($27) 88 Blinds Gap Concept?

[durron597]

SB was relatively (but not ridiculously) tight for a big stack.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (4 handed) converter

SB (t4305)
Hero (t2155)
UTG (t3085)
Button (t3955)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t800</font>, Hero ???

[Isura]

Folding seems best.

[Sabrazack]

Unless he has done this a few times already im folding here, otherwise im pushing it.

[durron597]

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Folding seems best.

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Oh come on, you can do better than that. Not that you're wrong necessarily, but you can definitely do better than that.

Also think about what range SB should be raising with if I fold 88 here.

[DyessMan89]

Tight or not tight, in this situation I think even some of the most tighest players would take a stab at your blinds. You're going to need to double up sooner or later, why not now?

[Isura]

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You're going to need to double up sooner or later, why not now?

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Because having to face an all-in call with 88 with 10bb on the bubble is usually bad.

Edit: FWIW, with this hand in this spot, I prefer a stop-n-go to a push if I'm going to play this hand.

[jwesty5]

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Edit: FWIW, with this hand in this spot, I prefer a stop-n-go to a push if I'm going to play this hand.

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What's your plan if the SB stabs at this pot after the flop then??

[ilya]

I would fold; I don't think he's folding to a push, and I think the size of the raise indicates a decent hand more than a weak one coming from a tight player. I think you're about even money against his range &amp; that's not quite enough. I think if he showed me A9o I might gamble though.

[Isura]

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Edit: FWIW, with this hand in this spot, I prefer a stop-n-go to a push if I'm going to play this hand.

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What's your plan if the SB stabs at this pot after the flop then??

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I'm a donk. I misread the post, I thought the button was raising. So that takes the SNG out.

[Isura]

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I think if he showed me A9o I might gamble though.


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If he showed you A9o and said he was going to call a push, you should definitely fold.