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Dogged by the big stack.
I keep finding myself dogged by the big stack when I'm trying to steal blinds. This isn't an actual hand, but an example that keeps repeating itself. Stars turbos, 15+1 or 25+2, 1500 chips, blinds 100/200.
SB (1500) BB (1000) UTG (6000) CO (2500) Hero (2500) I'm holding a decent hand well worth pushing to pick up the blinds, but the big stack raises 2x or 3x ahead of me. Every time. After a just a couple orbits of this, I'm down the blinds I should have stolen, plus my blinds he stole from me, and my fold equity is now crap. SNGPT says this is a clear push if there's no bet in front of me, but I can't even get it to take the numbers if there's a bet or raise. I'm still a noob at the push/fold strategy, but I'm assuming you need a better hand to push behind a limp, and a much better hand to push behind a raise. It seems a good player might be raising just to keep someone from stealing, but a donk might be raising because that's what he sees on TV. Or either of them may actually have a hand. Is it a legitimate big-stack strategy to put in a small raise almost every time to prevent someone from pushing to steal the blinds? Is there any defense against someone who does this, other than catching a monster and pushing anyway? |
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Re: Dogged by the big stack.
If he is raising a lot then push back at him. I doubt he is too willing to call off half his stack with qtos.
Of course he could then just start open pushing. |
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