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What does a 3x bb raise get you that 2 or 2.5 doesn't?


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Good point. I'd go with at least 2.5 though. Just double is too easy to call.

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Why not fold your marginal hands?


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Well, if he started folding marginal hands, then she would presumably stop playing back with marginal hands, and it sounded like the rhythm they got into was a stalemate that would only get broken when he had a hand good enough to call her all-in. I'll take that situation and wait for AQ, AK, or JJ and up to call.

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Most importantly what was the size of the blinds in relation to your stack size?

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I'm curious about the stack/blind amounts as well...

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I had been raising three times the BB all tourney. It had been working great. If I opened the betting it was three times with no deviation. AA looked the same as KJ, deuce-rag or whatever. Couple times peolpe played back like it was a steal and I had a big hand. I was just keeping with what had worked.

Marginal Hands question:

She was folding her marginal SB hands and it was just a great relief on my part. I didn't want to give her any such relief. It was abit of a stalemate, as I was determined not to flush on just anything. I did call with once with K8, and then it ended on AJ and AK. Patience is a virtue. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Stack/Blinds:

Our stacks were around 200k-250k I believe. Blinds were 8k and then 10k. She was folding just enough for me to tread water. I was down to around 120k and then four hands later it was all over.