dont do it i will shove
The responses to this speech play have been pretty uniform...
lol.."don't do it or I shove". He'll fold faster than anything if you actually raise here..they always do
Punch him in the face
Speech play pre flop is pure muppetry
Ignore his speech, it means fuck all anyway
When he passes still don't say anything. Just smile inwardly knowing that you've made him look like a twat and everybody at the table knows it.
And I gotta say I don't agree with any of it. His comment doesn't mean fuck all. If he says "don't do it I will shove" and you chose to ignore him and do it anyway it MEANS everyone left to act behind you has the luxury of free information. By ignoring it and raising you tell everyone you have premium and absolutely want to play for stacks. And you're doing this cos you inwardly want to fist-pump making him look like a twat when he folds. But this isn't the aim of poker at all. Why do you want this guy to fold? Especially a worse hand? (considering he never folds better). And especially when you have less than 7bb's and the absolute aim of this poker situation is to get it in vs a worse hand. If you raise anyway and make him fold worse who is actually the twat?
Like Boldie says...considering we KNOW he folds if we raise...why raise? Much better to show his comment has some affect on you. Just limp a bit meekly, look at the guy and say "I wasn't going to raise anyway son...but if you raise I might have to call"....and pick up your stack in readiness. Now when the action gets to him there is a much better chance he will push....cos the table's watching...he made a big man's threat...he doesn't believe you have a monster after YOUR speech play...and we all prefer to push than call when short.
It doesn't really matter whether you hate that plan and think there's only a slim chance it will work, the point is it's MUCH better than raising KNOWING he will fold. This might be a longshot but you have 7bb's so it's worthwhile trying. Thinking he is the twat when he garners free info from you, enabling him to fold worse when you are desperate for a double up, is bad poker. Reacting to his speech play with the above comments means this guy has pulled your strings....wp.
Intresting i can see where ur coming from ..............
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so you would limp and hope that he reraises you.
what would u do if u limp button limps and sb completes and bb checks ?? not the best of situation.......
ace or king flops
what would u do then
i did take his speach into consideration but i dont think he will still raise 100% of the time if i limp