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03-04-2015 , 10:24 AM

DonkeyCopter

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,320

Floor comes by with the splash pot drawing bucket, I pull our table and the $250 splash pot tile.

Cards are dealt, I'm on the Button (~$400) with 910o. I probably have a winning image, maybe slightly above average aggression image, playing TAG. There is one other aggressive player (read: gambly, not a winning player) at the table and he has me covered, along with a tight player who has me covered.

The limp fest begins, and the other aggressive player in CO looks like he wants to raise to 20, but limps instead. HJ limps. SB and BB are tight. All short stacks are tight.

Do we raise, shove, or limp?

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03-04-2015 , 01:03 PM

Rise4ndFire

grinder

Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 635

Curious to hear others' responses to this. In the limited experience I've had with splash pots, people generally have no idea how to play them. Neither do I, really, because I don't know what to expect out of my opponents.

If the table limped around, my guess is that the blinds will complete unless they have a premium hand. OTB here I'm probably just limping behind. Not sure what a raise to $20 accomplishes.

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03-04-2015 , 01:20 PM

johnny_on_the_spot

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 11,608

Can we get an explanation of the splash pot? Never heard of it...

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03-04-2015 , 01:26 PM

Playbig2000

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 11,352

Raise to 100 if you have a hand otb since no one else has a hand. theres over 250 in the pot already.

a splash pot is a table selected at random, floor comes over and adds money to the pot before the hand is dealt.

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03-04-2015 , 01:33 PM

Koko the munkey

veteran

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,384

$250 is a lot of dead money for a $400 stack.

I would be very tempted to make a big raise here, but doing so pretty effectively commits your stack to the pot. For that reason, I don't mind shoving but don't be surprised if you get a caller. As long as you're not playing scared money or with a short bankroll, I'd probably pull the trigger.

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