Range

[Jason Strasser]

***** Hand History for Game 2105010638 *****
NL Hold'em $1000 Buy-in + $65 Entry Fee Trny:12523931 Level:6 Blinds(150/300) - Wednesday, May 25, 19:09:32 EDT 2005
Table Step 5 #983602 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: goodLgirl ( $1395 )
Seat 2: lastbuyin101 ( $1310 )
Seat 4: strassa2 ( $1715 )
Seat 5: pbdrunks ( $940 )
Seat 8: TKLawyer ( $1740 )
Seat 10: smdrive1111 ( $2900 )
Trny:12523931 Level:6
Blinds(150/300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to strassa2 [ XX]
smdrive1111 folds.
goodLgirl: alwatt 3 pouter
goodLgirl folds.
lastbuyin101 is all-In [1310]


Standard 1k step 5, top 4 payout. What range of hands do you call with here? Opponent is a good and aggressive winner.

[Nick B.]

I would probably go AQ+, 99+.

[J-Lo]

JJ+, AK.... nothing less, although, he is pushing into the blinds of short stack, and guy who gets crippled if called. I see this as one of those last chance desperat pushed, because if he loses 450 more, he's down to 3x BB. I MIGHT loosen up to TT+, AK. (i'm a 55 player)

edit: changed some syntax

[AA suited]

if he's good and aggressive, then he might push with any 2 in the co, especially if you, sb, and bb have been weak tight throughout the tourny.

it wont look like a blind steal, so the sb shortstack will be less tempted to call questionable hands.

I would call with top 15% (any pair, a8o+, a4s+, kts-kqs).

Wrong???

[Bigwig]

Without any read, I'd go with AJ+, 99+. If I had a good feel for the player, it might drop to AT & 77. I think you have to be fairly liberal here, as the CO's pushing range should be very large, given that their fold equity will be severely damaged in the next orbit.

[Bigwig]

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if he's good and aggressive, then he might push with any 2 in the co, especially if you, sb, and bb have been weak tight throughout the tourny.

it wont look like a blind steal, so the sb shortstack will be less tempted to call questionable hands.

I would call with top 15% (any pair, a8o+, a4s+, kts-kqs).

Wrong???

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IMO, I think that's too many hands. Don't forget, you still have two players to act behind you, and putting the CO on any 2 is a bit much, I believe.

[Voltron87]

I spite call here.

Actually, I have no idea about step 5s. I'd probably call with AQ TT+.

[MSUcougar]

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If I had a good feel for the player, it might drop to AT & 77.

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I'm going with this range... I think some of the other ranges mentioned in this thread are a little tight, and conversely I'm not gonna go crazy and start calling with KJo, etc.

[curtains]

Im playin a bunch of games now, but before I even start to get into this, realize that against most normal calling ranges, its almost surely +EV for cutoff to push here with any 2 or at least close to it, which means we should call with a hell of a lot of hands.

[Bigwig]

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its almost surely +EV for cutoff to push here with any 2 or at least close to it

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Of course. Since when do we give the average opponent credit for knowing such a thing?