9Ts UTG

[gildwulf]

I just saw a 2+2 stat (27/18) raise 9Ts UTG. Is this standard for anyone and why?

Edit: this was at 5/10, btw.

[jason_t]

In the 3/6 6m game and the 5/10 6m tables I've played, that's terrible. Investing two bets OOP with 9Ts is surely a leak.

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In the 3/6 6m game and the 5/10 6m tables I've played, that's terrible. Investing two bets OOP with 9Ts is surely a leak.

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You're wayyyyyyyyy too rigid on preflop strategy homie.

[jason_t]

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In the 3/6 6m game and the 5/10 6m tables I've played, that's terrible. Investing two bets OOP with 9Ts is surely a leak.

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You're wayyyyyyyyy too rigid on preflop strategy homie.

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In the games I play, I think if you're going to do it regularly it's a leak. 3/6 6m isn't really about Shania and so on. Maybe in your games it is.

Maybe "terrible" is an exaggeration, but I think it's bad and should be a standard fold and only raised from time to time, particularly in the presence of observant opponents.

No game is purely about it. But the idea is that even semi observant opponents will go "hey he raised 910 utg, wtf?" and they will think you are retarded. Thats a good thing.

[gildwulf]

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No game is purely about it. But the idea is that even semi observant opponents will go "hey he raised 910 utg, wtf?" and they will think you are retarded. Thats a good thing.

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You just word-for-word described me and my reaction at the table.

[joseki]

If I see a 27/18 player raise T9s utg, the last thing I think is 'retarded'. The first thing I do is try to remember recent history of this guy and then take a quick look around the table. Could be tilt, could be a bunch of wimps stacked to his left, could be he's been playing tight for a while, prolly not that he's suddenly become retarded.

FWIW, from my perspective, during a day of 1500 hands there are plenty of times that raising similar hands from UTG/MP is called for.

[gildwulf]

I play 5/10, not 3/6.

[jason_t]

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I play 5/10, not 3/6.

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I don't know how many observant opponents there are in that game, but my experiences are that it's loose enough that I don't want be OOP for two bets with that hand unless I know that it will somehow benefit me later.

[gildwulf]

That's what I thought. It definitely threw me off though...