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Old 07-07-2005, 08:44 PM
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Default Re: Help with Open Ended Str8 Draw

I really do not like this line at all. First, you say the BB is defending his blinds a lot. In the future you should think twice about stealing with a marginal hand like QJo, especially if he has a bigger stack than you ON THE BUBBLE. This steal attempt does not really make sense to me, as you'd still be the 3rd largest stack if successful. It is not HORRIBLE, though.

The flop call, on the other hand, is horrible. At the flop, you're risking 1/3 of your remaining stack with only 6 outs to the nuts. Your other outs (K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], overcard outs) may bust you. Pretty bad. Pooshing is alright if Villain knows how to fold a hand, but most opponents who defend their blinds excessively will pounce on the chance to eliminate you with any piece of the flop, to which you're a significant underdog. Risky. Folding leaves you with 2600, which is 13x the big blind. Not bad when SB has 5 bb's.
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