$16: Common spot checkup

Emperor Norton · #1 07-30-2007, 11:11 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG (t2550)
UTG+1 (t425)
MP1 (t2230)
MP2 (t1280)
MP3 (t1225)
CO (t1615)
Button (t1365)
SB (t1355)
Hero (t1455)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t100, UTG+1 calls t100, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t1455</font>

Standard?

Semtex · #2 07-30-2007, 11:12 PM

i'd need some sort of read on the limpers here, because you are by no means desperate.

Emperor Norton · #3 07-30-2007, 11:19 PM

True enough. So what kind of hand do you need to raise here? How short do you have to be to push this hand?

chuckpalms04 · #4 07-31-2007, 12:32 AM

i'm prob pushing TT+, AQs+. i'd push this if i were at like t1200 or so.

allhappythoughts · #5 07-31-2007, 12:47 AM

If the table is pretty passive, I don't see a problem with it. I would have wanted to see a lot of limp/folds from people over the course of the tourney though before I'd make a move like this.

Emperor Norton · #6 07-31-2007, 02:05 AM

Keep in mind that the second villain is a very short stack. If he calls me I'm expecting to be comfortably ahead against his range. Between the fact that I'd happily get it in against that sort of player, and the fact that if everyone folds I'd increase my stack by 25%, I thought this was a relatively easy shove. At the very least I'd think that 99 would be an easy shove.

fishesass · #7 07-31-2007, 02:16 AM

I like the push. Most of the time you will take down the pot or isolate the short stack.

BigCummins · #8 07-31-2007, 03:48 AM

I like this, esp with how short utg+1 is.

The more marginal the hand the more important reads are in a spot like this

Dr_Wonderful · #9 07-31-2007, 03:55 AM

Seems like a solid push to me. If UTG has a big hand make sure you take a note then you'll know next time. UTG+1 is obviously a bit silly no matter what he has considering he limped EP with 5BBs, so putting a read on him is difficult.

SneakyFerret · #10 07-31-2007, 04:51 AM

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I like the push. Most of the time you will take down the pot or isolate the short stack.

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