Hand to Talk About

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Everyone:

Here's a hand I played tonight in a $60-$120 game at The Bellagio. A new player had just sat down and was taking an out of position blind between the button and the small blind. That meant there were three blinds. One for $60 to the immediate left of the button. The small blind for $40 dollars two to the left of the button. And the big blind for $60 three to the left of the button.

I was in (what most of you refer to as the) cutoff seat and held the
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All comments welcome.

Best wishes,
Mason

[eugeneel]

good play, great minds think alike.

I would limp in with a suited connector like 89s and raise with a hand like jq or above. I don't know what I would do with j10 to be honest but I would usually fold the q 10 here as well.

J10 I would most likey raise but would limping in be a very bad choice?

-Eugene

[Andy B]

Is this the first "Hand to Talk About" that you didn't win?

[brad]

would u limp on the button?

[Mason Malmuth]

Hi Andy:
No.

Best wishes,
Mason

[J_V]

Mason, I want hear about your worst hand of the month. The one hand you lost you totally outplayed the guy on every street.

We all pay off with second pair. Let's hear one where you do.

[karlson]

By no means! You don't remember these threads?

Mason's Hand
Andy's Hand

[Rick Nebiolo]

Mason,

Jack nine offsuit in the cutoff is just barely a blind steal with two or the right kind of blinds (tight and predictable, not tenacious) and a soft button acting after you. The third blind makes it a worse raise, mostly since you rarely steal the blinds and are a big favorite to be up against a better hand or two.

Calling is a valid option. Other than the button, it would take a real hand for an opponent to raise out of position and at least you would know what you are up against post flop. It just seems too good to fold against three random hands. But it is at least close.

You wrote: "A new player had just sat down and was taking an out of position blind between the button and the small blind. That meant there were three blinds. One for $60 to the immediate left of the button. The small blind for $40 dollars two to the left of the button. And the big blind for $60 three to the left of the button."

At the Bike Top Section we allow this inside post for a new player (the button passes over the next hand) along with buy the button (and a reduced penalty for moving away from the blinds - you just post the big blind rather than big and small dead). Other Los Angeles Clubs are trending towards variations of these posting procedures (with Buy the Button being almost universally accepted).

What do you or anyone else think of these posting procedures?

Regards,

Rick

[Tommy Angelo]

"All comments welcome."

Hi Mason,

:-)

I think you made what most of us refer to as a good play. Just because there was extra of what most of us refer to as dead money doesn't mean you should get what some of us refer to as goofy.

[RollaJ]

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I think you made what most of us refer to as a good play. Just because there was extra of what most of us refer to as dead money doesn't mean you should get what some of us refer to as goofy.


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Some of us would have to agree with Tommy