$22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

Hand 1:
Blinds are 25/50.
I usually fold 22-66 in the spot. I usually raise with 99+. How do i play 77/88?? I felt completely lost this time.

***** Hand History for Game 2801110813 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16202836 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Friday, September 30, 13:10:01 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: greaceboy ( $1460 )
Seat 2: fc12newman ( $865 )
Seat 3: TomasDan ( $585 )
Seat 4: nyp3yp85y6w ( $1160 )
Seat 5: dabearz21 ( $1315 )
Seat 6: AlexCal25 ( $875 )
Seat 7: OverPlayAQ ( $815 )
Seat 9: BCJ1523 ( $925 )
Trny:16202836 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OverPlayAQ [ 7h 7d ]
AlexCal25 folds.
OverPlayAQ ??



Hand 2:
Blinds 50/100
Another small pair. I just pushed my previous hand (Edit: not the 77 above, but a completely unrelated hand) and went uncalled. Now i pick up 55 in MP2 (4 players left to act.) Can i push this? Is it an insta-push? Is folding awful?


***** Hand History for Game 2801122630 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16202836 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Friday, September 30, 13:13:26 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: greaceboy ( $1435 )
Seat 2: fc12newman ( $765 )
Seat 3: TomasDan ( $935 )
Seat 4: nyp3yp85y6w ( $810 )
Seat 5: dabearz21 ( $1240 )
Seat 6: AlexCal25 ( $950 )
Seat 7: OverPlayAQ ( $840 )
Seat 9: BCJ1523 ( $1025 )
Trny:16202836 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OverPlayAQ [ 5s 5c ]
nyp3yp85y6w folds.
dabearz21 folds.
AlexCal25 folds.
OverPlayAQ ??

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

[ QUOTE ]
Hand 1:
Blinds are 25/50.
I usually fold 22-66 in the spot. I usually raise with 99+. How do i play 77/88?? I felt completely lost this time.

***** Hand History for Game 2801110813 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16202836 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Friday, September 30, 13:10:01 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: greaceboy ( $1460 )
Seat 2: fc12newman ( $865 )
Seat 3: TomasDan ( $585 )
Seat 4: nyp3yp85y6w ( $1160 )
Seat 5: dabearz21 ( $1315 )
Seat 6: AlexCal25 ( $875 )
Seat 7: OverPlayAQ ( $815 )
Seat 9: BCJ1523 ( $925 )
Trny:16202836 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OverPlayAQ [ 7h 7d ]
AlexCal25 folds.
OverPlayAQ ??

Hand 2:
Blinds 50/100
Another small pair. I just pushed my previous hand and went uncalled. Now i pick up 55 in MP2 (4 players left to act.) Can i push this? Is it an insta-push? Is folding awful?


***** Hand History for Game 2801122630 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16202836 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Friday, September 30, 13:13:26 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: greaceboy ( $1435 )
Seat 2: fc12newman ( $765 )
Seat 3: TomasDan ( $935 )
Seat 4: nyp3yp85y6w ( $810 )
Seat 5: dabearz21 ( $1240 )
Seat 6: AlexCal25 ( $950 )
Seat 7: OverPlayAQ ( $840 )
Seat 9: BCJ1523 ( $1025 )
Trny:16202836 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OverPlayAQ [ 5s 5c ]
nyp3yp85y6w folds.
dabearz21 folds.
AlexCal25 folds.
OverPlayAQ ??

[/ QUOTE ]

Hand 1- You don't need to push yet, its too early. Some people may fold this, but i think that is too weak. I raise but play it very carefully.

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

why do you only have t25 more then?

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

Sorry for the confusion. I editted my post to word it better. The above hands are 8-9 hands apart. I did NOT push 77.

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

hand 1: u have >16bbs...why are u pushing? limp in for set value here...

hand 2: u have 4 people to act after u and u have >7.5bbs, so stolen blinds would add <20% of ur stack...if the 4 people call with top 20% of hands, then expect a call 41% of the time...most of those hands they call with have 2 overs to your 55...some have higher pps...u don't win often enough the times u are called to make up for the fact that the blinds when they do fold are too small a portion of ur stack

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

[ QUOTE ]
Hand 1:
Blinds are 25/50.
I usually fold 22-66 in the spot. I usually raise with 99+. How do i play 77/88?? I felt completely lost this time.

