Re: Defending my $4-$8 Article
Good examples but suppose you have a hand like Ace-little offsuit and toss in one-half of a small bet against 2 opponents. The big blind now raises and you know he would only do this with AA, KK, QQ, AK,AQ, or AJ suited. Now you decide to fold because the risk of the big blind having an ace that is bigger than yours has skyrocketed.
One situation where you frequently see players limping in from the small blind and then folding to a raise from the big blind is when the small blind is 2/3 of a small bet like in a $15-$30 game or a $30-$60 game.
I will acknowledge that the implied odds argument mentioned by you and the other poster is perhaps the only valid criticism of the article. But I still think it is wrong to call a $4 raise in a game where you only limped in for $2 with a suited connector having only two opponents one of whom has position over you. Suppose you had only one opponent - the preflop raiser. Would you still call?
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