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Old 10-31-2005, 01:45 PM
tipperdog tipperdog is offline
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Default What to do when a \"normal\" raise pot commits you?

A fairly common situation. Mid-late through a SnG and you are short, but not on life support (8ish BBs). You pick up a moderate strength hand and the pot is folded to you. If you open raise a normal amount (3-4xBB), you will be committed if reraised. What do you do in this situation? Open-push? Open-miniraise? Standard raise?

For example (a hypothetical example):

Party $33 Sng. Blinds 50/100. 6 players left. You are slightly under-average stack at T900. Blinds go up in 4 hands. One very short stack behind you but all others either have you out-chipped or are very close. 1 fold to you and you have 88.

What's your play?

I'm most interested in general thoughts on this fairly common situation and posted this example for illustrative purposes only. Please don't limit comments to this hand, if you have thoughts on the general subject.
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Old 10-31-2005, 01:47 PM
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Default Re: What to do when a \"normal\" raise pot commits you?

Push and generally speaking it's not close.
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Old 10-31-2005, 01:48 PM
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Default Re: What to do when a \"normal\" raise pot commits you?

I think the general rule is push if you have less than 10BB, so push preflop.

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Old 10-31-2005, 01:49 PM
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Default Re: What to do when a \"normal\" raise pot commits you?

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Push and generally speaking it's not close.

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Yep. 6 Handed at a 33 this is pretty straigh push with four players left to act.
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Old 10-31-2005, 02:01 PM
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Default Re: What to do when a \"normal\" raise pot commits you?

I think the question answers itself.

Would you raise your normal amount and fold to any reraise or flop? The play of a weak-tight player might do this.


This is one of those situations where its push or fold, no question. Any intelligent player at your table will see a "normal" raise and then laugh when they realize your raise was nearly 50% of your stack and wonder why you didn't just push.
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Old 10-31-2005, 02:22 PM
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Default Re: What to do when a \"normal\" raise pot commits you?

Any hand that is guaranteed to commit you on the flop should be pushed in the middle. Your not planning on folding so you rather just see all the cards esp if you dont hit the flop and they bet at you. Isnt this called FE?
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