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Old 12-23-2005, 11:05 AM
Wynton Wynton is offline
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Default Re: quick poll -- 88 UTG+1

I don't think fold equity is the key question. I reraise 88 - against a table of total unknowns at 5/10 - because I suspect that my hand is better than the average hand UTG raised with in the first place.

But frankly, this assumption is so tenuous that I almost think it doesn't matter. Once 1-2 orbits have gone by, there will be lots of important information available that affects the decision.

We might learn that UTG is tight, loose, plays terribly postflop or whatever. We might find that the bb defends no matter how many bets he has to call. We might find that 3-betting is a virtual guarantee to get the pot HU.

But because I figure that at the "typical" 5/10 table 3-betting will generally make this a HU situation, I'd vote for raise with 88.
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