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GSykes · #11 05-26-2007, 11:20 PM

I shove but I suck

cougar62 · #12 05-27-2007, 12:13 AM

Shoving here accomplishes a lot of things. First, you take this down quite often. Second, you double up your share of times he does call. But, maybe most importantly against a villian like this, you slow down his stealing attempts. I'm not big on defending too much early, but when you have a real hand, you have to play strong, so you won't get picked apart by steals.

Kevin8423 · #13 05-27-2007, 01:00 AM

IMO Shove>Call>Fold>Raise

Guizones · #14 05-27-2007, 01:21 AM

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OK, so do I call, and play the hand OOP, or do I raise, knowing that he is happy to get his chips in with a 88+, AJs. I folded because I figured I stood risk losing a lot for the chance of a small gain. It's still early, and don't want to race at this stage

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Hey man stop with this "still early" thing... any time is good to stack your opponent!

MaLiik · #15 05-27-2007, 04:19 AM

call and play teh flop, if you can play you donät want to go into a coin flip at this stage!

Kevin8423 · #16 05-27-2007, 10:32 AM

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call and play teh flop, if you can play you donät want to go into a coin flip at this stage!

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If you shove you hardly ever get called, and if you do you're often reaaally far ahead. If you call here he is often going to bet regardless of the flop, so that means you can pretty much only stay in when you connect. Shove.