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Old 12-12-2005, 01:08 PM
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Default Re: avoid the big stack at all cost, or decided based on EV?

when your posting a hand like this,you will get much better and thought out responces if you give more detail.
like what is the villain's position here?
what are the blinds like ?are they aggro?thight?loose?
i assume the blinds here are at 200/400(seen as 3xBB makes it 1200).
your reraise here is too small.
with a hand like 99 you really dont want any confrontations but prefer to win the pot pre-flop.even though you prob have the best hand right now,but that will not be likely after the flop.your min reraise is basically an invitation for some one to call you and you only ever do that with a very strong hand like AA or KK.even with them hands you would make an slightly bigger raise,because you want the caller to be making a mistake by calling you.if you give them proper odds to call ,they are not making a mistake.
when you raise 1200 here your giving him something like 3.5:1 odds to call you.there are not that many hands that are more than 3.5:1 underdog against your hand range.which makes a call correct with a wide range of hands.
back to position in hand anyway ,i think you should deffo fold here.you still have enough chips to look for better spots to build your stack and aslo work your way up the money.
but in situation like this,keep in mind that even though the big stack would not get hurt as much as you if you confront him,but he still gets hurt badly.which means if he is a good player he will avoid confrontations with you as well unless he has a premium hand.so in the future if you want to play a hand like this ,just push and make him fold.
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