22 - Steal attempt w/55 reraised

Doc · #1 11-08-2005, 01:06 AM

I had been playing solid values, hadn't shown down any junk, Villan seems to be a good player.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

MP (t1085)
CO (t2035)
Button (t790)
BB (t1950)
Hero (t1295)
UTG+1 (t845)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].

Hero raises to t500, 4 folds, BB is all in for 1950, hero?

In retrospect, I had been giving off a tight image and was under very little blind pressure, as was villan. I assume I should lay this down, right?

Thanks for any thoughts,

Doc

pergesu · #2 11-08-2005, 01:17 AM

Yeah, you should lay it down.

I'm not sure I'd want to raise this UTG here, just because a UTG raise doesn't give off the same vibe at a 22 that it does with good players. Like...people will still be more than willing to come over the top with 88/AJs/KQs etc.

Since you say he seems like a solid player, you have to assume he has some respect for your UTG raise, thus his reraise should be a pretty big hand. At best a coinflip, at worst total destruction.

tigerite · #3 11-08-2005, 05:22 AM

Hero stops being a tard and raising 500 with 55 for a start, and folds quickly. What the hell are you thinking?

Doc · #4 11-08-2005, 10:41 AM

I admit to being a tard here. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (and most other places too, come to think of it)

How good does my position here have to be to make this a reasonable steal attempt?

Thanks for any replies,

Doc

Hornacek · #5 11-08-2005, 11:03 AM

Only way I'm playing that hand is if I'm the button and one person has already limped in. Otherwise, fold preflop. Only t150 in the pot, wait wait wait.