All-In Method

PugsMcGee · #1 08-21-2007, 03:56 PM

What pocket pairs should I be playing while using this method?

jedi · #2 08-21-2007, 03:58 PM

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What pocket pairs should I be playing while using this method?

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Need more information:

What game are you playing? Tournament or Cash game? What kind of stack sizes as related to the blinds do you have? How many players at the table? What has the action been before you.

PugsMcGee · #3 08-21-2007, 04:01 PM

Cash game. NL Tex Holdem. I'm buying in for Min every time.

No Fizzle · #4 08-21-2007, 04:11 PM

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Cash game. NL Tex Holdem. I'm buying in for Min every time.

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So your plan in to buy in for the min, wait until you have a pocket pair, and then shove.

May I ask why?

PugsMcGee · #5 08-21-2007, 04:22 PM

No not pocket pair...basically top ten hands. It's a valid method that is not "cheap" or "crazy."

jasonfish11 · #6 08-21-2007, 04:24 PM

Top 10 is usuall
77+
AK
or AQ

I would not reraise all in with 77-99 or AQ using this method but open shoving them isnt aweful.

choccypie · #7 08-21-2007, 04:55 PM

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No not pocket pair...basically top ten hands. It's a valid method that is not "cheap" or "crazy."

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Valid method? Really??

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No Fizzle · #8 08-21-2007, 05:23 PM

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No not pocket pair...basically top ten hands. It's a valid method that is not "cheap" or "crazy."

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No, it's not.

It's a method that requires no skill at all, will not produce consistent winning results (is -EV in the long run), and will annoy all of your tablemates to boot. It would also be boring as hell.

Why do you want to do this?

Quicksilvre · #9 08-21-2007, 06:06 PM

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What pocket pairs should I be playing while using this method?

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Where did you get this? It sounds similar to the short-staking method Ed Miller talks about in Getting Started in Hold'em, but that involves much less pushing pre-flop.