STTF SNG->cash thread

[microbet]

suzzer,

How many tables are you playing? Are you using HUD? It's pretty rare when most of the players are fairly normal 30/18ish. If that were the case you should have found different tables.

#1

There are a few reasons to fold preflop. Button is short stacked and you don't close the betting here and you are OOP. I would probably fold pre, but it doesn't seem like calling is terrible.

Turn is very awkward. With his stack size you absolutely have to call if he pushes the turn and it's a really bad spot if he pushes a blank river after calling your turn bet.

Any bet by you is committing. You will never fold out a better hand. If he's behind he's most likely drawing to 6 outs so only 12% chance to hit river. If you hit your river card it's not unlikely that he'll still pay you off with any one pair hand (I know you said they looked normalish, but he is a short stacker who made a weird raise pre.) His slowplaying a big hand is far from out of the question.

I dunno, but it seems like this adds up to a turn check, even though you could end up with a hard decision if/when he bets the turn.

#2

Ok, Daniel Negreanu. I fold preflop almost all the time and 3 bet the times I don't.

Fold turn. It's not close.

It's ok to get loose passive around laggy morons and take their money when you hit something. You just have to be willing to let go of a fair amount of small pots where took a shot.

#3

Calling on the button there doesn't seem horrible, but it's not great. There's still potential for further action and it's not like you are guaranteed huge pot odds since you might end up with just the CO in the pot.

Reraising preflop is fine, but it's part of overall strategy and not something that is necessarily right or wrong for this hand. Well, maybe some people can 3bet it every single time, but they are playing a very different game than I do.

On the flop he's c-raising 2 people on the driest of flops. Find the fold button.


#4

I wish you had some stats on these players. In a vacuum I really don't know. I probably call the flop and make my decision on the turn possibly kicking myself over what hits on the turn.


#5

Fold.