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A_PLUS
06-14-2005, 01:54 PM
UB 30+3, 70 or so players remaining. I lost a race with a short stack, and am down to apx 5K. 150/300 Blinds, 25 ante.

Hand #6500202-141 at Mon10pmA-012 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
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Started at 13/Jun/05 23:57:58
SB is at seat 0 with 16135.
BB is at seat 1 with 4855.
UG is at seat 2 with 4115.
UG+1 is at seat 3 with 4865.
MP is at seat 4 with 9225.
MP+1 at seat 5 with 4465.
MP+2 is at seat 6 with 6775.
CO is at seat 7 with 3155.
HERO is at seat 8 with 5075.
Button is at seat 9 with 14790.
The button is at seat 9.

Hero is dealt 8h 8c
Pre-flop:
UG raises to 900.
4 fold
HERO.........?

UG has been at the table for a whopping 5 hands, and has yet to play anything. 1600 in the pot now. I have 15xBB, so seeing the flop is at least an option (12xBB doesnt really change my status much). I have position, but there is a chance that UG is pushing this flop now no matter what?

Is there a corect line here, they all feel so wrong.

Sluss
06-14-2005, 04:09 PM
Nothing feels right here. Really your only two options are raise or fold. I don't think you can call for set value with your stack.

I think it's a fold. You can steal for a good while still, without having to worry about being dominated or taking a coinflip at best here for basically all of your stack or a good chunk of it.