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Isura
07-09-2005, 09:06 AM
Villain is a habitual minraiser, although he's shown the goods several times when called. The player to my left is folding to my pushes without a very good hand. 6.5bb seems like a playable stack at this point, but I might have folding equity if he's got junk or is not good. Easy fold, easy call, stop and go ?

***** Hand History for Game 2331788413 *****
NL Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:13762882 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Friday, July 08, 19:44:33 EDT 2005
Table Table 13973 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 3: Hero ( $1350 )
Seat 4: trichrom ( $3060 )
Seat 6: wutevaz ( $3590 )
Trny:13762882 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 3d 3s ]
wutevaz raises [400].

45suited
07-09-2005, 10:53 AM
I would fold here, especially since you still have alot of FE and the player to your left won't call you without a good hand.

Villain is getting just over 2:1 if you push, so you've likely got no FE here. Classic slightly ahead (or even behind a suited connector) or way behind spot.

Pretty easy decision IMO. Fold, steal later.

Isura
07-09-2005, 10:59 AM
I folded the hand. What's the smallest pair you'd usually call with here?

bigt439
07-09-2005, 11:08 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Villain is a habitual minraiser, although he's shown the goods several times when called. The player to my left is folding to my pushes without a very good hand. 6.5bb seems like a playable stack at this point, but I might have folding equity if he's got junk or is not good. Easy fold, easy call, stop and go ?

***** Hand History for Game 2331788413 *****
NL Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:13762882 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Friday, July 08, 19:44:33 EDT 2005
Table Table 13973 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 3: Hero ( $1350 )
Seat 4: trichrom ( $3060 )
Seat 6: wutevaz ( $3590 )
Trny:13762882 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 3d 3s ]
wutevaz raises [400].

[/ QUOTE ]


I'm always surprised how much habitual minraisers fold to pushes from stacks like yours. If this guy is doing this with any two or close to it, he will probably fold alot of those hands. And if he calls you'll usually be a race. I push here because I think you do have a fair amount of folding equity. A race isn't the end of the world either because, hey, you need to double up.

suited_ace
07-09-2005, 01:20 PM
I'm not calling in that spot. I'd push with 99+.

Nottom
07-09-2005, 03:16 PM
I originally said stop and go but thats becasue I thought you were the BB. The BB is going to call way too much if you call, so I don't think thats a great possibility. Therefore, I like a push. If he folds ever I think this is a pretty clear play.

I'm pretty sure I'm never going to fold this here against a habitual min-raiser. I'm certainly not afraid of flipping coins ITM as the small stack and a nice overlay from the blinds.