jmbreslin 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)Hero (t3670)Button (t6245)SB (t3585)Preflop: Hero is BB with 7, 7. Button raises to t600, 1 fold, Hero???No reason to believe that villain would only be making this raise with a strong hand but he also wasn't LAG either. Is this an easy push-reraise? Link to post Share on other sites
Yahkin 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 A "real" raise is half your stack, so I'd just push. Picking up the pot here is not a bad outcome and you have some FE. Link to post Share on other sites
rog 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I like a stop and go in these situations. Link to post Share on other sites
jmbreslin 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 A stop and go...intriguing. I'm still trying to get a handle on when the stop-n-go might be better than a straight push. Any insights? Link to post Share on other sites
Kestral123 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Stop and go is not appropriate here; you need to raise or fold and I think a raise is clearly the best play. Half your stack commits you to the pot anyway, so just stick it all in. You are ahead of his range. The only argument I can see for half your stack is that it might look really strong, but if you get called you are going to have to grit your teeth and probably push into some mighty ugly looking flops. Link to post Share on other sites
NEtwowilldo 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Is this an easy push-reraise?Yes.You're in the money, so take a risk and go for the win. He will probably fold anyways. Link to post Share on other sites
NEtwowilldo 0 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Is this an easy push-reraise?Yes.You're in the money, so take a risk and go for the win. He will probably fold anyways. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Shovel. Link to post Share on other sites
jmbreslin 0 Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 Stop and go is not appropriate here; you need to raise or foldWhy? Link to post Share on other sites
rog 0 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Why?I suggested Stop and Go, but I'm going to address this because I was wrong. The stacks are too deep for stop and go in this situation, and I wasn't paying enough attention. You want to be in a situation where your preflop push is not enough to force folds, but a flop push will be enough to force folds (assuming villain misses, or hits middle pair or worse). You're deep enough to have all the fold equity you need preflop here. Also it works best when you know you're against overcards that are likely to call preflop. Because he is opening on the button, his range is very wide and includes a lot of hands that can't call a preflop push. Stop and Go is mostly wrong because your stack is too deep, but partly wrong because his button raise doesn't mean anything in particular, so you have a great chance of winning preflop.I'm not an expert on the stop and go by any means, so if I've butchered this, I'd like to hear it. Link to post Share on other sites
jmbreslin 0 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 Thanks for the explanation, it makes perfect sense. Link to post Share on other sites
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