when the right play looks like a donkey play

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SNG strategy is quite different.

Plan A: Call and spike a 7 on the turn.

Plan B: Try to get to the river and then put him all-in. He's gonna need a really strong hand to call. Hope for scare cards along the way.

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Did you look at the pot size and relative remaining stack sizes?

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SNG strategy is quite different.

Plan A: Call and spike a 7 on the turn.

Plan B: Try to get to the river and then put him all-in. He's gonna need a really strong hand to call. Hope for scare cards along the way.

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Did you look at the pot size and relative remaining stack sizes?

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agreed. calling is moot. my big question is: are we giving the BB credit for a hand here or not? is the min raise strength or weakness?

there's not really enough information here, but a min-check-raise is typically strength.

i understand what you mean about the preflop play--- but min-raising with 74o is not good.

if it was working, then be prepared to let your hand go when someone calls... checking this flop would have been your best move-- in hindsight, obviously... i would rather fold this preflop than min-raise though. i don't even min-raise with my premium hands--- hands that i where i WANT someone to come along.

I agree completely. Under normal circumstances I never do this, take much the same line you do. But this was their convention (not guys i normally play with). They were respecting the 500 raise with a 400 BB. If a 500 chip bet gets the same respect that a 1000 chip bet gets, why send a man to do a boys work?

with that said, 74o is not the raising hand of choice, but is he giving me credit for hitting anything with that flop?