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CO has raised a few pots recently. I figured there was a good chance I have the best hand now, so I decided to take a chance and try to pick up the dead money in the pot.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed)
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Hero (t1340)
MP1 (t1655)
MP2 (t1395)
MP3 (t1445)
CO (t2010)
Button (t1945)
SB (t1420)
BB (t1240)
UTG (t1050)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
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1 fold</font>, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">
3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, BB calls t150, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1340</font>
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If he is in the pot a lot as you say, he may be trying to make a positional raise to get you HU with position. Pushing certainly does take that away from him. With your read, its not a bad play...BUT, I feel also that your advantage in these things comes later. Do you see him doing this with 99 or worse? If you ask me, against a possible range, without the read, I think this play is borderline. With read it is a wee bit better obviously. but close.
Note: I think I prefer pushing to calling.