shootwillus
Enthusiast
Silver Level
$200 NL HE Full Ring: Blind Battle...all in shove by villain
Here are the facts:
poker stars $1/$2 NL Holdem
The villain is short stacked and has gone all-in twice when I raised him from the small blind in the course of an hour. I don't have a tracker, so no stats. However, i'd say he wasnt playing badly, i just got the feeling he loves defending his BB. Also, and I don't know why ppl do this...he is playing intentionally short stacked because if he loses chips, he re-loads. No idea why you'd want to play with $40 in a room with a $200 max buy in...anyway...
Hero (SB) ($240.10)
BB ($43)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ks, Ac
5 folds, Hero calls $1, BB bets $9, Hero calls $7
Flop: ($18) 9h, 7d, 10c (2 players)
Hero bets $8, BB raises to $34 (All-In), Hero...??????
Ok, why didn't i raise with the AK? I know some ppl here are going to get on me about this...but, my logic was I know villain will raise anything if I call. If i raise and he has utter crap, he will probably fold. I was trying to trap him.
The board semi-scared me and I figure villain may be ahead with a pair but I am most likely holding two overs, and, my ace high may end up being good.
Do you call against this short stack?
Did I mention he was calling me a donkey and daring me to make the call?
Here are the facts:
poker stars $1/$2 NL Holdem
The villain is short stacked and has gone all-in twice when I raised him from the small blind in the course of an hour. I don't have a tracker, so no stats. However, i'd say he wasnt playing badly, i just got the feeling he loves defending his BB. Also, and I don't know why ppl do this...he is playing intentionally short stacked because if he loses chips, he re-loads. No idea why you'd want to play with $40 in a room with a $200 max buy in...anyway...
Hero (SB) ($240.10)
BB ($43)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ks, Ac
5 folds, Hero calls $1, BB bets $9, Hero calls $7
Flop: ($18) 9h, 7d, 10c (2 players)
Hero bets $8, BB raises to $34 (All-In), Hero...??????
Ok, why didn't i raise with the AK? I know some ppl here are going to get on me about this...but, my logic was I know villain will raise anything if I call. If i raise and he has utter crap, he will probably fold. I was trying to trap him.
The board semi-scared me and I figure villain may be ahead with a pair but I am most likely holding two overs, and, my ace high may end up being good.
Do you call against this short stack?
Did I mention he was calling me a donkey and daring me to make the call?