Please help me understand.

[Buckshot]

I was watching a friend play in a Party tourney. There were 11 players left. Average stack size is ~50k. He has ~40k after post the SB of 2k. The BB has ~36k after posting the BB of 4k. I've been watching for a while and it seemed to me that the BB was on the loose side in his blinds.

Everyone folded to the blinds and my friend had K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and jammed.

Is this SOP?

~stephen

[Chief911]

For some people. I think most of the time this would be a +EV move.

Nick

[Jason Strasser]

This is not what I would consider absolutely standard. If the BB was tight and is only calling with a few hands, obviously this is positive EV. But if the BB would think about a call with 88, AJ type hands, I'm not sure if this is a great move. In my view, the hero has too many chips for this to be standard for any bb. Take away 10k chips from the hero, this becomes a standard push.

-Jason

[Buckshot]

I'm inclined to believe this move is in direct correlation with the size of the player's stack. If my friend had less in chips then I would say it's an easy push but given the relative depth they both had I think I would've erred more on the cautious side, IMHO.

~stephen

[shaniac]

I guess the Gap Concept can explain such a play....The BB needs a big hand to call the push.

I'm used to playing on Stars, where such a play gets added value from the antes and where players will actually occasionally muck a hand preflop.

That said, if I'm in the BB and have a read on my opponent I am willing, stack-dependent, to call my opponent with a hand like KTs or AX. Very situational.

I'd call it a marginal-to-good push....6.5 on a scale of 1-10.

Shane

btw, what is SOP?

[Roman]

Standard Operating Procedue