On Bubble: small pair facing push (II)

Bill Poker · #1 12-29-2005, 05:46 PM

Here is an example:
UTG: 3200
UTG+1: 3200
SB: 800 (villain)
BB: 800 (HERO)

blind=100/200.

HERO has a small pair (22-66).

Fold to villain who pushes (he is a regular 2+2er)

do you call here?

tigerite · #2 12-29-2005, 05:46 PM

Please, don't clump 22 to 66 together, as I said in the other one. 66 is so much more powerful than 22 it's not funny, honestly.

Bill Poker · #3 12-29-2005, 05:47 PM

sorry I posted this before I read your reply

tigerite · #4 12-29-2005, 05:51 PM

But anyway, here a call with 22 is mandatory anyway, even if it wasn't a 2+2er. So you can imagine 33-66 is even easier a call

Bill Poker · #5 12-29-2005, 05:56 PM

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But anyway, here a call with 22 is mandatory anyway, even if it wasn't a 2+2er. So you can imagine 33-66 is even easier a call

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why? you posted many times that you would not take a coin flip on bubble. I still have a tiny little FE left even if I folded. I can understand the call with 44-66, but with 22?

tigerite · #6 12-29-2005, 06:09 PM

You only need to win 41% of the time here, by ICM, to make the call. It's not always the case to avoid coin flips - it depends on your stack, other stacks.. which is what ICM allows for. He only has to be pushing top 19% here to call or something ridiculous, which is obviously every time.