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Title: How to play against a frequent raiser ? Post by: lolo on March 21, 2006, 04:31:43 PM Good afternnon,
I've been reading the forum for a few days and find it both instructive and enjoyable So, here's my first post 180 people 20$ S&G on Stars. 10 people left. I have 15K, my opponent has 25-28K. He's UTG + 1, I'm BB. He's been raising preflop a lot, and also folded to reraises fairly often. Blinds are 600/1200. I'm dealt Jh Th - He opens for 4200, everybody folds to me. I pushed as a resteal To my displeasure, he called and turned Qd 9d. ;applause; No help and I lost the hand. What's my best play here : - call and play it from the flop - fold and wait for better spot - play it as I played ? Thanks for your opinions Title: Re: How to play against a frequent raiser ? Post by: matt674 on March 21, 2006, 04:44:44 PM depends how well you know your opponent. If you know your opponent isnt capable of laying down two cards of the same colour no matter how much the reraise then you are better off waiting for a better hand to play back at him.
If you know that he is good enough to lay a hand like Q9 suited down then i see nothing wrong with the play. As this is only a 180 runner $20 sng i would think that you are better waiting for a better hand to make a play like this against the chip leader. Having played a few the standard of these is usually a lot worse than the regular MTT tourneys on pokerstars. Title: Re: How to play against a frequent raiser ? Post by: clayftknight on March 22, 2006, 05:21:57 PM there is about 20k in the pot when you move in, he has to call a little over 10k, so he has 2-1.
If he loses he will have 10k still, with blinds of 600/1200 this is not great but he is still ok. He raised 3 1/2 x BB. if he then folds after a raise like that, especially when he had 2-1, anyone who is watching closely will now try to run him over. So, there are lots of reasons for him to call even though his hand is very beatable. There are frequent raisers who can fold and frequent raisers who can't, you need to know which one he is before you make that move. As a rule, you don't want to be lowering your starting hands to take on the aggressive guy. My experience is that a flop steal would have been far more effective than a preflop steal with JT when he has 2-1 odds and has you covered. ..........or, you could always fold :) |