HU Call all-in w/Kx?

[Matt R.]

I think I usually can find time when I still have 7 BB's left. I just look at how often he is pushing from the SB. If he continues to push from the SB (as in the next hand, definitely if he pushes the next 2), I loosen up considerably. Also, another obviously big factor is how much he's folding his BB. I think K7 is borderline enough to fold because you're almost never going to be much better than 50:50, so I would prefer to wait another hand or 2.

[tjh]

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I'm not quarelling with anyone's advice, but is there really enough time to find out what kind of HU player this guy is? If I fold, I then have 6.5xbb left. If the strategy is to then push any next two, I'm still not going to find out what kind of player he is.

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When I made my suggestion that you fold I was looking only at relative stack sizes since in HU play I feel that is more important than the size of the blinds. He has more chips than you but not enough to panic. Push any two next time and he may fold, at that point you are back were you started. When he is small blind again you will see if he is aggressive or not. Your folding here actually benefits you when you push next. He knows that you fold bad hands so he will fear a push a little more than he otherwise may have.

So in my opinion you have some time. The blinds are significant but since you will be playing for all of your/his chips when you do play they are not that big a deal. Allowing him to get more than 75% of the chips is what I worry about and that will not happen just by giving up these blinds. Surprisingly you can sometimes climb back from a 3/4 of the chips vs 1/4 of the situation also.

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tjh

[EasilyFound]

Thanks for the replies. The information will help me better analyze similar situations in the future.