NL50 - 4bet light with 89

bazooka87 · #1 10-24-2007, 10:30 AM

I really can't remember 4-betting light in...forever, and this seemed like a decent situation to do it. Villain running at 28/24/9 over about 100 hands with Att. to steal at 37 so he obviously understands position and 3-betting light is very possible with him.
What do you guys think of this, right villain to target? Is my bet sizing too small?
I was running at 20/17/7.5 at this table for what it's worth

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button ($50)
SB ($36)
BB ($62.75)
Hero ($106.05)
MP ($29.20)
CO ($50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, CO raises to $6.5, 3 folds, Hero raises to $16

corsakh · #2 10-24-2007, 10:31 AM

Fine. Actually its pretty much ideal conditions for this move. It could only get better if he was OTB and you ran nittier.

monkeymaps · #3 10-24-2007, 10:35 AM

this is prob ok id like it more if you were not UTG but this is pretty image dependent if you raise UTG with a wide range this is obv good.

bazooka87 · #4 10-24-2007, 11:15 AM

Really? I thought UTG would make this even better because if I'm UTG and 4-bet, it's way more likely I'm going to have a hand, rather than 4-betting from the CO

Profish2285 · #5 10-24-2007, 11:19 AM

As a whole I dont like raising sc's UTG it just gets you in trouble. However, this is a great spot to 4 bet light IMO. Youre repping a premium hand here and you can obviously muck pretty quickly if he pushes.

monkeymaps · #6 10-24-2007, 01:53 PM

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Really? I thought UTG would make this even better because if I'm UTG and 4-bet, it's way more likely I'm going to have a hand, rather than 4-betting from the CO

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if he is any good though he is knows your UTG raising range is more narrow so he is less likely to 3 bet you with a crap hand. but I dont know your stats but it if yourt pfr% is highish than this play is fine.

EMc · #7 10-24-2007, 02:32 PM

As long is this is your raise size with AA or KK or AK then its fine most of the time. Don't make it a flavor of the week habit like a few months ago when someone talked about squeezing and everyone did it wrong until they forgot.