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ever feel like u give up your small blind too often?

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  1. russor22 russor22 is offline

    Revere, MA
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    Nov 5th, 2009 (11/5/2009 4:30pm)

    Folds around the table, to the blinds. What are the minimum requirements to call the BB considering a tight or aggressive opponent? I feel like i might give up too many SBs.
  2. cjmace24 cjmace24 is offline

    Boulder Creek, CA
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    Nov 5th, 2009 (11/5/2009 4:44pm) in reply to russor22

    I like to complete the SB fairly often and let the BB start to get aggressive and raise most of the times I limp. Then smooth call the raise with a certain variety of hands and also smooth with huge pairs to totally set them up for failure on the flop. If you fold it 80% of the time, they'll get the read that you're only completing with good hands I figure.
  3. allin4flush allin4flush is offline

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    Nov 5th, 2009 (11/5/2009 5:28pm) in reply to russor22

    I try to play the SB vs BB thing like I would play heads up. Except I don't get carried away... I've gone way too far in these spots and lost a big chunk with some crappy no-kicker hand or whatever.

    A lot of it depends on the BB. If he's always going to be crazy aggressive defending his BB, I'll give it up a lot, but still complete occasionally with weaker hands just so I can keep up the image, like the previous poster said. If he's passive, I'll raise a lot.

    When you have a short stack and a passive player in the BB, it's such a blessing!
  4. Poker Orifice Poker Orifice is offline

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    Nov 6th, 2009 (11/6/2009 5:05am) in reply to allin4flush

    Umm.... 'no'.
    I hate playing from SB. As with everything though, it's situational - - it depends who's on BB, etc. etc.
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