$55 - uneasy ITM spot with AT

[45suited]

The only thing is, I can't see standard raising unless you are willing to call a push from LAG bigstack in the SB.

Otherwise, you're just donating chips to the bigstack.

What's your plan if you raise to 300 and bigstack pushes? Do you expect him to push any two to a standard raise?

[microbet]

I just push. I don't want to limp and let both of them in cheap or free look. A raise to 250+ is pretty commiting. If SB is so loose I probably can't fold to him. Maybe, if BB is real tight I can raise to 200 and fold if he pushes. Still I like pushing better because I want things like 55 to fold.

Which brings me to...blue, your thinking sound a little strange, as if hero's action changes SB's cards. If SB has 55 I'd much rather push and have him fold than raise and have him reraise.

[bluefeet]

yeah, some pretty muddled rambling there. i don't think your point MB was my intent.

i propose push.

he mentioned "not being desperate" (or something to that effect) regarding the not pushing arguement. i was trying to make the point that with a "standard" raise and a whiff, he was essentially looking at laying the hand down (minus a few hundred chips). with the blinds raking through after this one, he's basically pushing with less next orbit. i personally do not like raising. i could fold easier than raising. but i push [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Isura]

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i personally do not like raising. i could fold easier than raising. but i push

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I really think that folding is much worse than limping.

[Chaostracize]

Limping is worse than cutting off your feet like in the movie Saw which is a horrible movie but not as horrible as limping.

[Isura]

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Limping is worse than cutting off your feet like in the movie Saw which is a horrible movie but not as horrible as limping.

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Meh. What's wrong with playing a fairly strong hand for 1/13 of our stack IN POSITION in a 3-handed poker game? I'm not saying limping is the best, but it's certainly better than folding.

[valenzuela]

LOL..i was going to say the exact same thing..which 55 as an example as well.

[45suited]

I agree with Microbet and others. My default play is to just push here. Take away any inkling that the bigstack has to mess with me.