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June 3, 2012
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Hey guys, haven’t posted in a long time, been focusing on cash, but decided to put a little work into my MTT game. Been just playing some small MTTs online in preparation for a live bird later this week.
This tournament drew about 600 runners, we are in the money with about 50-60 left. Those busting are making about $5 at this point so ICM is not going to be an issue until well into the final table.
Hero has been playing pretty TAG, and a lot of my lighter opens have been met with shoves or multiple callers so I’ve kept my opening ranges fairly snug. I’m playing about 91k at 1500/3000/300a.
The big blind has been very sticky, seems to be involved in a lot of pots, but doesn’t seem to be playing bad. I’m not using a HUD so I don’t have exact numbers on his tendencies. He has 3bet a few of my opens. He covers with around 110k.
Hero is dealt A7o in the SB and it is folded around to me. What are going to be the best ways to proceed with this hand (and ones similar in strength) with this stack size?
I feel like there are a lot of options but I don’t really know what’s best. There’s raise/get in, open shoving, raise/fold, limp/shove, or something else. I’d also be happy if someone can point me to a video or two on this topic. My own thoughts are that at <20bb this is an easy shove, and at 25 I like limp/shoving against this player who I’d expect to raise often, but at 30 it gets kind of awkward.
February 20, 2015
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That is pretty awkward. Raising to 7.5k cuts down on his odds vs. min-raising to 6k. I would probably raise/fold. But if he flats now you’re out of position.
A key is if the BB is really that sticky, you’re going to be ahead of his range. All it means is you have to outplay him on the flop. (Gosh, that was easy.)
Anyway, I like the bigger raise because you’re likely to be ahead, and maybe pot-controlling the rest of the way. Of course, my post-flop play is abysmal.
August 10, 2014
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Do you guys have BVB history of opens and 3bets?
Your stack size is pretty good for 4b jamming, actually. Wiser voices can speak to the merits of this being in our 4b jam range. I think there will be better candidates, AT and small suited aces, for example.
Limp/calling is a popular move overall these days, and this hand fits pretty well into that range.
Out of curiosity, how would you play this in a cash game?
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December 6, 2012
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joelshitshow said
A key is if the BB is really that sticky, you’re going to be ahead of his range. All it means is you have to outplay him on the flop. (Gosh, that was easy.)
Actually what it means is that you just have to avoid getting outplayed too badly. In other words, you can realize less than 100% of your equity and still show a profit when called. And I mean, sticky or no, whose BB v SB calling range is A7 not ahead of?
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August 4, 2015
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Given that this is a low stakes mtt with a weak field, I think we should be seeing as many cheap flops as possible. We should have a significant postflop edge vs most opponents and need to take advantage of this. So, with 30bb here I tend to limp a lot of my range from the sb.
My plan would be to limp, and then call his raise.
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December 6, 2012
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I think a small raise still accomplishes this while enabling other good things to happen as well. Obviously getting a pre-flop fold is a great result even with a hand as strong as A7, let alone with weaker parts of your range, and many of your opponents will over-fold. A pure limping strategy is really only appropriate against very good opponents who will 3-bet aggressively and otherwise defend well. Against weaker/more passive players, I’ll often limp exploitively with mostly hands not strong enough to raise and still do plenty of raising. Unless you’re limping your whole range, this belongs in your raising range.
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