I always feel compelled to call here.......
 

Hero raises to 3x BB with 2s-9s then some donktard who's running at like 50/40 and pushing every 4th hand thats raised, raises all in for 40+ BBs.

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $0.25/$0.50 Blinds - 6 Players - (LegoPoker HH Converter)

SB: $66.40
BB: $85.30
Hero (UTG): $41.20
MP: $28.50
CO: $53.95
BTN: $55.85

CO posts $0.50
Preflop: Hero is dealt 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (6 Players)
<font color="red">Hero raises to $2.00</font>, <font color="red">MP raises all-in to $28.50</font>, Hero?

I feel like i make the call here far too often......

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If he is pushing every 4th hand call here. If he is pushing every 7th or 8th hand, fold. Your hand does well against the top 25% but poorly against the top 12.5% of hands.

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I usually fold these thinking that I will get a better chance to stack him later on if he pushes as much as you said. Patience.

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I usually fold these thinking that I will get a better chance to stack him later on if he pushes as much as you said. Patience.

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I love what you said here. Every player should read this over and over until it is sketched in their brain. Great post there.

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I usually fold these thinking that I will get a better chance to stack him later on if he pushes as much as you said. Patience.

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I love what you said here. Every player should read this over and over until it is sketched in their brain. Great post there.

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Really, I very much don't.
I insta call this all day long

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Why arent you fullstacked?

I think calling is marginal. If he does that every 4th hand i'm calling this from time to time, depending on my mood.

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Really, I very much don't.
I insta call this all day long

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I insta fold this all day long. Can you explain to me why you are calling this?

edit: I fold for this reason. Just because some guy is 50/40 and pushing every 4th hand doesn't mean you need to start calling his all-ins with marginal holdings

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Really, I very much don't.
I insta call this all day long

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I insta fold this all day long. Can you explain to me why you are calling this?

edit: I fold for this reason. Just because some guy is 50/40 and pushing every 4th hand doesn't mean you need to start calling his all-ins with marginal holdings

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I call this all day long becomes I think it is +ev to call thats why
Lets say you are up against the top 20% of hands. Why did I pick this well because I think this is a reasonable range for someone who pushes every 4 hands

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

446,911,344 games 0.005 secs 89,382,268,800 games/sec

Board:
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 48.810% 48.40% 00.41% 216287506 1851198.00 { 66+, A4s+, K8s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, A9o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo }
Hand 1: 51.190% 50.78% 00.41% 226921442 1851198.00 { 8c8s }

So we are ahead, marginal yeah but it is still +ev and that is all that matter

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cooker i think taking coinflips is not the way to go in cashgames imo. Therefore i think both ways are fine. Neither instacalling nor instafolding is right.

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cooker i think taking coinflips is not the way to go in cashgames imo. Therefore i think both ways are fine. Neither instacalling nor instafolding is right.

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If it's the best play then it is. I don't go around looking for coin flips in cash games like I would if I was playing a tournament but if presented to me in a situation like this then I will take it.