Disclaimer: I suck at this game. I have no feel at all for pre and I barrel too much into quads post
. Sometimes I have to play it though (usually as a mix) and I think I'm actually pretty close to realizing a fairly decent edge late in hands against what are typically very capped ranges and super fit or fold betting/stack off thresholds. Plus it's kinda fun just to say, "pot," over and over...
Anyways, I'm on the button with A
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. Tilts Magee (just lost a 12k+ pot, broke cards, etc) Mississippi straddles to 100 in the co. He is in go mode/this is his first big straddle. He's rich but plays bi-polar/super nitty when things are going fine, super wide open when they are not. The hand he just lost he got it all in with bottom pair + nfd in a spot where it didn't seem too chill (he was surprisingly only up against top and bottom fwtw), so it seems the wine he is drinking might be kicking in or whatever/he is headed towards the wide open pole fast. He has ~5k and I cover.
1. Is it best to flat or raise here first to act? Flatting certainly wouldn't set off any alarm bells given my image, etc. And there are a few people in the game who might raise good hands oop even with the big straddle on. But the most predictable scenario imo is a few/bunch of people limp the 100 and villain either breaks the table with his knuckles or with a stack of white.
(more questions to come once this one is addressed...)