AQ/early game/awkward stacks

[jeffraider]

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I think you've got two options, and that's to fold or raise to 300, with the intention of calling any push.

If you open push, you get the table to fold the vast majority of the time, unless they pick up AA-QQ. Hands like ATs/AJs/KQs that may have been thinking about playing will still often fold. However if you pop it to 300, you will sometimes get these hands to come over the top, particularly if it's an exceptionally donkish night as you mentioned.

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Agreed! Raising to 300 gets you into some pots where you're a 3-1 favourite, rather than folding those hands that will double you up.

Also, c'mon people, this is definitely not a clear push! NINE-handed!