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AJantwan
Rock Star
Silver Level
To quote Liv Boeree, at this stack size "it’s just not possible to create a balanced, credible range of hands you can raise-fold, and thus it will be very easy for your opponents to adjust and take advantage of you."
But I'm thinking that at small stakes, opponents just aren't going to be paying enough attention. When discussing a hand with Phil Helmuth, where he's arguing that it's okay to min raise at this level, Liv responds that "...it means we are assuming that the blinds are very tight and only re-jamming very few hands, or alternatively, it means they haven’t figured out that you’re min-raising hands like A-2 with the intention of folding. As soon as they notice that you’re prepared to raise-fold with that stack size, they’ll correctly widen their shoving range...and will therefore be exploiting you massively."
But the key part is that she recognizes that if those who are acting after you aren't paying attention, then a min-raise could work. Right?
So the question becomes, is anyone paying attention at the micro level? I plan on looking at my HM2 stats for when players with <10BB min-raise and see how others respond, but my sample size probably isn't huge, so I thought I'd get an opinion on CardsChat.
Thoughts? Is it okay to minraise with a short stack?
But I'm thinking that at small stakes, opponents just aren't going to be paying enough attention. When discussing a hand with Phil Helmuth, where he's arguing that it's okay to min raise at this level, Liv responds that "...it means we are assuming that the blinds are very tight and only re-jamming very few hands, or alternatively, it means they haven’t figured out that you’re min-raising hands like A-2 with the intention of folding. As soon as they notice that you’re prepared to raise-fold with that stack size, they’ll correctly widen their shoving range...and will therefore be exploiting you massively."
But the key part is that she recognizes that if those who are acting after you aren't paying attention, then a min-raise could work. Right?
So the question becomes, is anyone paying attention at the micro level? I plan on looking at my HM2 stats for when players with <10BB min-raise and see how others respond, but my sample size probably isn't huge, so I thought I'd get an opinion on CardsChat.
Thoughts? Is it okay to minraise with a short stack?