Bubble call

11t · #1 07-17-2005, 01:05 PM

Is this completely donkish? BB was AI by posting.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (4 handed) converter

UTG (t1480)
Button (t5665)
Hero (t5800)
BB (t555)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t1430</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t1130.

Nottom · #2 07-17-2005, 02:00 PM

Not a huge fan.

I think this is a -EV play, but not a huge -EV play.

gildwulf · #3 07-17-2005, 02:03 PM

Yea this is pretty donkish. Gigabet theory doesn't apply here because someone else has exactly the same stack size as you...if you lose 1500 chips this will make a big difference in your ability to push people around.

11t · #4 07-17-2005, 02:10 PM

I don't really think that losing the 1100 chips would really affect my stealing ability too drastically.

Offsprung · #5 07-17-2005, 02:17 PM

And even if you double him up, it'll make it take much harder for BB to get anything going since everyone will have enough chips to call him thin.

augie00 · #6 07-17-2005, 02:18 PM

I would probably call this with paint, but 9 high is just not good enough due to the fact that he's beating you a lot of the time.