Preflop from the SB quiz

[ClaytonN]

You just sat down at a good 35% 1/2 table and just posted the BB and played 1 hand.

You now sit at the SB and are dealt two cards.

There is 1 limper in MP whom you have no reads on, and it's folded to the CO who raises. The button folds, and it's now on you.

Your notes on the CO is that he's a ~30% VPIP guy who has a high level of aggression (around 3). You haven't picked up any tendencies on him postflop other than the fact he uses position to his advantage against weaker players.

You have no real reads on BB or MP.

What do you do with the following hands from the SB:

1) ATs
2) KJo
3) 88
4) 55

Have fun!

[Weatherhead03]

I would raise with the first and tend to call with the rest. If you hit a set with either 55 or 88 chances are a decent pay-out.

[dozer]

this is tough, I have a hard time with these hands with one limper in MP. CO is probably trying to isolate with position against a loose limper. 3-betting won't get MP to fold most likely, but it does allow you to take control of the hand and take away some of the advantage that CO has.

1.3-bet,ATs is probably the best hand given the range of hands that CO would be raising with in the CO

2.I think this is a raise or fold hand. I choose to raise for the same reasons as above.

3.have no idea, want to see what others would do. I know I wouldn't fold though. I probably just call and checkraise CO on a low flop.

4.same as #3 I'm clueless. I probably just call, and try to make a set.

[mmbt0ne]

1) call
2) fold
3) call
4) maybe call/maybe fold

[aK13]

Isolation raise with 1, 2. I'd probably wait for a good flop to check/raise with 88, and I'd probably just check/fold 55 if I don't hit.

[thesharpie]

We don't know villain's preflop raise %? What about blind steal attempt? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Hand 1 I 3 bet as long as he's capable of making an isolation raise.

Hand 2 I fold.

Hand 3 I 3 bet.

Hand 4 I fold, but I can understand calling it.

[mmbt0ne]

People. Come on. You're in the SB. CO has a VPIP of 30, not a pfr of 30. 3-betting KJo is pissing money away. You'd be better off investing in whores and blow with that money if you want to make this play.

[ClaytonN]

We'll assume that the sample is large enough (say, 100 hands) that we can get a solid read on VPIP and AF but not PFR.

For simplicity's sake, he has a PFR of 14.

[istewart]

I would probably:

A) 3-bet
B) Fold
C) Call (maybe 3-bet as well, though)
D) Call

[mmbt0ne]

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For simplicity's sake, he has a PFR of 14.

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Damn you Clayton.

I still stand by folding KJo, it's a trash hand here, but I don't feel as strongly about it.

I'd probably still just call ATs most of the time, with some 3bets, but I'd 3bet 88, and almost always call with 55, check-raising a lot of flops.