Am I a wuss? ($22)

[45suited]

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Hero (t860)
UTG+1 (t775)
MP1 (t2400)
MP2 (t225)
CO (t715)
Button (t1500)
SB (t790)
BB (t735)

Preflop: Hero is in UTG with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
<font color="gray">Hero folds</font>

[kitaristi0]

I would limp here. It still leaves you with 14xBB if you miss your set.

[mlagoo]

hmm... limping doesn't seem so bad.

what about a limp/RR or limp/call or limp/SNG or limp/fold depending on the raiser? by this time you should have at least 20-30 hands on the raiser, which of course isn't all that reliable, but may give you a ballpark of his range.

i dunno, i think i fold this a lot because my chipstack is very awkward. with more chips i raise, with less chips i push.

[pergesu]

I pop it to 125.

[45suited]

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I pop it to 125.

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Like anyone who's played a ton of these SNGs, I've dealt with this situation quite a bit. From my experience, I honestly don't know if the blinds are worth denting my stack here, when I'm just about to flip the switch and start playing push / fold poker.

Every chip I lose now is two chips the first time I double up. With two bigstacks who could call and have position on me, the probability of flopping a hand where I know where I stand is pretty low. And raising to 125 on a 22 creates a pretty high likelihood of getting a caller, or even two because of the pot odds created when it comes around to the blinds.

I just don't know if I'm giving much up here by folding.

[pergesu]

Then fold [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

btw, I've been noticing that my lvl 2 raises to 75 and my lvl 3 raises to 125 have been generating lots of folds lately. It's probably just in my head though.

[Scuba Chuck]

I am gonna say yes. Do I need to read the post too?

[45suited]

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Then fold [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

btw, I've been noticing that my lvl 2 raises to 75 and my lvl 3 raises to 125 have been generating lots of folds lately. It's probably just in my head though.

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Well, we must be doing a good job of accidentally avoiding each others' tables, cuz my raises to 125 have been getting called quite a bit.

BTW, I'm not saying that I'm positive that folding is correct (hence the post), just giving my reasoning. (Or my rationalization so that I don't feel like a total [censored] for folding.) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[45suited]

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I am gonna say yes. Do I need to read the post too?

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nh [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[jeffraider]

Make it 125-150! Remember, it's not just denting your stack trying to win the small blinds, it's raising for value with what rates to be the best hand as well.