Tilt
04-24-2005, 10:12 AM
How do you respond to min raises in the BB during the middle rounds or near the bubble? I often feel priced in, especially when the min raise come with good reads on the villain's holdings.
Three examples
Hand 1 - from the 10's. Blinds 100-200. We are 5 handed, I have the table covered by a slight bit. Me in BB with t4700 and holding 44, min raise from weak button player with t1400 means AJ-AK, 88+. Easy fold? I did. Should I try and flop a set here?
Hand 2 - from the 10's. Blinds 50-100, we are 7 handed. Me in BB with 9Ts and t2300. Button is semi-maniac with t1800, folded to him he min raises which means any A, K, any PP, any two broadway. See a flop or just steal it back later?
Hand 3 - from the 20's. Me in BB with 5700, have table covered, we are 5 handed. Blinds 75-150. I have 56s when passive weak player min raises from button with a stack of t1000. His raise means he has AQ+, TT+. Easy fold, Im sure, but I called with a plan to set him in with any pair or draw.
Any comments - even sarcastic haikus - on the general topic of responding to min raises are appreciated. These hands are a small sample....I am being min raised all the time, and am uncertain about when to call and play the flop. I have a good sense of when to just pop them back with a reraise. But if these min raises are theoretically mistakes made by my opponents, what is the best way to make them pay for their mistakes?
Three examples
Hand 1 - from the 10's. Blinds 100-200. We are 5 handed, I have the table covered by a slight bit. Me in BB with t4700 and holding 44, min raise from weak button player with t1400 means AJ-AK, 88+. Easy fold? I did. Should I try and flop a set here?
Hand 2 - from the 10's. Blinds 50-100, we are 7 handed. Me in BB with 9Ts and t2300. Button is semi-maniac with t1800, folded to him he min raises which means any A, K, any PP, any two broadway. See a flop or just steal it back later?
Hand 3 - from the 20's. Me in BB with 5700, have table covered, we are 5 handed. Blinds 75-150. I have 56s when passive weak player min raises from button with a stack of t1000. His raise means he has AQ+, TT+. Easy fold, Im sure, but I called with a plan to set him in with any pair or draw.
Any comments - even sarcastic haikus - on the general topic of responding to min raises are appreciated. These hands are a small sample....I am being min raised all the time, and am uncertain about when to call and play the flop. I have a good sense of when to just pop them back with a reraise. But if these min raises are theoretically mistakes made by my opponents, what is the best way to make them pay for their mistakes?