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Old 01-22-2004, 12:51 PM
Diplomat Diplomat is offline
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Default Re: Don’t wanna tango with you, I’d rather tangle with him.

I think you need Magneto's helmet. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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The big blind is going to call any raise here, guaranteed. The small blind knows I could very well raise any hand here that is likely to be ahead of two random hands, and will therefore play back at me with a raise or call with a variety of hands. I limp. Do you see why? (Sorry, couldn’t resist). As soon as I do this I realize the small blind is going to narrow down my hands to a small sub-set, and determine I am going to play the flop tough if any rags flop.


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I think this is a reason to raise pre-flop. 55 plays pretty well heads' up against a re-steal, and you don't mind if the BB comes along for the three-bet.

By the way, I would re-raise/cap in both situations. Do you see why? [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

-Diplomat
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