Early TOurney play

your at 100 - 200 blinds. you called the bb with 5 6 os and unbeknown to you the SB is sitting on KK. flop comes down K 7 8 rainbow. SB bets 900.... you both have the same amount of chips. What do you do?

Wait, why'd I do this?

Why even mention this then?

Need other details such as stack sizes, other players in the pot, pot size etc to be able to give somethign resembling a decent answer.

I'd suspect the answer is 'fold preflop', though.

I voted to raise all in. I figure if I was dumb enough to call the BB with 56o, I might as well just push it all and lose like I should. Likely though, as online poker is rigged, I will likely win.

okay, guess i shoulda exspected these kind of replys. Question wasnt worded properly and everyone aparently folds 5 6 all the time so i shoulda known that i was going to get these kind of answers. delete the post for me please

If there were alot of limpers in the pot ahead of you then limping with that hand isn't a horrible play. With nobody else in the pot this is either raise or fold. A call here does not give you any information and allows villan to slow play a monster or bluff you out with nothing. Not knowing how much of a percentage of your or villan's stack it's hard to answer on calling villans raise of 900 or not, but generally i wouldn't call that much here. You certainly aren't getting the 2.5 to 1 you need to make this an overall profitable play.

Next time we need more information on the situation to give reasonable opoinions.

In case it helps at all, have a look at this thread before future hand analysis style posts. It will save you a lot of grief and you'll get better answers.

Seriously Mighty read the post JD suggested & keep posting, just don't be so sensitive. There are a bunch of smart asses around here, but they are knowledgeable smart asses & can help your game. Post & defend. . Oh by the way fold pre flop.

would it change if he was on BB?
If you were the BB or you called the BB with absolute rags(glad you came to this forum, you need serious poker help) call the bet and chase that str8.
But as the others have mentioned a fold preflop would have been the best play if you had not been BB.

mate, if you cant take criticism then dont post a poll. you called with 5,6. I hope you was in BB. If not, why the hell did you call???
Most, if not all, of the regulars on here know pot-odds, christ, even Im learning them. Did you have the correct pot-odds to call? If not, then think about folding. Im not even gonna bother to work it out, cause its 4.55 am, im drunk, and i really dont care, if you really dont care whether or not you have the odds to call.
Sorry if this offends anyone else.

ok, so he wasnt in BB.
Do you want that water changing in your bowl, Mr Pisciform?



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+rep for that reply JD. Then after I got beat, I'd enter a freeroll and push all-in first hand with J9 sooooooted, cause you never know, I might get lucky.

lol this is why i wanted my post deleted. I was going to write a new one with the proper information on it, but this is far more entertaining than one with the proper info on it could ever be! keep up the good work....... lmao

too late Mr.Pisciform, this thread has been hi-jacked by me and Mr.Jack Daniels, esq.
Proper information re. calling a hand with 56???
bring it on.

Well thank you, after all we're here for your amusement.

I'm here for EVERYONE'S amusement, thats what my mum says, then she adds, ' but your problem is, your not funny'.

You will hit the straight about 1/3 times

pushing all-in is your worst option.

Assuming you have a chip stck of 1500 chips you have to fold.

If you have a stack of 3000+ it's okay to call or fold

stack of 4000+ call

whhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeee we have a real poker player on our forum!


Just kidding, nice working out!

As the thread name mentions, its early tourney play. This is the more info that people needed. Play is folded around to the button, witch calls and has 5 6os(as mentioned). The small blind calls and the BB raises to 300(blinds are 50/100)( chip count is: SB- 3300, BB 4800, Button - 2700 ) Button calls and SB re-raises to 600. and the 2 players call. FLop is K 7 8 rainbow. SB bets 900, BB folds and SB pushes allin.

Not including this info in the first place was an error on my part, as I tried to get an idea of what you would do when faced with an open-ended str8 draw, but I realize now that you do need chip counts ect, to make a decision.


Anyways, now that you have the proper info, would you have done the same thing if you were the Button.

my honest answer, rip it apart if Im wrong:
im TAG, so I fold. its early stage, yeah i might hit, there's a chance, but not much of a one. 665, 555, 666, 347, should cover what i want to hit.
but anything with a sole 5 or 6 in it is trouble, Ie AK6, AK5, KK5, QT5 sooooted will cause me so much trouble.
I understand you are on the button. BB raises? So I want at least the average hand in online poker to justify a raised call-Q7os-you are behind that hand with 56, so fold. In a 10 seater table, odds are better than 50-50 that some guy will have an Ace in their hand somewhere, everyone else has folded, you havent got it, so who do you think has? BB or SB. Wait, they raised you, does that tell you anything????????
Finally, I play about 10 mtt's on my home site every week, properly, I pretty much know how long they are going to last, ie the $2 will go on for 2 hours:lets take that for an example, for the first hour I call or reraise raises with only the top 10 hands, ie AA,KK,QQ, certainly not 56. I use that in BB. Why? I dont want to leak any chips, because as soon as I get AA, KK, QQ, I want to have the maximium amount of chips to do the maximum amount of damage with that hand, not to regret losing 200 chips on a reraised bet holding 56. Is that enough info to start with, sir, or do you want me to go my next level of reasoning for not calling a raise with 56 on the button in the early stage of a MTT?