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Old 08-25-2005, 03:26 PM
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430 entries. 78 left. 8 players to the money.
on the last 2 hands i went all-in and took the blinds
with no fight.
I'm one before the button. everybody folds to me.
my cards (9,9).
all-in? raise? fold?
example below
thanks for your thoughts.

NL Texas Hold'em Trny:15148716 Level:9 Blinds (200/400) - Thursday, August 25, 15:34:01 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table(436628) Table #10 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Gal13 ( $2820 )
Seat 3: dedor ( $2670 )
Seat 6: Big_Brad111 ( $1280 )
Seat 7: SuperWhopper ( $11314 )
Seat 8: wrongriver ( $5440 )
Seat 9: nascarfan86 ( $7125 )
Seat 10: vmack70 ( $5430 )
Seat 4: perry998 ( $5507 )
Seat 5: JunkieDaddy ( $4670 )
Trny:15148716 Level:9
Blinds (200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to dedor [ 9d 9h ]
wrongriver folds.
nascarfan86 folds.
vmack70 folds.
Gal13 folds.
dedor....
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Old 08-25-2005, 03:45 PM
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Default Re: all-in or raise?

Hero pushes and gets called by 88.
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Old 08-25-2005, 03:51 PM
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[ QUOTE ]
430 entries. 78 left. 8 players to the money.
on the last 2 hands i went all-in and took the blinds
with no fight.
I'm one before the button. everybody folds to me.
my cards (9,9).
all-in? raise? fold?
example below
thanks for your thoughts.

NL Texas Hold'em Trny:15148716 Level:9 Blinds (200/400) - Thursday, August 25, 15:34:01 EDT 2005
Table Multi-Table(436628) Table #10 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Gal13 ( $2820 )
Seat 3: dedor ( $2670 )
Seat 6: Big_Brad111 ( $1280 )
Seat 7: SuperWhopper ( $11314 )
Seat 8: wrongriver ( $5440 )
Seat 9: nascarfan86 ( $7125 )
Seat 10: vmack70 ( $5430 )
Seat 4: perry998 ( $5507 )
Seat 5: JunkieDaddy ( $4670 )
Trny:15148716 Level:9
Blinds (200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to dedor [ 9d 9h ]
wrongriver folds.
nascarfan86 folds.
vmack70 folds.
Gal13 folds.
dedor....

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Well since it's near the bubble, I think the SB will be folding with his small stack happy to make the money. So you have to worry about Seats 5 and 7 who can both bust you. I wouldn't be that worried about Seat 5(button) as he would have to call off more than 1/2 his chips with the big stack behind him still. The BB has a huge stack and it's hard to say because I don't know if he is a defender of blinds or not. You cannot just raise because you'll be left with hardly anything, so it comes down to whether you think he'll call your all-in or not.
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Old 08-25-2005, 04:00 PM
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Default Re: all-in or raise?

Easy all-in. You are still short stacked, and desperately need those blinds. I'd push with a lot less.

The fact that someone may think your stealing and look you up with a less than premium hand could be a big plus.
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