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LC: SB vs BB with 11BB/15BB and decent hand LC: SB vs BB with 11BB/15BB and decent hand

04-23-2008 , 05:41 AM
Hello,

This is a general thread.
You have between 11 and 15BB (no antes). The table contains at least 6 players. All players fold, you are SB and get a decent hand.
How do you play this type of hand (top5.1% to top22.5%) ?
22-88, A3o-AJo, A2s-AJs, KJo-KQo, KTs-KQs, QJs

Example:

Poker Stars $15+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds - 9 players
2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked

MP2: t1775
CO: t275
BTN: t1670
Hero (SB): t1450
BB: t1515
UTG: t2465
UTG+1: t1475
UTG+2: t1450
MP1: t1425

Pre Flop: Hero is SB with J K
7 folds, Hero ??

BB can be:
A) Loose Donk (calling station)
B) Maniac
C) Tight passive
D) Regular TAG

Last edited by k4b4l; 04-23-2008 at 05:53 AM.
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04-23-2008 , 06:07 AM
wow...if someone wanted to answer all the questions you put into the OP, they might be here for a very long time...
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04-23-2008 , 06:12 AM
just answer to the example (4 choice, depending of the profil of the BB)
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04-23-2008 , 06:20 AM
Raise and fold to RR with marginal holdings (if villain is very weak and folding/calling and folding to a c-bet I'm raising a lot here). Raise and shove to a RR with monsters. Raise and flat call approx. nothing. Raise more if villain is weak and unlikely to play back.

You have to put villain on a range to answer this exactly (this is the hard part). Use SnGWiz to determine where the borderline lies. I recommend modeling three types of villain and using these to help you decide what to do:

Villain:
a) shoves back with premium hands (99+, KQs , strong aces etc.)
b) shoves back ATC (obv your calling range widens significantly here)
c) shoves back optimally (you'll need to fiddle a little bit here and also assume villain knows your raising/folding to a reraise range perfectly).

For villain type c it might be worth modeling situations where you shove "wide" and shove "loose" because obv your raise/fold and raise/shove range should be varying quite a lot.
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