celiboy
07-16-2005, 02:32 PM
I have heard Stop and go before but I don't quite understand it. He mentions that this hand met all the requirements of a stop and go. I guess I would like to know what the requirements are for a stop and go play and exactly what it tries to accomplish.
Below is a post from Greg himself and he mentions it was a perfect stop and go hand in the middle
"On the next hand, I had to post the 50K blind, and basically had 400K in my stack counting this blind. Aysan raised in middle position, and gave me this look before he raised to 200K. It was pretty clear to me that he did not have a monster hand, but had a hand that he was willing to play all-in against me as the short stack (Aysan had about 1.5 or 1.6M before the hand started). Given that read, there was no way I could fold A9, even though his raise was half my stack. Since this situation met absolutely every requirement for the stop-and-go play, that is what I did. The flop was KK7, and I paused a few seconds before pushing all-in. Aysan did think for a minute or two, but then called with 55, which held up."
Below is a post from Greg himself and he mentions it was a perfect stop and go hand in the middle
"On the next hand, I had to post the 50K blind, and basically had 400K in my stack counting this blind. Aysan raised in middle position, and gave me this look before he raised to 200K. It was pretty clear to me that he did not have a monster hand, but had a hand that he was willing to play all-in against me as the short stack (Aysan had about 1.5 or 1.6M before the hand started). Given that read, there was no way I could fold A9, even though his raise was half my stack. Since this situation met absolutely every requirement for the stop-and-go play, that is what I did. The flop was KK7, and I paused a few seconds before pushing all-in. Aysan did think for a minute or two, but then called with 55, which held up."