I know you're all going to say, “Why didn't you raise pre?” Well… erm… I've been reading 'Winning Poker Tournaments…' where Pearljammer looks to limp 22-TT early in a tournament trying to flop big and double up, so that's what I tried here. When SB raises I really felt like he was trying to isolate all the limpers with AJs+ and TT+. Against the pairs I'm absolutely crushed, but if he has a strong Ace is it worth getting in here? I feel like a fold is the right option, but would love your thoughts.
SB was 35/26 over 34 hands, but had only raised 1/7 from the Blinds. 4/8 came from EP, 2/8 from MP and 2/11 from LP. Looking at his loose stats I feel 99 is ahead of most of his opening range, but well behind his calling range. Could you find a shove here or is it a simple fold?
Poker Stars $30 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t40/t80 Blinds – 9 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter
UTG: t8050 100.62 BBs
UTG+1: t2690 33.62 BBs
UTG+2: t3596 44.95 BBs
Hero (MP1): t2157 26.96 BBs
MP2: t2273 28.41 BBs
CO: t6825 85.31 BBs
BTN: t2612 32.65 BBs
SB: t9241 115.51 BBs
BB: t2961 37.01 BBs
Pre Flop: (t120) Hero is MP1 with 9 9
2 folds, UTG+2 calls t80, Hero calls t80, 2 folds, BTN calls t80, SB raises to t480, 2 folds, Hero ???
October 6, 2010
personally i dont like open limping but since there is already 1 limper, i think its ok.
this is an interesting spot imo – SB is a huge stack so he could be doing this with any random stuff.
you definitely cannot flat here imo, because sb looks as though he will fire just about any flop making it hard for you.
i probably fold here most of the time, but looking at this specific hand, i think i can sometimes find a shove, although limp-shove is something i pretty much never do.
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