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11-08-2022 , 03:38 AM

Tarantin0

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Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 87

Final Table, bounty tourney (Big bounty on me).
I decided to limp push this hand against a Villain that was very loose preflop.
It is better to limp call against his size?
Thanks
GG Poker - 30,000/60,000 Ante 9,000 NL - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 36.39 BB
Hero (SB): 30.36 BB
BB: 41.41 BB
CO: 22.01 BB

4 players post ante of 0.15 BB, Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.1 BB) Hero has 8

fold, fold, Hero calls 0.5 BB, BB raises to 5 BB, Hero raises to 30.21 BB and is all-in, BB calls 25.21 BB

Flop: (61.01 BB, 2 players) 5

Turn: (61.01 BB, 2 players) J

River: (61.01 BB, 2 players) 6

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11-08-2022 , 03:45 AM

Asjbaaaf

Ash phonetically

Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 4,017

Limp to shove, or raise to 4bet all-in/call shoves look good. Limp to call 5bb puts you in weird spots but may induce postflop spew vs the right opponent.

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11-09-2022 , 02:44 AM

nath

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Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 68,688

Seems fine. Flipping at this stage isn't ideal but you just have too much of a hand blind vs. blind.

The 5x is unusual though. Suggests a strong but vulnerable hand. I suppose you might be able to limp/call and wait to get it in on a good flop, but it's hard to say what that is for 88. Like do you fold JT2. But I looked at the results so I may be biased. Limp/calling might just be putting yourself in a spot where you lose pots you should win and lose 1/6 of your stack in the process.

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12-08-2022 , 11:49 PM

AmiableFool

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Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 52

If villain is an unknown or is known to be a recreational player, the 5bb size should trigger alarm bells.

Recs often limp with weak hands, standard-raise medium and premium hands, and (as nath said) raise big with big hands that they feel are vulnerable.

It can be hard to tell what hands a particular rec calls vulnerable, but AK and 99-QQ are often in the mix. The big raise is an attempt to scare people away, but they will almost never fold to a reraise. The exploitative play is to just call if you're getting the right odds, fold otherwise.

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