Defending Your Blinds

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<font color="blue"> Assume 100BB effective stacks and Button is unknown</font>

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $1</font>, Hero ?

<font color="green">Please give a reason for why you chose either fold/call/raise</font>

[betafemale]

Most people would call it weak but I do not care. I would fold here. I know I can get my money in in better spots than playing against an unknown out of position.

[Vyse]

If his blind stealing is 25% or higher I repop to 5.

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If his blind stealing is 25% or higher I repop to 5.

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Button is unknown though so no reads.

[Vyse]

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If his blind stealing is 25% or higher I repop to 5.

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Button is unknown though so no reads.

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Probably repopping anyway. I don't repop if it's a good TAG or a calling station. YOu have to at least call.

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Most people would call it weak but I do not care. I would fold here. I know I can get my money in in better spots than playing against an unknown out of position.

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All 3 options are viable but yeah I think folding is probably the worst option.

with no reads I repop a button raise here usualy. Or you can fold and wait to get a read on villain. I usualy asume a player is bad until otherwise proven.

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with no reads I repop a button raise here usualy. Or you can fold and wait to get a read on villain. I usualy asume a player is bad until otherwise proven.

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Do you think raising&gt;folding&gt;calling?

[whyzze]

I can see through pure math and hatred of money that a fold here can be good. But at these stakes it is wrong to fold here.

No read on villian. Well now is our chance to get one by 3-betting, or playing postflop.

I like the 3bet for obvious reasons, and I probably do it 50% of the time here, depending on my mood.

When I think about it though. I like a call the best. Simply because people at these limits play terrible in 3bet preflop pots. For example:

He has KK and opens on the button, I reraise with my AJs. Flop is Axxr. I lead for pot...he tanks, and pushes because he cant fold KK in a reraised pot. Now Im folding, kiss goodbye to the money. But thats just one example.

If we call. The postflop play is very easy. We are well ahead of his range, and our position is not bad at these stakes, I dont mind being OOP of preflop raiser.

Axxr flop, we c/c flop. c/f largish turn bet. Value bet river.

K/Qxxr flop, c/f flop. Lead/fold turn. check river if we miss. (we get info here, and could easily split)

Jxxr flop, check raise flop-fold to 3bet, pot control pot control pot control if he calls.

Draws, check raise flop-fold to push, double gutters, and flush draws.

xxxr flop, raise or check raise, probably check raise to get that cbet outta him.

If this gets felted we now know villian. If it doesn't you have just created a great image.

[iminurhead]

as Tien..............RAISE THAT (CENSORED) UP!...otherwise if u dont trust ur post flop play ....fold