Party 15 66 bb

[hockey1]

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When action is on hero there are 5 sb's in the pot. As a general rule when the pot's been raised and you are in the BB with a pkt pair you only need 1 caller to get the right price to try to hit a set.

As for raising, I don't think its as ridiculous as others have said because poster will likely fold and the c/o probably has a very weak hand, but I do think its definately -EV. C/o may not fold simply becuase money has already been invested. In addition, with a small pkt pair, hero is either a small favorite or a big dog against the button, which means that heads up, button takes home the cheese over the long run. Position is what makes an isolation play with a small pkt pair marginally profitable. Here, if button misses the flop, he gets away cheaply. If the flop hits the button, hero pays full price becuase hero has to keep firing to protect his small pkt pair. Plus, button may get trixie and semi bluff raise the turn when there will definately be overcards to hero's pkt pair.

Calling, with the intention of check-raising a favorable flop, is the best play.

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Good response.