$11, 88 on the bubble
 

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CO (t3579)
Hero (t4675)
SB (t5024)
BB (t6722)

Preflop: Hero is in Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">CO folds</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t800</font>, SB calls t600, <font color="gray">BB folds</font>

Flop: (t1400) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
<font color="red">SB bets t2200</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to t3875</font>

Should I be pushing here? My read is he will be calling top 1/3 hands

Re: $11, 88 on the bubble
 

I can't tell what the blinds are, but... it looks sorta like you minraised? Blinds 200/400? First of all...don't minraise, that's crap. And after SB's call, I would check/fold that flop. I don't think he's actually loose enough to be calling top 1/3 of hands. He's gonna call your raise with Q8? JT? That's very loose. Regardless, I'm folding that flop. No need to risk your stack when he's already put out that hefty overbet.

Re: $11, 88 on the bubble
 

Yeah he ended up calling with A9 and hit an ace on the turn... I figured he was semi-bluffing but he took by the end. Is there never at all a time when I should be minraising?

Re: $11, 88 on the bubble
 

mini raising is for donks...

Re: $11, 88 on the bubble
 

Option 1: fold the flop.
Option 2: raise to 1200.
Option 3: raise all-in.
Option 4: minraising.

I would choose option 2 only if I am pretty sure
a) sb and bb are able to fold
b) are only reraising all-in QQ+, AK and not (especially bb with crap) because he does know that we will fold a lot.

I would choose Option 3 only if I think SB and BB are able to fold at least a bit (like KJs) - and I guess this is already questionable at the 11sp.

I would choose option 1 if I am generally running bad and the blinds go up soon and I can better start pushing then, creating before a more tight table image... something that is questionable at the 11sp too...

I would never choose option 4.

Overall: 1/3 pushing, 1/3 raising to 1200, 1/3 folding I guess...

Re: $11, 88 on the bubble
 

min raise will work heads up if you opponent isnt calling.....if he calls all your min raises the raise 3 times........if if calls that .......just limp in.

I like min raising at the start of heads up to try and get a feel for my opponent.

Other than heads up I never really min raise. Maybe to steal blinds if the blinds are high enough. 400/800, 600/1200