KJo in the BB

[Xenod]

It's been a really tight 22 with 7 players left at the 50/100 blinds

Seat 1: TheDentist45 ( $1040 )
Seat 4: che_profit ( $1705 )
Seat 9: C_A_X_A_P ( $760 )
Seat 10: froman2004 ( $580 )
Seat 3: Xenod ( $745 )
Seat 2: knut10s ( $1475 )
Seat 7: Mace_Du ( $1695 )
Trny:16835496 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Xenod [ Jh Ks ]
che_profit folds.
Mace_Du calls [100].
C_A_X_A_P folds.
froman2004 folds.
TheDentist45 folds.
knut10s folds.
Xenod...

Checking is certainly an option, but against a single limper I feel like I have a good enough hand to raise. Check, push, or stop and go?

[Scuba Chuck]

You can't stop n go. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[wuwei]

A stop n go would be terrible in this spot.

Only you can tell us whether it's a push or check because it depends on his range of limping hands. If it's been an overly tight game, I imagine the best move is to check.

[Xenod]

I'm just starting to get back to playing SNGs a lot again. I believe Stop and Go means to call a raise out of position and then bet/push any "safe" flop. Sure there's no raise here, but I fail to see what you're saying.

[kyro]

He's saying a SnG would be terrible here. You have too many chips to risk it on a move like this.

*Edit* I should also add a SnG is used when you have little or no FE preflop. You have plenty here.

[Xenod]

Ahh, I see. I think I panicked a bit as far as how my stack looked in relation to the blinds. I ended up pushing, he called with A2c and I hit a couple of Kings to double up.

[Scuba Chuck]

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Ahh, I see. I think I panicked a bit as far as how my stack looked in relation to the blinds. I ended up pushing, he called with A2c and I hit a couple of Kings to double up.

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This is precisely my standard opinion on this scenario in the early levels. They have an ace with a shoddy kicker, and can't fold an ace, so they limp, and then have reverse gap principal applied when raised off their power hand.

[wuwei]

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Ahh, I see. I think I panicked a bit as far as how my stack looked in relation to the blinds. I ended up pushing, he called with A2c and I hit a couple of Kings to double up.

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This is precisely my standard opinion on this scenario in the early levels. They have an ace with a shoddy kicker, and can't fold an ace, so they limp, and then have reverse gap principal applied when raised off their power hand.

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That's why you should be looking for guys that play 35-40% of their hands preflop to use this move. When they see you push and look back down at QTo or 98s, they are a lot less likely to call. But you can't expect them to fold a pretty hand like A3s.