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$100NL, you and the button have deep, $200 stacks, the big blind is shortstacked with $50. Assume no reads, we'll get to that later.
You're dealt in mid position. You raise to $3, the button calls, big blind raises to $10, both you and the button call.
Flop
Big blind leads for $15, so he has half his stack invested. What's our play? Here's some points you may or may not want to consider:
1) What's our play on the flop?
2) Assuming no reads, what can we say about our two opponent's ranges at this point? Following on from that, how (if at all) does button's presence in the pot affect our preflop and more importantly our flop decisions?
3) Was raise-calling preflop okay?
4) How does the big blind being shortstacked affect things? If he had us covered, would that affect optimal play either preflop or on the flop?
5) Following on from 4, let's flip our stack and the big blind's stacks around, making us the shorty. How does that change what we should be doing preflop and on the flop?
6) Are there any circumstances where a general read might affect our play here? I say a 'general' read so as to hopefully avoid any "Well if I had a read that BB only ever reraises preflop to $10 with the nuts I'd fold" and suchlike.
$100NL, you and the button have deep, $200 stacks, the big blind is shortstacked with $50. Assume no reads, we'll get to that later.
You're dealt in mid position. You raise to $3, the button calls, big blind raises to $10, both you and the button call.
Flop
Big blind leads for $15, so he has half his stack invested. What's our play? Here's some points you may or may not want to consider:
1) What's our play on the flop?
2) Assuming no reads, what can we say about our two opponent's ranges at this point? Following on from that, how (if at all) does button's presence in the pot affect our preflop and more importantly our flop decisions?
3) Was raise-calling preflop okay?
4) How does the big blind being shortstacked affect things? If he had us covered, would that affect optimal play either preflop or on the flop?
5) Following on from 4, let's flip our stack and the big blind's stacks around, making us the shorty. How does that change what we should be doing preflop and on the flop?
6) Are there any circumstances where a general read might affect our play here? I say a 'general' read so as to hopefully avoid any "Well if I had a read that BB only ever reraises preflop to $10 with the nuts I'd fold" and suchlike.