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Old 12-10-2006, 02:24 PM
quadzillajim quadzillajim is offline
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Default Pocket ace\'s facing a straddle

Hero wanders in casino at 4:00 am and looks at 3-5 blind no-limit game. Hero kinda new at 2-5 and 3-5 no limit so buys in 300 which is the minimum. Hero looks at first hand and mucks. hero's second hand is Ah,Ad, and hero is in mp1 position. Game is presently ten handed with 1 person walking. Hero did not have to post for first hand seen.

Reads: only read I think I have is UTG who has big stacks, big head phones, looks comfortable and most importantly he's put the live stradle on for 10 bucks on. probably lag?

Stack sizes:
sb 500
bb 600
UTG 3500
UTG+1 4000
hero 300
everyone esle app. 500

Pre-Flop: sb posts 3, bb posts 5, UTG posts 10 live stradle, UTG+1 calls 10, hero raises to 50 with Ah,Ad, 4 folds, sb calls 50, 1 fold, UTG thinks a bit and raise to 90, UTG+1 folds,

hero?
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Old 12-10-2006, 02:26 PM
Praetor Praetor is offline
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Default Re: Pocket ace\'s facing a straddle

given stacks i would call and get it in on any flop
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Old 12-10-2006, 02:34 PM
Poker_Hoar Poker_Hoar is offline
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Default Re: Pocket ace\'s facing a straddle

Re-raise. I would rather be HU against straddler than three way here without any reads on the table.
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Old 12-10-2006, 02:57 PM
Percula Percula is offline
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Default Re: Pocket ace\'s facing a straddle

AI.

Take advantage of your new'ness to the game.
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Old 12-10-2006, 03:22 PM
FireStorm FireStorm is offline
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Default Re: Pocket ace\'s facing a straddle

Ummm, obvious shove? You have $250 behind and the pot is over $200. People who min raise usually call it off with whatever donk hand they've decided to MR it with, and you clearly don't have a big enough stack to play poker. You don't really have a negative result here - most of the time the straddler calls it off with 88 and announces AK NO GOOD KID!!!! and you win, or they all fold and you bang out an uncontested $150, which is a 50% addition to your stack. No need to get cute and go to the flop 3 way with no read.
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