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First off, you are UTG AND you are attacking the small stack. What happens if the BB puts you all-in? Then it is only 865 more chips to call, with at least 1700 chips in the pot. So pot odds will almost demand that you call. Under this circumstance, I would rather go all-in then make this raise. But given that the blinds aren't that great in relation to the stacks and you are UTG, I would either limp or fold.


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Open pushing with 18x the BB is tough play to make. The chipleader is just to my right. If he wakes up with a hand I'm out. He comes over the top of me I fold and still have a nice stack.

If the BB goes all in here I probably call. But more because he is the loosest player at the table and I probably have him beat or am at least coinfliping.

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Then, on the flop, you make a bet of half the pot and expect the CO to fold?

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Think this bet is fine. I'm not going to pot it or push. This is a simple continuation bet. If he had called with QJ AQ or any medium pair he probably tosses his hand right here.

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On the turn, you make a strong bet, but it's a rather strange bet given what you've been doing so far (a weak raise on the flop and then a check-raise on the turn). I think you are trying to represent a flush, but I don't think you're doing a very good job of that.


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This is exactly how I would play an A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. With me being the pre-flop raiser. How would it look more like a flush? Maybe if I made a smaller bet to make it look like I want a call, but I can't see him laying down for 300 more.

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On the turn, the CO is practically pot-committed at this point. He might lay this down, but there's a good chance that he won't.


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Here is my line of thinking. If he has no [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. He just swallowed his heart at that turn. Hopefully pushing makes him just puke and fold. Faced with your tourney life when it still could be easy to make the money is a big factor in a tight table. This was my question though, how many people would fold here?

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It just seems so pointless to take these kind of risks with the blinds as small as they are and you having one of the better stacks. There will be much better opportunities to win chips without a bluff, or to semi-bluff when you have position.

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You may be right. I just hate when someone meakly fends off my steal attempts. If he wants to come back at me hard I can respect it. But if you show that much weakness I'm going to cut your throat.