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Old 04-16-2005, 09:09 AM
New York Jet New York Jet is offline
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Default Chip Leader - Mandatory Call?

Note the Dead SB in this hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1000 (7 handed) converter

MP2 (t14660)
CO (t2416)
Hero (t49351)
SB (t26080)
BB (t15853)
UTG (t13798)
MP1 (t7842)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, CO raises all-in [t2416] ,Hero folds, BB calls.

Flop: (t2916) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Turn: (t2916) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: (t2916) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t2916

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
CO has Ad 5d (high card, ace).
BB has 4h 6c (high card, king).
Outcome: CO wins t2916. </font>

The BB in this hand was upset that I did not call here. I know the BB to be a very good player and a 2+2'er. He said that it was "my duty" to call.

I feel that as the chip leader, I am not worried about busting someone to move up a place. I instead use this short stack for leverage. My raises are not called because everyone is waiting for the short stack to bust out. Once the short stack busts out, I may face a little more resistance to my raises.

So what do you think?
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