jernest
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hi all, when dealt AA or KK in BB on the very first hand of a single table SnG with 4 - 5 limpers - especially one from UTG - is a large raise or a shove more likely to induce a call?
It seems on the rare occasions that I have such good holdings in this situation that a 6x - 8x BB (sometimes even as low as 4xBB) raise usually causes folding all around. In other games where the Premium PP is in someone else's hands, given some limpers - they shove and usually gets at least one caller sometimes more.
So the question is, does a first hand shove get more callers than a "proper raise" due to players thinking the shover is an idiot/donk or whatever, and if I am holding such a hand and want the callers will I get a caller with a shove when the same individual may have folded to a pre flop raise?
I guess taking all of the limped bets is nice, but I would rather get better action. Should I lower my raise to a min raise or even just 3xBB raise hoping for a re-raise/shove or one or two callers? Any thoughts appreciated. And this is only dealing with BB or SB play.
It seems on the rare occasions that I have such good holdings in this situation that a 6x - 8x BB (sometimes even as low as 4xBB) raise usually causes folding all around. In other games where the Premium PP is in someone else's hands, given some limpers - they shove and usually gets at least one caller sometimes more.
So the question is, does a first hand shove get more callers than a "proper raise" due to players thinking the shover is an idiot/donk or whatever, and if I am holding such a hand and want the callers will I get a caller with a shove when the same individual may have folded to a pre flop raise?
I guess taking all of the limped bets is nice, but I would rather get better action. Should I lower my raise to a min raise or even just 3xBB raise hoping for a re-raise/shove or one or two callers? Any thoughts appreciated. And this is only dealing with BB or SB play.