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« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2007, 06:18:30 PM »

Online instapush cuz you'll get callers, live i raise to around 3-3.5k
I remember one of my first ever live tournies and i had raised with Aces and 3 folks went allin before it got back to me.
I made the comment as i called that i wasn't too happy with my hand considering the amount of folks in the pot, to which one of the allins said some actually quite derogatory stuff about me "taking the piss".
I genuinely wasn't but looking back i can see what he meant, you want as many as possible in the pot with you and be happy that they are!!
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« Reply #31 on: June 28, 2007, 06:23:16 PM »

I think there's a very good argument for just shoving. It does make your hand look a lot like AK and may invite a call from TT+ Even if you raise to say 4K I really don't think you are increasing the chances of getting action from those hands. If anything I think you lessen your chances of getting called by making a pot sized raise.

Put your self in the openers spot with JJ if you shove. It's really tough to lay JJ, or QQ down but If you make a standard reraise I think I would make a standard fold. in his position, but if you shove I probably cry. And since you are increasing your stack by nearly 40% every time there is no showdown the shove is in no way an overbet and you're still pretty happy.

We are after more than the openers pathetic chipstack here.

Even if the opener calls and get lucky if u've brought another fish along for the ride there's a nice sidepot to win.
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« Reply #32 on: June 28, 2007, 06:47:13 PM »

Raising light here from the BB is ridiculous. You might as well just turn your card face up and hope someone is stupid enough to try and crack them. 
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« Reply #33 on: June 28, 2007, 06:52:49 PM »

Rather than shoving it in and ensuring noone is stupid enough to try and crack them.
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« Reply #34 on: June 28, 2007, 07:20:27 PM »

Raising light here from the BB is ridiculous. You might as well just turn your card face up and hope someone is stupid enough to try and crack them. 

It's a casino, people make stupid gambles, take advantage of that.
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« Reply #35 on: June 28, 2007, 09:04:25 PM »

I thought about this for a while and actually quite like Flushy strategy here. assuming there won't be two paint cards on the flop (KQ,KJ and high connectors and all that would be very dangerous) any flop is likely to be good for you.

I probably wouldn't play it that way as I'd play it safe (and boring) and push but you can get a few K more into the pot and maybe even take out one of the slightly bigger stacks aswell to give yourself a monster stack at the table.
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« Reply #36 on: June 29, 2007, 03:39:06 PM »

Raising light here from the BB is ridiculous. You might as well just turn your card face up and hope someone is stupid enough to try and crack them. 

Yip. I agree.
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