Reasoning validation

[brimstone1]

NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:14855747 Level:8 Blinds(200/400) - Monday, August 15, 03:40:07 EDT 2005
Table Table 10859 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 1: mathmatics ( $1745 )
SB: HERO ( $2610 )
BB: shad24 ( $2550 )
Seat 10: froggy21 ( $1095 )
Trny:14855747 Level:8
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
froggy21 folds.
mathmatics folds.
HERO is all-In [2410].

Since I have him covered, with 1 player having 2.5BB, I thought his calling range (given I should, in a perfect world, have some respect from him given my image) is extremely tight here... perhaps TT+, AQ+? Could even be QQ+ instead of TT.

What do you think?

PS/edit: do you think this move makes more sense at a higher buy-in?

[brimstone1]

Hey guyz i play the $0.01+$0's on jesuspoker, I was wondering what ROI I could achieve at that level..
thnxkpls

(maybe this'll spark some interest)

[SammyKid11]

This push is fine, IMO, unless you have some reason to believe that BB is a maniac who will call with way more than he should. With an even reasonably tight calling range, pushing is +EV.

[ilya]

I like pushing; I doubt he's loose enough to make it -$EV, plus if you succeed here you open up a bit of a gap that could help you win lots more chips if the bubble keeps going.

[nath]

I played on Jesuspoker once and they lost my money. But it came back in three days.

[Nicok7]

Your reasoning is correct, the blinds are tasty and your hand is rarely dominated. Works better if BB is not a loose donkey. nh

[Ixnert]

The push is good, but at the 10+1's, that predicted calling range is unrealistically tight unless you actually specifically know that this guy's a good player. No one at the 10+1's is folding everything but TT+, AQ+. Add AJ, AT, 88+ at least.

But yes, to answer your question, this is a perfect time for this move at higher buy-ins, and still a good time even with the comparatively larger calling ranges at a 10+1.

[USCSigma1097]

Brimstone,

One thing that you said that caused me problems at the 10's was this:

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Since I have him covered, with 1 player having 2.5BB, I thought his calling range (given I should, in a perfect world, have some respect from him given my image) is extremely tight here... perhaps TT+, AQ+? Could even be QQ+ instead of TT.


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Very few players at the tens are paying attention to table image. Even the players that are good enough to notice might be playing 8 to 12 tables.

To take a bite off of your subject, do not let things like "I should have a good reputation" enter into your reasoning. Players at the lower level play their own cards, and not much else.

Nice Push, I'd make it every time.

Sigma

[nWirb]

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Nice Push, I'd make it every time.

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[Raiser]

I like the push.