qu2r 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (4 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cxHero (t1810)BB (t1185)UTG (t2290)Button (t2715)Preflop: Hero is SB with Q:diamond:, T:spade:. 2 foldsThis is probably pretty routine but I wanted some other opinions on this. Folding seems silly, of course.Calling seems almost as silly, (unless, maybe as a stop & go).if raise is then in order, what amount?minraise to 600, and then fold to a reraise?push allin?raise 2.5, to 750? Normally, a push here against the small stack is automatic for me. However, it appears that if he re-pushes the same range he'd call with (assuming A8o+, all pairs, all suited Axs... maybe all broadways) then folding to the re-raise make the minraise higher equity than pushing into the same standards to call. Any higher raise amount with intention of folding seems wasted chips. But if the call/re-raise standards are the same (is that my error in assumption?) then the smaller raise looks better than the push.The minraise with intent to call seems silly too, same result as the push without the fold equity. So, is this correct? The push still seems more natural to me. The minraise makes sense only as a mix-it-up play to make him thinks it's a monster this time, but I just don't trust my reasoning on this. thanks-matt Link to post Share on other sites
Swift_Psycho 1 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 There is no way you could even min-raise and then fold to a push, so you might as well move in first yourself. Link to post Share on other sites
copernicus 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Pushing is narrowly better than folding ($EV 25.53 vs $EV22.69 if its a 10 buyin, proportional otherwise) if you put him on that range for calling a pushI must be tired because Im not following your point about his re-push standards being the same as his calling standards.If you raise (anything) and he's in range he pushes.If you push and he's in range he calls. Either way the same money is in with both hands. Link to post Share on other sites
copernicus 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 dupe Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Cypriot 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 A simple, straitforward play push - enough folding equity here and an "ok" hand if called. Definitely have to push Link to post Share on other sites
Rocketwadster 0 Posted February 2, 2006 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Depending on the short-stacked opponent - If you don't mind busting out in fourth a lot (which will in general increase your chances of coming in first or second), then by all means push here. Your hand is only slightly better than the median (Q 7 - computer hand), so I personally wouldn't be pushing here, but rather would fold it (which may be incorrect, but I am runnign so bad this week as opposed to last week, with only one cash in 8 SNG's due to shooting for the stars/insanely bad beats). 8) Link to post Share on other sites
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