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[yabastid]

I understand the push- that's not my question. It was the raise PF UTG with J9s.

[La Brujita]

gl jason, you are playing really well.

[Jason Strasser]

not really lol

[La Brujita]

the one hand with q9 on the flop did you push a straight/flush draw or was it a straight flush draw?

if you didn't have one or the other i will happily say I will never reach your level.

and you are playing well, a good resteal against gambler, staying aggressive

[scottjf8]

Just checking in to say, GL Strassa.. I'm railbirding ya...

[Ryendal]

Yes vabastid, I said I was smoking something so I misunderstood your post. I thought this J9c funny and not so bad, after all.

[Ryendal]

I am wondering with what u pushed Gambler21

[yabastid]

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Except the question was why he raised preflop with Jc 9c. Just look at the recent play a hand with the masters for Strassas reasoning on raising preflop with that sort of hand.

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I believe his reasoning involved deep stacks. I think he was in the 20-30BB range when he raised this UTG and that is my question. If it was to please Shania and protect the value of his real hands that's fine, I understand that. I was just surprised to see it at that point in the tourny. But, whatever, I still have a lot to learn . . .

Jason:I'm not 'stealing blinds' per se. I'm raising a deceptive hand which can make big hands and win big pots. Deep stacked you want to be in situations where you can win lots of pots without showdown, make tough hands to read that can stack people off, and hit runner runner draws and make solid value bets. I also want to please Shania, so in her name I'm going to be raising lots of hands to protect the value of my hands.

I guess the second point doesnt apply to the jc9c hand, but the other points seem to still fit.

Isn't "frodolives" a 2+2er? He's out in 25th for about 4K. GG.