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Old 11-12-2004, 12:27 AM     Post subject: Defending your blinds in shorthanded limit #1 (permalink)  
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So today I'm playing 3/6 at Absolute when the table starts to break up and gets down to 3 players. I don't usually play that shorthanded, but I was multitabling and autoposted my blind.

The button folds, SB raises, and I call holding 89o, figuring he could be attempting a steal, and I'm getting 3:1 on my call.

The flop comes 399 rainbow. SB bets, I call.

Turn is an A, the second spade. He bets, I raise, he calls.

River is a non-spade Q. He checks, I bet, he raises, I reraise, he thinks and calls. I show my trips, he mucks and says, "lovely." I say "half price," and he says "Any two for half price, huh?"

Was my call too loose? I'm sure I wouldn't have called on a full table, but it seems like you have to make more of an effort to defend your blinds shorthanded.
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Old 11-12-2004, 12:18 PM #2 (permalink)  

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Absolutely. Hell, I might have reraised with 89o (just kidding). Heads up is a different animal and your call here was correct.
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:21 PM #3 (permalink)  
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89 isn't a bad starting hand with just one other player in. Depends on the raise, and I certainly have folded it more than I've played it, but it's not a terrible hand. Assuming he doesn't have you dominated with a high pair (and I think you made the right read here, that he was stealing, probably with high cards), you're probably at least a 33% winner against almost any hand he could have. Against even AK suited, you win 33%.
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:21 PM #4 (permalink)  
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I would have called that as well.
-It seemed like a good idea at the time-
 
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