$55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (3 handed) converter

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="#C00000">HERO (t1840)</font>
Button (t4380)
<font color="#C00000">SB (t3780)</font>

Preflop: HERO is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t400</font>, HERO? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

4 and 5 handed, he's been contantly stealing blinds from the smaller stacks. I've seen him fold once to all-in reraise by the blind. Another time he called with k7s and sucked out.

Now that we're ITM, i'm now to his left.

I see 3 options:
1) Call and check/fold if the board doesnt hit me
2) Stop N Go
3) Re-raise all-in preflop

Which would you do? Why?

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

Does a stop and go require you to act first after the flop?

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

Ok I'll risk giving bad advice here because I'm sure another poster will correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't think you have enough chips to call and then fold a missed flop. Considering he's called reraised all-in's with marginal hands previously, I push here.

LDT

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

re-raise all-in - you have a hand.

I don't see him checking the flop so you can stop-n-go.

- w

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

Is this a trick question? Based on your past reads, you likely have the best hand right now. What do you normally do when you have the best hand ITM?

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

All in preflop.

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

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I see 3 options:
1) Call and check/fold if the board doesnt hit me
2) Stop N Go
3) Re-raise all-in preflop


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The stop and go is a non-starter, because SB acts before you on the flop. Committing a quarter of your stack with the plan of checking behind or folding to flop bets on flops you whiff seems poor.

Pushing preflop should be fine, he'll likely fold.

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

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Scuba wrote:
Is this a trick question? Based on your past reads, you likely have the best hand right now. What do you normally do when you have the best hand ITM?

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Scuba,

It's been a LOOOOONG time since I was ITM at Lvl4 in $50+5... lol.

At the higher blind lvls, if raised to me and i have ATo ITM, i push reraise because I dont have the chips to play post flop.

In this situation, my 1st instinct was push, then my brain stepped in and said "hey, it's lvl4." So I thought call.

Then my brain said, "Hm... he's a blind stealer."

Now I'm conflicted! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Damn my brain [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

Easy easy easy push.

Re: $55 ITM: Defend my blind w/ATo vs bigstack blind stealer?
 

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Easy easy easy push.

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yeah, but a push is 18BB. risk everything this early in the tourny?

Or am i too weak-tight vs the read i have on him?

Also, what if i dont have a read on him. What to do then? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]