I play bad 2/5NL (probably low content)

[PokerFink]

I love it. Seriously. If there is a super LAG that is live straddeling with a monster stack, I'm going to do everything in my power to build a stack and take him down. As long you have the bankroll to absorb losing a few buy-ins, I see no reason not to gamble here.

This is assuming the 70% figure is not a gross exageration, and that there is a very reasonable chance you are ahead preflop.

[RiverFenix]

Every 10 hands you are in the position to do this, why not pick a better spot? Obviously the situation has happened enough times already where you can pin a ~70% figure on everyone limping and him raising that it cant hurt to wait a few more times. I bet you were thinking about making that play for an hour or so and got antsy - hope it worked out getting all that dead money.

[soah]

Do you also fold your flush draws and straight draws and just wait until you've flopped the nuts to put your money in? I mean, your EV is obviously a lot better in hands where you've got a better hand.

[RiverFenix]

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I mean, your EV is obviously a lot better in hands where you've got a better hand.

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So youre advocating pushing in a situation where a call is, at best a coinflip? The villian is a LAG, but im doubting a moron, there is probably something flopworthy in his hand each time he raises to 100.

You missed my point totally. Hero has seen this situation enough times already at this table, whats the harm in letting this opportunity pass for a better one in the future? The lag isnt going anywhere or going to stop doing that

[wtfsvi]

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I mean, your EV is obviously a lot better in hands where you've got a better hand.

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So youre advocating pushing in a situation where a call is, at best a coinflip? The villian is a LAG, but im doubting a moron, there is probably something flopworthy in his hand each time he raises to 100.

You missed my point totally. Hero has seen this situation enough times already at this table, whats the harm in letting this opportunity pass for a better one in the future? The lag isnt going anywhere or going to stop doing that

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If I'm a better player (as fimbulwinter is) than a huge-stacked LAG, I'm happy to take a coinflip against him. The next time he doubles me up it's worth twice as much.

Anyway, wait-for-a-better-spot-logic is flawed. LAG might very well go somewhere. Someone else could take his money or he could walk away and go to bed or something.

[soah]

If the LAG isn't going anywhere, then why are we passing up +EV opportunities against him? Why not take all of them?

[PokerFink]

You want to build a stack as quickly as possible, so that you can clean this LAG out. Someone is going to take his money, it might as well be you. For that reason, you should be willing to take a +EV gamble that has huge implied +EV if you win.