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12-10-2005, 03:18 PM
Ok guys, I'm almost positive this is an easy push, but can you check my logic behind it? (Converter won't work for me, so sorry about the format). Don't have any concrete reads here, unfortunately. I figure that, based on position, limper probably has a small pp or possibly two overs like KQ, QJ, whatever. Obviously if he calls with the small pp, I'm in good shape to double up. If he has two overs, my stack is big enough to have significant folding equity (right use of term?). I'm also assuming (maybe incorrectly) that the SB is just trying to see a flop cheap. I figure it's unlikely either of them are slowplaying a big pp, but if they are I'll just move on to the next table, no big deal. Is my reasoning correct? Just want to make sure I can explain why I do the things I do on basic hands like this, because it will improve my game in tougher situations.


NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:18157929 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Saturday, December 10, 13:47:50 EDT 2005
Table Table 67360 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Panonca ( $535 )
Seat 3: andersludvig ( $1687 )
Seat 4: CocoaCola ( $1378 )
Seat 8: mlathrom ( $1440 )
Seat 9: DeepStuff ( $1800 )
Seat 10: dave1mo ( $1160 )
Trny:18157929 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to dave1mo [ 8d 8h ]
Panonca folds.
andersludvig folds.
CocoaCola folds.
mlathrom calls [100].
DeepStuff calls [50].
dave1mo is all-In [1060]

derdo
12-10-2005, 03:31 PM
too risky for my taste, you are really comfortable with 10BB here, i would take the free flop. $10s are full fo people who would call you with KQ like hands.
If there were 4 limpers like this and the first limper was loose that's a different story...

12-10-2005, 03:38 PM
Yeah, you may be right about my stack being too big for this one. I'd been tight up until this point though, and figured they might get scared by this sudden move. So pick a better spot? One thing that influenced my decision is my lack of confidence in my play post flop when we hit the 4th level and are 4-6 handed. I need to figure out how to improve that.

12-10-2005, 04:16 PM
I make this push routinely with a mid pocket pair. There is 300 in the pot which is about 30% of your stack. Most of the time this goes uncalled, rarely are you worse than a coinflip.