$55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

When I have healthy stack I sometimes limp in the SB to see if the BB likes to push. That may be a leak. Anyway, do you play any differently on this flop? What range do you put villain on?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP1 (t1955)
MP2 (t695)
CO (t645)
Button (t675)
Hero (t2680)
BB (t1975)
UTG (t1375)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t300) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t225</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t500, Hero raises all-in.

Re: $55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

I'd raise it preflop but I think I like the flop play and would probably go broke here as well. It looks to me like he's making a "outplay you" raise here.

Re: $55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

I love the "tester limp" as well...but later in the game. It's much more important (to me) to know how the BB will react when 3-handed and heads up. With 6 left, I think it's far more important to collect that big fat blind. You have an OK hand and a bigger stack than BB. I'd just pop it to 450 PF and see what happens.

As you played it, I'm absolutely pushing as you did with TP/Excellent kicker. No doubt.

Re: $55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

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I'd raise it preflop but I think I like the flop play and would probably go broke here as well. It looks to me like he's making a "outplay you" raise here.

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Re: $55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

Does anyone else make "feeler" limps like these?

Re: $55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

What's the point? Limp and there's a good chance you'll be reraised all in. Limp and watch a bunch of rags fall and you don't where you are. This is especially true of a super-Meh hand like K9. Make a standard raise and take down the blinds 80% of the time.

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What's the point? Limp and there's a good chance you'll be reraised all in. Limp and watch a bunch of rags fall and you don't where you are. This is especially true of a super-Meh hand like K9. Make a standard raise and take down the blinds 80% of the time.

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I'd get to see cheap flops with hands I otherwise would have folded. I would still raise most hands however. I definitely should have raised the hand in question however, it was pretty dumb on my part.

Re: $55: Top pair, late stage blind battle
 

I'd raise if blinds were 50/100. At 75/150 I'd prefer to limp/minraise because of BB's shallow stack.

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I'd raise it preflop but I think I like the flop play and would probably go broke here as well. It looks to me like he's making a "outplay you" raise here.

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