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[rog]

PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (5 handed) converterPreflop: Rog is Button with [5s], [5h]. UTG calls, MP calls, Rog raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls, MP calls.Flop: (10 SB) [6d], [Ac], [7d] (5 players)SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Rog bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG folds, MP folds.Turn: (6 BB) [8s] (2 players)BB checks, Rog bets, BB folds.Final Pot: 7 BBResults in white below: No showdown. Rog wins 7 BB.

[wrto4556]

Yes.55 and 66 should only be raised there if the blinds are tight.55 is very marginaly

[cdddc75]

wrto4556 said:

Yes.55 and 66 should only be raised there if the blinds are tight.55 is very marginaly

Even five handed? I'm not a shorthanded expert, but I think I might raise any pair five handed.

[wrto4556]

cdddc75 said:

wrto4556 said:

Yes.55 and 66 should only be raised there if the blinds are tight.55 is very marginaly

Even five handed? I'm not a shorthanded expert, but I think I might raise any pair five handed.

That will get you in trouble, too. 22-55 just aren't strong enough.

[obs]

At that level, many players play any A and will never fold any pair. I think most of the time you are behind here.

[rog]

I'm okay with how I played it post flop at that table. When nobody raised the flop, I was pretty sure nobody had an A, and the table was very weak, so I felt there was a good enough chance I could push 2nd pair out.I know not to raise 55 in a ring pre-flop, and I'm still trying to find the right agression level for short-handed. How short would the table have to be for you to raise 55? Heads up raise it for sure? 3-handed?

[Absolute]

wrto4556 said:

cdddc75 said:

wrto4556 said:

Yes.55 and 66 should only be raised there if the blinds are tight.55 is very marginaly

Even five handed? I'm not a shorthanded expert, but I think I might raise any pair five handed.

That will get you in trouble, too. 22-55 just aren't strong enough.

[srblan]

I don't really see a problem with raising pocket 5s short-handed. You're in position, which improves the case. You've probably got the best hand, also. If it isn't good enough to raise short-handed, I don't see how it is good enough to play, since you are probably not going to get odds to flop a set. I say raise it, then chuck it if you encounter a lot of resistance and don't flop a set. I'm not saying raise it every time, or out of position, but I really don't see a problem with raising on the button, in fact, I'd be raising on the button with less than that pretty often.

[wrto4556]

srblan said:

since you are probably not going to get odds to flop a set. I say raise it, then chuck it if you encounter a lot of resistance and don't flop a set.

If you're not getting the odds to hit a set why would you raise. It's not for value. Limping is. You are getting 4-1 immediate odds to flop a set. With the implied odds shorthanded, that's more than enough.