[converted_hand][hand_history]Merge, $109 Buy-in (1,500/3,000 blinds, 300 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
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CO: 78,421 (26.1 bb)
BTN: 33,148 (11 bb)
SB: 174,650 (58.2 bb)
BB: 44,660 (14.9 bb)
UTG+2: 95,648 (31.9 bb)
MP1: 17,070 (5.7 bb)
Hero (MP2): 48,961 (16.3 bb)
MP3: 120,783 (40.3 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q Q
2 folds, Hero ?
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This is a common spot. I never know if I should raise to induce people to get in with weaker hands or shove and hope that they have something strong enough to call me. I guess is survival more important or do I take the extra risk in order to double up.
I think this depends on your table image. If you have open ripped a couple times before this spot I think you want to continue with that theme and ship your entire range. Having said that, if you use a HUD you can also see what the Big Blinds VPIP is (him defending). If that is over 50% and he isn't a reg, I prefer min raise as he is flatting enough to where we want to encourage him to be in the pot.
For the most part, if i ran this situation readless and HUDless, i personally would be shoving 100% of the time as I am not normally min raise folding a 16bb stack. Based on that crucial fact, inducing becomes useless for me as my range would only consist of nutty hands and we aren't allowing our opponents the illusion of Fold Equity which is obviously key if we are trying to induce.
If we are shipping properly, it is important to balance our range by shipping the 910 suited type hands along with the qq and kks.
hope this helps,
Azn
August 8, 2012
If what AZN is true that your range for raising this stack size is nutty, then can't we mix in more non-nutty hands where we have to fold to 3bets? If there are players on the table that have seen you raise/fold a 16BB stack then this makes this a fantastic raise/call spot. What most have said in this spot is about your image at the table. If you're shoving a lot with 16BBs then carry on shoving since a raise looks so strong. If you've been raise/folding then raise/call. If, as others have said, there are weaker players behind then raise/call.
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