$55 - uneasy ITM spot with AT

[Isura]

The big blind (other mid stack) is moderately tight I guess, has been pretty passive. We've both just made the money by not playing too many hands (table full of donks). Big stack is loose, and pretty lucky to still be around. I hate raising 3bb here, but I'm not super desperate to push. Limp and see a flop here, or push? Raise anyone?

***** Hand History for Game 2604079582 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:15194064 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Friday, August 26, 23:44:47 EDT 2005
Table Table 14037 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 7: cvaldance ( $7645 )
Seat 10: snzzllman ( $1035 )
Seat 5: testbatsmen1 ( $1320 )
Trny:15194064 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to testbatsmen1 [ Ad Th ]
testbatsmen1 ?

[WillMagic]

Yeah...it's not a fantastic situation, but AT is too strong to fold here...I'm raising to 250-275 (because that's what I always raise to) and probably calling an all-in from either player. With a laggy big stack...AT is going to fare well against his reraising range of hands...and if we aren't going to raise here, what do we raise? Top 5%? I don't think so.

Will

[bluefeet]

yeah, but if you 3x into a loosie...you WILL be getting desperate on a whiff and a lead from him (don't see how pushing over top, or following a checked/whiffed flop is an option, as you're not pushing PF presumably). i don't see a much better option than just pushing this now.

[Chaostracize]

The Office. Great show.

Easy push here.

[WillMagic]

Um...pushing kinda sucks here...you are really only getting called by hands that decimate you. You'd do a lot better raising to 3x and calling a reraise all-in - at least then your opponents could have A9-A5 and any pair, and your hand wouldn't have such awful equity against their range.

Will

[Isura]

Anyone like a limp here?

[WillMagic]

Maybe. But giving the BB a chance to fold is worth a good amount here.

I still like raising to 275 and calling an all-in from either player.

Will

[45suited]

The only thing is, I can't see standard raising unless you are willing to call a push from LAG bigstack in the SB.

Otherwise, you're just donating chips to the bigstack.

What's your plan if you raise to 300 and bigstack pushes? Do you expect him to push any two to a standard raise?

[valenzuela]

one of the worse arguments ever on the history of poker...only better hands will call..soooooooooo??????!!!!!!! the times u win 150 and u win a showdown overcompensate the times u lose a showdwon.

[microbet]

I just push. I don't want to limp and let both of them in cheap or free look. A raise to 250+ is pretty commiting. If SB is so loose I probably can't fold to him. Maybe, if BB is real tight I can raise to 200 and fold if he pushes. Still I like pushing better because I want things like 55 to fold.

Which brings me to...blue, your thinking sound a little strange, as if hero's action changes SB's cards. If SB has 55 I'd much rather push and have him fold than raise and have him reraise.