$2 NLHE 6-max: should I have raises with 77 in SB
First I want to thank you all for your feedback. From what I could tell, everybody gave more or less the same answer which makes it pretty convincing what the right move would have been. fold, at the very least jam.
One thing quickly worth mentioning that nearly everyone suggested was to play with 100bb. Well noted! i get it and will start to incorporate. As fundiver touched upon, a player with my history would rather play with a smaller stack due to having a losing- fearful mentality. Better lose a little than alot was my thinking.
But I am getting better and therefore winning more often so perhaps it is now time to always re-up to 100bb.
I briefly want to address what my mindset was when playing the hand and I will use BentlyBoy's response as a framework for my thought process:
First, I thought the button was just trying to steal the blinds and therefore was playing a pretty wide range of cards.
I also believed the BB was thinking the same that I was about the button's small raise and also perceived me as being weak after my call.
Moving along, I was thinking the BB was trying to bluff me off with at best a pair less than 77 or a hand that ranged from k10-kq. I didnt think he had aces.
I went all in because of what i thought about his range. I didnt expect he would turn over a pr of 10's.
Anyway, thats what I was thinking.
But again thanks to everybody for giving me clarity here. This forum is truly an amazing place for education not to mention the other benefits.
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