Live 25-50, big decision with bottom 2

[B-Man]

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I disagree for a lot of reasons, but I think it comes down to this:

I agree 84o is a terrible hand, but many of the biggest pots I have ever won have been with terrible starting hands that flopped well-disguised hands (like 2-pair).



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I'm not sure if you're talking about this hand, but your 2 pair hand was not at all well disguised. Whenever a blind checkraises I assume that a random 2 pair (SB or BB special) is in their range. You pretty much defined your hand by checkraising here, but the guy you stacked happens to be a donkey who can't read hands/lay down aces. How could he push all-in after a bet, a call, and a CR out of the blinds? Clearly the guy sucks.

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I meant in general. In this case I agree with you. Btw, a lot of times I will lead out with 2-pair, in this case I did not. And yes, this guy is a donkey for playing it like he did. If it weren't for the other info he gave me, I would have folded.


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At least you practice good game selection.

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I try. I'm don't play for ego, or the thrill of beating a great player. I play to win money. I would much rather play against a bunch of donks than good players.


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This is not at all true assuming competent players. If you are playing against clueless calling stations who will not fold any pair, then your analysis makes more sense.

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I agree, but as I said, against a solid player I would have folded pretty quickly. There are a lot of donks out there...