revisiting old post

[barry111]

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play for first, meaning CALL.

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I thought the OP had pocket 9's for some reason. Though I would probably still call.

[BDarch]

This discussion is turning out much different than the original

[Dr_Jeckyl_00]

call... A9s will win 46% over A7-AK, Axs, pairs, KQs, KJs. If villain is pushing something worse like any two, A9s will win 63% of time. Pot is offering 1.5:1. Math: you will lose 2500 54% of time and win 3800 46% (assuming villain is on stronger range of hands) of time for +EV of 398 chips. If you lose you're still in ok shape. A must call, IMO.

now lets see what everyone else thinks...

[lem45216]

Hmm, i'd fold this.


But after reading all these posts im obviously making a terrible mistake, hence why i've not got an ROI of azillion% at any limit. Thanks for this post and the responses, it has alerted me to an obvious leak in my game and i shall begin fixing it now. I think i need to put SNGPT on my christmas list..

[Apathy]

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Hmm, i'd fold this.


But after reading all these posts im obviously making a terrible mistake, hence why i've not got an ROI of azillion% at any limit. Thanks for this post and the responses, it has alerted me to an obvious leak in my game and i shall begin fixing it now. I think i need to put SNGPT on my christmas list..

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Not so fast... wait 'til he links the OP, there is two sides to this story (although I doubt you would be folding for the "right" reasons)

[lem45216]

Yeah i doubt i would.
But now i am intrigued (sp?) as to what the OP said. I wait in anticipation.

[Slim Pickens]

It is a mistake to call if the opponent is tight.

[1C5]

nice call.

Call because pot's big and his range is wide.

[schwza]

wow, what a crazy thread. some gems, and by "gems" i mean "flaming piles of crap":

gigabet:
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Who cares if they take your blind? You have 5k in chips and alot more long term fold equity than they do. So why not use as much of it as possible and trim their stacks down as low as they will allow them to go. Which is what will happen, because your blind will not be stolen every single time, but you can steal theirs forever.

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dali:
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You all fail to realize that very often in this situation, the SB is ONLY pushing with very strong hands since the other stack is so short, i.e. AK, AQ, AJs, 88-AA.

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oh yeah, SB probably folds AJ or 77 there. if his connection died.

this is itm. payouts are 2/3/5, not 2/4/5. there is not a lot of incentive to avoid going out in 3rd.

both of their arguments are totally dependent on rojo's "playing tight." curtains said they were 6-handed ~3 hands ago. maybe this guy's gonna open up his game a little? dali's range for SB made me want to vomit.

edit to add: i forgot the other thing that makes me want to vomit is that no one responded to the point that the BB only has ~1350 left, and will post 500 in the blind NEXT HAND. this mythical 3-handed bubble where curtains can rob everybody blind (haha) is not going to happen.