quick little preflop buddy

[weevil]

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this hand seems too good to fold but not good enough to raise against the field. am i wrong?

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB completes, BB checks.

call/raise/fold?

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I would raise this if there was a good chance both blinds would fold and the limpers were fairly loose. Even with position, a weak offsuit ace does very poorly against a large and loose field. They're getting implied odds from you, so it's just one of those hands that has a lot of reverse implied odds against many opponents. If there were several really really bad players expected to be in the pot, and a good chance my ace wasn't dominated, and raising wouldn't fold the blinds, I would probably call, but against an average 1/2 field I think this is a fold unless the first condition seems possible, and then you obviously should raise. If this were a suited A8, it's an easy raise against weak limpers and blinds.

[Alexthegreat]

Game conditions??

It's either a raise or fold. If the other players suck, it's a raise. If they are good, it's a fold.