Re: $22 Bubble hand; Pre-flop play?
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Yeah, I like pushing here. You've got him covered, so you have a lot of FE...TT is the fifth-best HU hand -- every now and then he'll have JJ-AA, call, and cripple you (though almost 20% of those times you will outdraw him) -- many times he'll have been raising with something marginal like 88 or AJ and he'll fold. Many times he'll have been raising with something marginal and he'll call and you'll be a favorite to become the huge, all-powerful, way-ahead chip leader.
All in all, a push is very +EV here.
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I think this push is really a lot closer than you think. I is always bad for you when you but heads with the big stack and you are 2nd stack. Bigstack does have a large range, but he is raising UTG and since he seems to be a normal 22'er I say its not a big as you think. Also I dont think you are called by hands you dominate that often. It will usually be overcards or higher pairs.
If this is such an easy push would you make it with 99 or 88?
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