6.50: 88 from sb
 

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t80 (5 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Button (t1590)
Hero (t1665)
BB (t6610)
UTG (t1160)
MP (t2475)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t160</font>, Hero calls t120, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t400) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (t400) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, Button calls t300.

River: (t1000) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>, Button calls t400.

Final Pot: t1800

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

Reads on button?
I probably go for the CRAI on the flop. As played I like your line.

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

Easy shove pf for me here.

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

o rly?

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

rly

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

looks fine to me. I'm not shoving pf unless I have a real laggy read or I've seen villian minraise a lot.

EDIT: What about the flop? I don't mind the check, but I'm thinking a 1/2 pot bet pretty much defines our hand, either he has overs or a bigger pair...thoughts?

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

shove pf.

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

I see 2 problems with shoving pf. First, at a 6.50 better opportunities are bound to come, and second, with no read you're either up against a monster or nothing a lot of the time. I just think it's best to wait but I'm all ears to arguments (with reasons) for a shove.

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

He has 20x bb lol. I could even see a fold preflop. Your line is alright.

Re: 6.50: 88 from sb
 

There is already 280 in the pot. We have huge FE against a stupid button minraise which in some cases in a huge hand, but more often than not, is something stupid they just felt like raising. That t280 already out there is ~16% of our stack and looks good to take right now. A lot of times button here will even make a retarded call with 22-77 or Ax with x being &lt;8. Even if he wakes up with a hand we're flipping against, it's still not bad at all.