2/5 live, 88 facing C/O straddle & raise
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 150
Looking for opinions on my best options in the following hand:
Full table, 10 players, $2/5 live home game.
Hero $400
Villain $300
Villain is new to the table, this is his first hand. He sits directly to my left and puts in a $15 straddle. I pick up 88, 4 players call $15, I call $15, Villain makes it $65, folds around to me.
I have no reads, never played a single hand against this guy. My opinion is that anyone sitting down in his first hand, straddling and raising ~20% of his stack seems ready to gamble. This is a regular game, and is notoriously loose.
I feel that 88 should be ahead of this range.
Best options for Hero?
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 19,235
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