$22: SB, Bubble, 2x minraises, and we have TT

[GtrHtr]

F'ing converter.

Seat 2 had been playing the big stack poorly. He’d been keeping all of us short stacks alive through some horrible play, such as minraising, then folding to a push. I wasn’t worried about him.

Seat 3 was a donk, misplayed several hands and was Mr. up and down stack. A good example is his cold call of this minraise by seat 2.

I put seat 2 on any 2 and seat 3 on Ax.

How do you play this?


#Game No : 3229850613
***** Hand History for Game 3229850613 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:18427575 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Monday, December 19, 20:28:31 EDT 2005
Table Table 67242 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 8: GtrHtr ( $780 )
Seat 3: dude in seat 3 ( $1370 )
Seat 2: dude in seat 2 ( $5070 )
Seat 9: dude in seat 9 ( $780 )
Trny:18427575 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GtrHtr [ Td Ts ]
dude in seat 2 raises [300].
dude in seat 3 calls [300].
GtrHtr ???

I'd push. You are tied for 4th in chips, TT is too big an edge to give up.

But my bubble play makes people vomit, so I'd wait for a 2nd opinion.

I push this. If seat 3 is not tricky and is just a calling station, I think he will fold often enough to your push. Also, you probably have the best hand, so if you get a call it's not a disaster. You are tied for 4th, so you have to win chips somewhere unless seat 9 really sucks. Finally, if you do get called and win, you will be in second instead of fourth and your stack will be over 10BBs, giving you more time to pick your spots.

Fold. Seat 9 has two blinds on him next. That could break him unless vtight or picks up big hand. You're only afraid of everyone folding to his BB next, and with 2 donkey stacks (who could also bust vs. eachother in this hand w/o your push), that probably won't happen. Your read and previous hands vs. Seat 9 are crucial - he is your main opponent right now.

[GtrHtr]

Seat 9 is in the BB on this hand.

[Scuba Chuck]

Grunch

I'd push and hope Seat 2 calls, and Seat 3 folds. Good post.

My fault. But even more reason to fold - his BB has now been raised and cold called - this is dream for you, two donkeys are assuming attacking risk for you.

[Scuba Chuck]

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My fault. But even more reason to fold - his BB has now been raised and cold called - this is dream for you, two donkeys are assuming attacking risk for you.

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There are certainly pros and cons to this strategy. I feel certain, there are more cons though.

I'm a donkey, but I push.

You need chips from somewhere or you're 50/50 to get blinded out before the money.

TT could be the best hand you see for a Long time.

All depends on what players you're playing with. I'm used to playing 200's on Inter with mostly non-sng adapted players, so it works well. Put together an SNG of 2+2ers, and my game is no good.