4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,107
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Originally Posted by gabe
"it" referred to the size of the pot if the villian called. so the pot would be 1200+antes, and that would be more than half his stack.
i might push preflop for the stated reasons, but raising preflop just to push the flop takes a better hand than KJo.
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First of all, you seem to be making out that if the pot is half your stack or more, you're pot committed. I can't even begin to agree with that. If he raised to 600 and put not another cent into the pot, he'd have 2400 left and the villain would have around 8000, with a big blind of 200 (1/12th of his remaining chips)... which is not a great situation, but far from dire.
Second, raising pre-flop and pushing on the flop doesn't take a better hand than KJ. In heads up play this is a move, and a legitimate and strong one. You can do it with any two cards. Raise pre-flop and push the flop basically in the dark, hoping that your opponent didn't hit (or at least didn't hit hard); the majority of hold 'em hands do not connect with the flop, and some of the ones that do might just make bottom pair or a draw of some sort.
But I'm not even advocating raise-then-push on this hand; I think he has enough chips left that he can play aggressively but within the bounds of regular play. This ain't push-or-fold time. You can push at times for strategic reasons, but "I don't like to play KJ post-flop, and that pot sure is tasty-looking" isn't a good one.
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