Would You Steal Blinds Here?

[ThePopinjay]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

BB (t1980)
UTG (t1025)
Hero (t1585)
Button (t2270)
SB (t1140)

Preflop: Hero K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG folds, Hero folds, Button folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: t450
<font color="#990066">Main Pot: t450 (t450), overbet by BB.</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
No showdown. BB wins t450. </font>

Looking back, this probably would have been a good place to steal. I was just afraid of the Ace.

[DougBrennan]

Steal? Hellfire, ya oughta be playin' those cards, pardner.

(Too much Deadwood for me?) But I do think that 5-handed KJ is worth a play. Sure, you'd rather just win the blinds unoppossed, but I don't hate seeing a flop with it. I'd most likely fold to a raise, but I'd definitely come in for 3xBB in an unopened pot. This is a much better hand to steal with than, say, A3.

Doug

[La Brujita]

I would push here. Stack size is too small for any raise other than all in.

[blackaces13]

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This [KJ] is a much better hand to steal with than, say, A3

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And yet A3 is a better hand HU and by raising 5-handed you can expect a HU pot if you are called. On the other hand you are less likely to be dominated with KJ. Its hard to get a feel for what hands are better to steal with than others for me, I guess simply saying, "this hand is better HU" is not enough because a lot of small pockets will call.

[PrayingMantis]

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And yet A3 is a better hand HU.

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Probably not against the range of hands that will normally call your all-in. But this is somehow offset by more folds that you'll get (since you hold one of the aces), which is very important when blinds are high.