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best to raise 2x or 2.5 the BB if you want to steal the blinds in a tournament?

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  1. JayTenSooted JayTenSooted is offline

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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 3:32am)

    have been raising 2xbb and have been getting a lot of good blinds steals lately.

    I figure there is no use to raise 2.5x the bb if there folding for 2xbb.

    Do you find that 2xbb gets the job done these days or are you running into tournaments that you have to use 2.5xbb?

    I use to play the $2 buy ins and i needed to raise about 3.5 to steal. I recently jumped up to $20 buy ins and its a shock to see them all folding to 2xbb. I have only played 12 of these so maybe im just running lucky into a bunch of nits. My average attempt to to steal per round is 5 and i get away with it about 4 out of the 5 times. This is normally about mid range of the tournament when i try to start stealing, when the blinds hit 50/100 all the way until the bubble burst. Once the money hits its a different ballgame.

    Is $20 buy ins always this nitty?
  2. Gags30 Gags30 is offline

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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 4:24am) in reply to JayTenSooted

    you should have probably checked the turn, but since you bet, you have to call his shove now.
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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 4:31am) in reply to Gags30

     
    Originally Posted by Gags30 View Post

    you should have probably checked the turn, but since you bet, you have to call his shove now.

    poster boy for why people hate p5s poker conversation / strategy discussion...keep up the good work.....sigh
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  4. jdbunchOSU jdbunchOSU is offline

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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 4:38am) in reply to JayTenSooted

    obviously this is going to be read based, if you can consistently steal the blinds with a 2x raise, awesome, min risk for stealing the blinds and antes,but in some tournies you may have to risk a bit more to steal those blinds and antes. Just get a feel for your table, if your getting a lot of resistence on the 2x raise, try the 2.5x-3x.
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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 4:39am) in reply to DcHustler

     
    Originally Posted by DcHustler View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Gags30 View Post

    you should have probably checked the turn, but since you bet, you have to call his shove now.

    poster boy for why people hate p5s poker conversation / strategy discussion...keep up the good work.....sigh

    nah, this thread is why people hate p5s

    gags is one of the only reasons people stay

    also gtfo
     
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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 4:48am) in reply to funnygut

     
    Originally Posted by funnygut View Post

     
    Originally Posted by DcHustler View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Gags30 View Post

    you should have probably checked the turn, but since you bet, you have to call his shove now.

    poster boy for why people hate p5s poker conversation / strategy discussion...keep up the good work.....sigh

    nah, this thread is why people hate p5s

    gags is one of the only reasons people stay

    also gtfo

    just because some inexperienced player posted something that is obvious to the higher buy in players doesnt mean he deserves a sarcastic chip on the shoulder response.....close the thread and move on with your life.....such plain and simple ignorance.

    gtfo.....grow the f up!
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    Jun 17th, 2009 (6/17/2009 4:57am) in reply to JayTenSooted

     
    Originally Posted by JayTenSooted View Post


    Is $20 buy ins always this nitty?

    Nah. And if someone's min raising 5 times per round, it shouldn't take more than a round or two before he get reraised light a lot.

    But if I find a table like that I'm doing the same until I meet resistence...
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