$55: Level 7 Big Stack BB
 

How's my play here? I want to make sure I'm not being results-oriented. How are my plays on each street given the big stack is in the BB?

Is this just a poosh preflop? Against anyone besides the big stack, its usually an automatic poosh for me. How would it change with big stack as BB? Thanks!

#Game No : 3293098790
***** Hand History for Game 3293098790 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:18775033 Level:7 Blinds(150/300) - Saturday, December 31, 17:35:52 EDT 2005
Table Table 66862 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 7: Hornacek14 ( $2375 )
Seat 5: dchoi75 ( $1390 )
Seat 1: siberianex ( $985 )
Seat 3: LopeyDog ( $3390 )
Seat 8: wyrdrune111 ( $940 )
Seat 9: Miklan3000 ( $920 )
Trny:18775033 Level:7
Blinds(150/300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hornacek14 [ Ad Qh ]
dchoi75 folds.
>You have options at Table 68058 Table!.
>You have options at Table 66802 Table!.
Hornacek14 raises [700].
wyrdrune111 folds.
Miklan3000 folds.
siberianex folds.
>You have options at Table 67428 Table!.
>You have options at Table 67000 Table!.
LopeyDog calls [400].
>You have options at Table 68058 Table!.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 4c, 2s ]
>You have options at Table 66802 Table!.
LopeyDog checks.
Hornacek14 is all-In [1675]
LopeyDog calls [1675].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]

Re: $55: Level 7 Big Stack BB
 

I think raising to 700 is a mistake. Push preflop. You have about 8BB and AQ is easily enough of a hand to push and playing this hand postflop may cause you grief.

Re: $55: Level 7 Big Stack BB
 

I push this preflop to avoid spots like this

Re: $55: Level 7 Big Stack BB
 

You don't want to see a flop with AQ. You would be happy to take it down here usually. Raising 2.3BB is bad, because it gives bigstack odds to call with any 2 and take the pot away on the flop.

Re: $55: Level 7 Big Stack BB
 

Gotcha. Thanks. How big does Big Stack have to be (like... HUGE stack over the rest of everyone else) for you guys to fold and wait this out? Maybe if EVERYONE ELSE is going to be all in on their next big blind? Can anyone ICM this?