 AM
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In that specific scenario, I would fold preflop.

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Because we're not the shortstack and we're on the bubble?

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Yes, plus the BB is the big stack. Another reason to tighten up. A2 is crap.

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Ok, thanks. Maybe this is why I'm pulling down so many 4ths and 5ths.
holeplug
02-16-2005, 01:14 AM
I would fold this PF too but if your gonna play it I would just raise all-in since you have less than 10xBB here.
Iconoclastic
02-16-2005, 01:39 AM
It's hard to steal from a big stack who likes to play flops. Especially with a min raise (what wouldn't he call with?).
raptor517
02-16-2005, 01:42 AM
autofold. against anyone other than the big stack as the BB you could push, maybe. but i would still probably fold.
afk
02-16-2005, 01:51 AM
I'll add my amateur "I think you blew your load too early" opinion to this thread.
Bigwig
02-16-2005, 02:09 AM
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autofold. against anyone other than the big stack as the BB you could push, maybe. but i would still probably fold.

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Against the smaller stacks you could just raise it to 500. It's enough to get them to fold or push. If the smallest one pushes, you could call. The other guy you could get away from, tighten up some more, and bear down.

That's not an option in this case, of course.
rachelwxm
02-16-2005, 11:00 AM
Fold PF is best option and let sb and bb fight each other. I find min raise against big stack is always bad since the extra chips mean alot to you but nothing to him and you will get called 95% of time anyway. /images/graemlins/cool.gif