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Old 09-07-2005, 11:42 AM
PrayingMantis PrayingMantis is offline
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Default calling range on SB

$11 rebuy, 45 left out of 250, blinds 1000/2000 ante 100, you have 25K, which is below average. Few big stacks to your left.

Folded to button, a very loose and pretty bad player. Makes a lot of PF calls and aggressive moves post. He got a bit short-stacked just now. So folded to him on btn and he pushes about 16K.

You are on the SB. On the BB a decent player with about 60K. What's your calling (pushing) range here and why?
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Old 09-07-2005, 11:59 AM
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Default Re: calling range on SB

You are getting 4-3 pot odds. Any hand I play I am pot committed, so I push.

You need a stronger hand to call than to push and the BB is there, but button doesn't need much and you have pot odds.

I would call with A9, KT, QJ, A7s, K9s, Q9s, 98s, 22, or better.
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Old 09-07-2005, 12:09 PM
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Default Re: calling range on SB

I'd call 44+,K9+,QT+,A9+.
I'm not worried about BB because it takes a big hand to call 2 all-ins.
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Old 09-07-2005, 12:12 PM
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Default Re: calling range on SB

Without putting thought into it and just guessing the way I would in a tournament, I think AT+, KQ, 66+

-Jason
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Old 09-07-2005, 01:01 PM
PrayingMantis PrayingMantis is offline
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Default Re: calling range on SB

I had KJo and I pushed. It's interesting because I see that for some of you this is well inside your calling range, while for others (strassa) it's actually a fold (or probably a marginal fold).

It was somewhat of a tough spot because this guy was playing very loose, but OTOH I didn't suspect he's pushing literally any two here. It was first time (or 2nd) it was folded to him like that on the button and me on SB, so I didn't have a record of him making too many steals. Actually he enjoyed calling PF and making moves rather than being aggressive PF. So it was a bit of a marginal spot. And part of the problem is that if I am in his place, I'm pushing with a very wide range (considering SB [me] and BB are not calling too loose), against which KJo is a clear call. But he isn't me...

He had AJo BTW.
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