30 BB shove from the SB Stars 50/r/a

[BodogAri]

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IDK, this one was the weirdest in a while.

Some time ago on p5's there was a thread where some guy open shoved like 30 BB's and bodogari snap called Kx (i think 4 or 5) and was like "nobody ever shoves here with any kind of hand, this is a standard call." The guy had like Qx and ari held.

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I limped from SB to BB and he pushed. I def did not snap call, and was being sarcastic when i said it was a standard call. However, here I'd say firstly that it's very player dependent, and that you'd prob. have the best idea of what you should call with. Having said that, in the blind, you gotta assume you're playing w/ someone who is not very good. Therefore, maybe it's incorrect but i'll take out of his range jj+, figuring classic weak=strong, and he's gonna want to get some value out of those hands.

Next, I'd db him. Is he Stars regular-ie. more likely to be hyper aggro, does he win tournies, does he a bunch of small scores. You know the usual to figure out what kind of scared poker he's playing.

I don't know what this all leads to, but i'll just give a calling range for fun, 55+, a8+, a5sooted+, kq- i don't know, i dont see myself calling.

[NoahSD]

That's a really weird range ari. A8 is a much worse hand than KQ/55 against most ranges.