Yahkin 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 SB has been active raising nearly every pot when given the chance to lead. He liked to reraise earlier in the tourney, but I had not seen much of that at the FT. He had just doubled a few hands earlier, so he may have been switching gears. 3x raises have been taking the blinds for the most part since 4 handed started and continued for the first few hands of 3 handed.Wait for a better spot?Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t600/t1200(Ante: t125)3 playersConverterStack sizes:Hero: t38806SB: t87685BB: t23509Pre-flop: (3 players) Hero is Button with 4 4 Hero raises to t3600, SB raises to t9000, BB folds, Hero ??? Link to post Share on other sites
Influcted 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Yeah fold that. At best you are 50/50. Link to post Share on other sites
711Buddha 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 What could he have that would leave you in good shape?22 or 33? Most likely is a coin toss, and worst case is a pocket pair bigger than yours. (Which is also much more likely to call you if you push.) I'd look for another spot. Link to post Share on other sites
Cappy37 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Wouldn't be a bad spot to limp in order to potentially break someone on a flop.Small pairs are nightmares shorthanded with high blinds, so that might just be wishful thinking.If the situation was reversed, I'd definitely call the raise in order to see if I could flop big.You definitely can't call off a 3rd of your stack to set mine. I'd dump it and wait for another opportunity, unless you really didn't mind flipping a coin as the downside to shoving and potentially picking up 9k, because shoving would look pretty strong here. Link to post Share on other sites
sagedecarte 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 id much rather limp on the button with that handbut taking into account you raised and that the sb is cl by a fair amount and that youve said hes reraising everybody id actually call his reraise OR SHOVE in this spot because a) he could have air as youre raising on the button B) you could hit your miracle 4 and probably get paid pretty nicelyyou made the initial raise when you could have limped so now I think I'd call/shove and see what he doesall that being said, the 'right' play would be to fold, but wheres the gamble in that Link to post Share on other sites
NoBBiR 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I wouldn't be limping the button with a PP three handed. You should be attacking the blinds with position. After he reraises (depending on how loose he and liberally he has been bullying the table I make either a read dependent call or fold. Shoving is bad because he is never folding, ever. If he is really loose aggressive bullying the table then I'd call and pretty much shove any non A or K flop. If he just gt the chip lead or hasn't been super active, I'd fold. You can make a case for either.You also show a ton of strength by just flat calling his reraise imo, and he may be give up a hand like AJ if the flop is something like QJ8. Like I said, shoving is just stupid though unless you just want to gamble. Link to post Share on other sites
sagedecarte 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I wouldn't be limping the button with a PP three handed. You should be attacking the blinds with position. After he reraises (depending on how loose he and liberally he has been bullying the table I make either a read dependent call or fold. Shoving is bad because he is never folding, ever. If he is really loose aggressive bullying the table then I'd call and pretty much shove any non A or K flop. If he just gt the chip lead or hasn't been super active, I'd fold. You can make a case for either.You also show a ton of strength by just flat calling his reraise imo, and he may be give up a hand like AJ if the flop is something like QJ8. Like I said, shoving is just stupid though unless you just want to gamble.well the fact that hes said the sb will CONSTANTLY reraise his raises means hell be forced with a difficult decision after raising with the low pp, so just limping might leave the sb more cautious, no? Link to post Share on other sites
NoBBiR 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 well the fact that hes said the sb will CONSTANTLY reraise his raises means hell be forced with a difficult decision after raising with the low pp, so just limping might leave the sb more cautious, no?I doubt this. If the guy is super active he's not just gonna let you limp and not give you a raise. If he's constantly reraising his raises, then raise and when the SB reraises, shove and you will actually have some FE. Pairs are very strong HU and 3 handed.If he hasn't seen you limp/shove or limp/raise a lot, then he's not going to be cautious. Link to post Share on other sites
Yahkin 0 Posted November 1, 2007 Author Share Posted November 1, 2007 well the fact that hes said the sb will CONSTANTLY reraise his raises means hell be forced with a difficult decision after raising with the low pp, so just limping might leave the sb more cautious, no?I didn't say that. I said he raises all unraised pots. Early on he reraised some, but since the FT started he has not reraised PF that I recall. Link to post Share on other sites
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