18bb preflop push behind limpers
 

with limpers in front, i wanted to raise 5bb, but since that was so much of my stack, i pushed. standard?

***** Hand History for Game 2328326928 *****
NL Hold'em Trny:13742045 Level:7 Blinds (100/200) - Friday, July 08, 01:11:39 EDT 2005
Table $5000 Daily Guaranteed(383538) Table #5 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: xxDirkxx ( $6671 )
Seat 2: lake_trash ( $985 )
Seat 3: crabber60 ( $6145 )
Seat 4: tiger344 ( $3439 )
Seat 5: REALDEAL1011 ( $5511 )
Seat 6: gabefish ( $2984 )
Seat 7: PETONA ( $5002 )
Seat 8: Top5DoA ( $8512 )
Seat 9: shuffles7 ( $3909 )
Trny:13742045 Level:7
Blinds (100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to gabefish [ Qd Ad ]
lake_trash calls [200].
crabber60 folds.
tiger344 folds.
REALDEAL1011 calls [200].
gabefish is all-In [2984]

Re: 18bb preflop push behind limpers
 

as long as you're ok with the possiblity of short stack turning over a big hand. He limps for 200 with 900 stack?

Re: 18bb preflop push behind limpers
 

I hate this situation. I usually limp and play post-flop poker. I would love to hear why I'm wrong, as this is a real grey area for me. (The small stack limper scares me without a read.)

Re: 18bb preflop push behind limpers
 

I would make the same play.

Re: 18bb preflop push behind limpers
 

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as long as you're ok with the possiblity of short stack turning over a big hand. He limps for 200 with 900 stack?

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I see that all the time. There are a lot of bad players out there.

Re: 18bb preflop push behind limpers
 

Your push is fine. The only real other option is to limp, which is ok, too. (And if you know someone behind you likes to put in big raises with any two when there are several limpers, limping can be a really slick way to get said person all in with a weaker hand. High variance, high expectation, and pretty damn neat when it works.)