Re: Do you put your life on the line with this.
The line you took is fine vs. most opponents.
Your opponent was pretty loose aggressive in his play tho, and if you knew that, then I might not have tried to steal with that hand, primarily because he should be easily beatable in the future. I might limp here since loosey is in the SB not BB, if I thought they wouldn’t raise a weak looking button limp.
I think your raise on the flop is better than pushing all-in, mainly because you want to be raising in most of the pots you play and that’s better than risking all your chips (ie. you’re doing it for future hands not this one). If the table was about to break or something then it’s closer, but raising all-in might be better as you are just a slight favorite vs. most hands and want the folding equity.
Vs. his actual hand, you were a 70% favorite on flop, so if you knew/thought he had overcards, then whatever got his chips into the middle was best.
--Greg
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