NL10 - Top Pair Plays For Stacks Against a Drooler

[Mal_Pais]

Villian is 62/17/1.8 over 67 hands. He's made some awful decisions thus far, like playing for stacks with middle pair.

Given his previous play and his stats, its almost impossible to put him on a hand (or a range of hands, for that matter). Results are irrelevant. Do you play for stacks here against this dude?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

UTG ($17.75)
MP ($9.95)
Hero ($10)
SB ($6.65)
BB ($12.70)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.10, MP calls $0.10, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.6</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50.

Flop: ($1.95) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets $0.7</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $3</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $9.35</font>, Hero calls $6.35.

Turn: ($20.65) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: ($20.65) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $20.65

[Gustav]

Easy call, nh.

[goat_beard]

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Easy FOLD, nh.

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[jmgambler]

Given your read, How can you not call this?

[Sean Fraley]

When he played for stacks before, did he get it all in by calling or raising? I think that this is an important distinction here. If you've seen him push hands like TPWK, this is an easy call. If you haven't seen him play this aggressively with a hand you beat here, fold and wait for a better spot.

[Mal_Pais]

You make a good point, Sean, and I think he called all-in with middle pair. A good distinction.

Its obvious to me that Villian has a strong hand. But what is a strong hand to us and Villian is probably different. This Villian may consider any Ace or a flush draw a big hand. His stack has been bungee-cording since I sat down. I wanted to get his stack before he handed it to someone else. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]