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Old 06-16-2005, 06:18 PM
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Default ITM 2 super short stacks head to head?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (3 handed) converter

Button (t11060)
Hero (t1210)
BB (t1230) Villian is semi weak-tight. But can play a bit of decent pokery.

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t1285, 1 fold.

Final Pot: t1435

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t1435.


This is a play I'm not so sure of. My thought process was that he would fold almost every hand and I'd be guaranteed second place pay with the extra blinds and a bigger stack.
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i agree, but it shouln;t be hard?

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Right move, I'd do it over and over.
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I don't know about doing it over and over, but that play was a smart one, Weak-Tight players cannot stand the all in pressure they fold to it pre flop with anything less then rockets or cowboys(I would know I used to play weak tight ick) So if the bigstack gets out of the way steal his BB every time. If he happens to call I'd worry
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lol He's a bit weak tight but he's still calling with AT LEAST 66+ AJ+ KQs. I just meant he won't make the call as often as it may be advisable.
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if he calls your dominated... you might as well make this play with 67s 10Js etc... atleast then you might have live cards
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If a play is a smart one, why wouldn't you do it over and over?

Anyways, kickers lose value, severely, SH (<4 players), so any ace, and you had the worst one, is worth a push,

and with your stack, anY K or Q in an unchallenged pot is wotrh a push.
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somoene hinted at this point above, but i'll come out and say it:

the cards in this spot are completely irrelevant. the fact that you have an A doesn't matter, since you'll only be called [if your read is correct] by AA-1010 and AK-AJ.

ok, so maybe it matters a little if you're up against a low pair, but by and large in this spot you should be doing this with any two cards if you feel confident about your read. any two.

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your forgetting that even if the guy ur playing against is a complete moron, theyre eventually gonna catch on that ur raising every time..... but it will work for a time, and ususally long enough to be profitable
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It doesn't matter. He has 7BBs left after posting. If I win the pot I'll have 10. I'm in such a better position to take 2nd then he is.
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