100SL - large backraise preflop WTH?
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 5,104
usually this move is any hand that wants to isolate you. Now he could go ahead and bet whatever you have in your stack but that would make it 100% obvious to the other guy in the hand. Range is 77+ and AJ+ on average. Sure it could be 44 but his bet is saying he's comfortable gambling with you, whatever you have. Can't see a worse ace doing this.
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,588
I have had this move pulled on me twice in the past month, once when I had Qs and once with A/K. Both ttimes the guy had small s/c
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 15,991
Even though it looks weird and doesn't seem to make sense due to his position, this is almost always going to be a range that crushes yours. That being said, you already have $22 invested and there are two dead $4 limps in there, so a shove wouldn't be incredibly -EV