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betgo
08-04-2005, 03:13 PM
$10 rebuy on Stars. Blinds 3000/6000/300. 19 players left. 1 more and junp in money. I have 75K in 12th place. Button with 160K open miniraises to 12K. What should I do?
transmitt
08-04-2005, 03:16 PM
are you SB or BB?
jcm4ccc
08-04-2005, 03:18 PM
This seems like an easy push. You could do a stop and go, but you need to double up anyway. Am I missing someting?
ZootMurph
08-04-2005, 03:23 PM
I make it 40k. Shows I'm pot committed and if he pushes, I can still get away from it and try to make that next money jump. AJ is crap, and I'd play it the same way with 72o, depending on reads. Since there are no reads posted, I think this becomes a basic blind defense post, and really shouldn't have anything to do with your holding.
jcm4ccc
08-04-2005, 03:24 PM
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Shows I'm pot committed and if he pushes, I can still get away from it

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betgo
08-04-2005, 03:25 PM
I am SB.
TomHimself
08-04-2005, 03:33 PM
was his standard raise a miniraise? i would push here, i think you can get him to fold alot of hands and still be ahead or in a coinflip with ones he calls with
Munkster
08-04-2005, 03:37 PM
have he made such a minraise before in late position?
have you seen him fold previously when he raised from late position? what amount did he raise?

barring any reads, I would push here all the time
Sluke
08-04-2005, 03:37 PM
Were his previous button steals min raises also?? If so, I push.
betgo
08-04-2005, 03:42 PM
He had miniraised before but not from the button. I pushed and villain called with QQ. I had seen villain limp UTG with JJ late in the tournament. I didn't give much thought to the miniraise. Thought he might be stealing cheaply from shorter stacks on minibubble.
intheflatfield
08-04-2005, 04:26 PM
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barring any reads, I would push here all the time

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Poooosh - unless you're dealing w/ a player you know to be tricky or rockish. There is a real possiblity he is just trying to steal the blinds w/ q8 k9 somthing like that..
intheflatfield
08-04-2005, 04:29 PM
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AJ is crap, and I'd play it the same way with 72o, depending on reads. Since there are no reads posted, I think this becomes a basic blind defense post, and really shouldn't have anything to do with your holding.

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Proper Blind defense does take into account what you have. If you are frequently defending w/ 72o, you are playing incorrectly.