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Old 08-10-2007, 01:04 PM
derosnec derosnec is offline
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Default Re: standard pot control in position?

you have a shortstack on the button. if he calls you're OOP with K8s, not a good spot to be in. your implied odds suck with K8s in general, but really suck with shorties. against shortstacks big cards are the way to go, but here you don't really have that with K8s - what flop are you hoping for? 88x? that happens like 1% of the time. K8x? another 1%. Flush draw? about 10% and you don't make enough when you hit against shortstacks and you could be against a better flush draw. Top pair? you have a crap kicker. Plus, your ability to steal postflop (c-bets or on turn if he checks) goes down significantly against shortstacks.
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