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Old 05-19-2005, 11:19 AM
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Default Re: MTT, near the bubble, pushing mid-sized stack with QQ PF

Easy push. If a fool will call you w/ A4, you are outplaying him and he is just getting lucky when you lose. Think about it - why wouldn't you want to get your chips in when you are 3:1 favorite? If your push invites a call like that, I'm making it every day and twice on Sundays. If you get beat, that's poker - but you must put up a good fight and not squander your strength. With 10xBB, you're going to the flop w/ 7xBB at most if you just do a standard raise and you may get more than 1 caller which is very bad for QQ. Once you see the flop, you are committed anyway as 7xBB is too short to be effective later on. Remember, don't play to try and squeeze into the money - play to be skilled and competative. In reality, if A4 or K8 is calling a 10xBB push w/ QQ you are attacking him in the absolute best possible way. Feel comfort in that.
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