PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) converter

UTG (t2485)
MP1 (t2312)
MP2 (t4920)
CO (t655)
Hero (t2020)
SB (t4478)
BB (t2560)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
3 folds, CO calls t100, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

CO had been playing fairly tight, but the few times I've seen him limp it's either been with a PP or Ax (where X is greater then T). I folded based on this information (I was planning on raising till I had seen him limp). He had come in several times with a raise, but his limps usually were more powerful hands...

The more I think about it, I didn't have any choice but to fold...I knew he was going AI on the flop and K6 is not a hand to push somebody with...flop came KK8 (...He had 55)[/

Very next hand I get 99...somebody from Mp raises 4bb, I reraise AI (the raiser was raising with some weird hands but getting lucky and he was CL at the table). He calls and flips A2o...Flop came A2x with an A on the turn...

Originally Posted by Method

You have best position after the flop. If you know that Mr. CO will be going in on the flop no matter what, I think you have to limp here. Assuming SB completes and accounting for implied odds, you're getting 8.5:1 to hit a hand on the flop. If you just catch a simple FD on the flop and Mr. CO moves all in, you aren't too far off from a good call. And as long as Mr. CO doesn't have something like AA, KK, or AK, your K is live and offers 3 more outs against most hands that Mr. CO will flop. Mr. CO is making a huge mistake by letting bigger stacks sneak to the flop when he has a good hand, so you should take advantage of it.

very nice post!

I like Irexes' point of view here. With only 6.5 BBs in his stack, why would he limp? He's either: (A) Stupid to limp with a semi-strong hand; (B) Looking to catch lightning in a bottle; or (C) Has a legitimate hand and is looking for someone to come over the top

If you say that he's playing tight, your fold is pretty good as, in your case, I could lean towards C in a lot of cases. A limp isn't bad with your position, but you're playing your implied odds, looking for a big three-way flop. Your odds of action on a big flop rises with (a) being three way and (b) weak preflop action induces flop action from sheriffs who don't like checking weak action hands to hand pots to buttons.

Of course, the fact that the CO's playing tight would lean me towards A and raising it to T300. The only thing that holds me back from this would loosey-goosey sheriffs in the SB or BB.