$30 NL stars blind battle.

[gobboboy]

I was pretty sure the answer was to push, but someone told me that line was bad and I wanted to make sure. I can never see folding AK here, but some people don't like to race for this many chips so I wasn't sure.

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I was pretty sure the answer was to push, but someone told me that line was bad and I wanted to make sure. I can never see folding AK here, but some people don't like to race for this many chips so I wasn't sure.

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And here was me thinking that the idea was to get lots of chips with my premium hands

[gobboboy]

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I was pretty sure the answer was to push, but someone told me that line was bad and I wanted to make sure. I can never see folding AK here, but some people don't like to race for this many chips so I wasn't sure.

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And here was me thinking that the idea was to get lots of chips with my premium hands

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What a spectacular addition to this conversation.

[bobbycharles]

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what are my options

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Fold - I can't see that as an option at all

Cold Call - Viewed as weak tight move by a weak tight player. But, your image is aggressive, it may send some suspicious signals to a thinking player.

Reraise - probably the play the villain expects to see from you the aggro. What will his move be - define his big pair and reraise/push? Or will he call and pull a stop n go?

Push - Puts him on the defensive. He has a big pair it spells trouble. He has a smaller pair, still could be trouble. He's tilting, he may call with his KQs.

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and what is the correct plan

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Man I don't know.....
I guess if I'm only after the win, a push it is.

If I'm wanting to slide up the pay scale and wait for a more opportune time to mix it up, or if I think I can outplay him, I may just call and see if he sweats a little.

Very thought provoking question gobbo.

I can't see a call here either, and a fold isn't even an option. I'm pushing and expecting him to fold.

[ClaytonN]

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I can't see a call here either, and a fold isn't even an option. I'm pushing and expecting him to fold.

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I push and expect him to call with 33-66. This always, ALWAYS happens against a low pair. Swear it.

His range is pretty big here. Push!

[whiskeytown]

easy push - I like playing AK all in anyways - it IS a great hand, in theory, but only if it sees all 5 cards -

the hands you could be called with here - too varied to mention - I think you'll be dominating to 3 outs, but that's just me...

RB

yea I push here.. I mean you're definitely going to re-raise him, and any significant re-raise puts in over half your stack so might as well just push it, lots of money in the pot already with his large raise and the blinds/antes.

Indicate the fact that you are raising all in with a backhanded waving of the hands, then take a sip of water while leaning back.