***** Hand History for Game 2801110813 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16202836 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Friday, September 30, 13:10:01 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: greaceboy ( $1460 )
Seat 2: fc12newman ( $865 )
Seat 3: TomasDan ( $585 )
Seat 4: nyp3yp85y6w ( $1160 )
Seat 5: dabearz21 ( $1315 )
Seat 6: AlexCal25 ( $875 )
Seat 7: OverPlayAQ ( $815 )
Seat 9: BCJ1523 ( $925 )
Trny:16202836 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OverPlayAQ [ 7h 7d ]
AlexCal25 folds.
OverPlayAQ ??


[/ QUOTE ]
I fold this at this LVL3 with eight players. I cringe at a limp in EP cuz punks will raise and I'll have to fold, so I am bleading chips. I don't raise cuz 77 is coin-toss against most callers and big dog to any PP that can call.

Ugh, limping sucks, but I might here. Otherwise fold. Blinds aren't big enough threat to move with 77 against 8 players.

[ QUOTE ]

Hand 2:
Blinds 50/100
Another small pair. I just pushed my previous hand (Edit: not the 77 above, but a completely unrelated hand) and went uncalled. Now i pick up 55 in MP2 (4 players left to act.) Can i push this? Is it an insta-push? Is folding awful?


***** Hand History for Game 2801122630 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16202836 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Friday, September 30, 13:13:26 EDT 2005
Table Table 14106 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: greaceboy ( $1435 )
Seat 2: fc12newman ( $765 )
Seat 3: TomasDan ( $935 )
Seat 4: nyp3yp85y6w ( $810 )
Seat 5: dabearz21 ( $1240 )
Seat 6: AlexCal25 ( $950 )
Seat 7: OverPlayAQ ( $840 )
Seat 9: BCJ1523 ( $1025 )
Trny:16202836 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to OverPlayAQ [ 5s 5c ]
nyp3yp85y6w folds.
dabearz21 folds.
AlexCal25 folds.
OverPlayAQ ??

[/ QUOTE ]

If this is an insta-push then I am playing the wrong game. I can easily fold this and not consider it a leak at all.

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

I understand why you'd be at sea on this hand. 8 people at this level? Wow. No wonder no one has given strong advice on what they would do or not do. I can't either. Damn.

Just can't stand these situations, unique to Party Poker. No room.

With so many to follow, you have to figure someone would call anything less that a push, but, they don't seem to have been happy to play much of anything strongly, to be so many at so high a blind level. But, someone out there has at least a hand that will beat you. But will you get a better hand before the blinds get to you?

I fold, both the hand and thinking about how I'd play this hand.

CJ

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

Depending on the table I might limp 77 sometimes, but I have a feeling that is leaky of me.

the 55 hand is a fold IMO.

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

On the first hand I pop it to around 125 preflop then see what develops on the flop. If the board isn't scary, I'd check. Most villians will bet 2 high cards in this spot, then you can push over the top to maximize FE. If you just bet out, they may think you are stealing and push all in with AK trying to get you out, and you have a tough decision to make. If the flop comes with 2 cards A-Q with multiple callers, I check muck it without a set, and make a continuation bet if only one opponent and one big card, A,K, or Q.

The second hand I push. I think the chip EV is about neutral, but in terms of the tournament situation, it is definitely ++EV. Sometimes you will win the blinds, others get called dominated by a higher pair. These times will cancel out. The other times you are in a coinflip situation. If you win it, you have a powerful stack that can bully the others and steal blinds frequently as it continues. If you fold, you will still have some FE pushing, but you will have to pick your spots very carefully after the blinds hit you in a couple hands.

Re: $22. I\'m lost. Whats your play?
 

Hand 1: Fold. Your position is to early.
Hand 2: InstaPush.