Re: Small Pairs in BB
How good is the raiser? This is the main question in my mind... assuming 100-150bb behind, it is very hard to play 22 profitably against a 4x bb raise from a good (about as good as whoever hero is) raiser. Playing essentially bottom pair OOP vs a decent player can get costly, unless they are stupid enough to stack off whenever you hit a set.
I rarely fold 22 at 5-10 in this situation however, but there are people i fold it to. Remember 22 is different from 66 because on that rare flop of 8 6 2 the 66 stacks 22. While this is not a very large difference, it can turn a very closely -ev spot (22 v good raiser) into a very closely +ev spot (66 v good raiser). Also 66 is an overpair once in a blue moon, its rare, but it helps.
-durrrr
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