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Old 05-26-2005, 03:38 PM
fnord_too fnord_too is offline
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Default Re: Mini-Raise blind steal, I\'m SB with AKo...

This is far from a retardedly easy question. I think the two real options you have are raise to 1200 or smooth call. There are pros and cons to each. The real pro to smooth calling is that if button has an ace or a king and flops top pair, there is a good chance you will stack him. The big cons are that the BB will be priced in to see a flop and if you miss the flop you may be in a spot where you call or fold incorrectly. With raising, play of the hand really only gets tricky if you get called. If you get reraised you have an easy push, but if you get called and whiff on the flop you may end up spewing some chips or folding incorrectly.

I tend to raise here most of the time, but I think you need to smooth call some, too. Raising is typically better mainly because you want to elliminate post flop decisions and the fact that you will be OOP post flop means your decisions will generally be harder.
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