Quote Originally Posted by Bear Bones View Post
3) I'm not currently using a tracking software so no HUD available.

4) at about 3.5x it's big enough to fold out the blinds but probably keep in the limper and I have a hand that I want to see a flop with.

5) because at this level many people try to limp with anything that is suited, has an A, small pairs or connectors. Even without specific reads I'm working to get beyond "hey I have a pair, bet" to "how does my pair stack up to what villain might have". I think even sitting down at a table you can make some basic assumptions about ranges and work to narrow it down. I hadn't seen op do anything crazy or spew money. He open limped from early position then called my raise so he's either really loose preflop/ slowplaying a monster or has a hand he thinks he can extract value from OOP postflop.

How do you play this hand if it's your first hand at the table?

6) the pot is $10 and I have a PSB behind. How do you play this if you had a full stack and you have $20 behind instead?

Caddie, I agree, calling pretty much commits me to the hand given stacks. I think I'm ahead of enough to see it through at this point. Assuming that I am committed here what do you think? I lean towards three scenarios in the order of likelyhood given the action,

1) he has a draw that missed on the flop and he wants to see another card
2) he has two overs or some value (small to med pair) that he wants to see showdown with
3) he has a monster and wants to induce a raise

thoughts? How do you play this hand differently with a full stack here?
If you don't use a hud then you have to be able to get a feel for everyone's general style of play without one, so you have to pay extra close attention to everyone to get reads ;(. Do you always raise some random typed out amount? whats the point of this? How can you assume that many people at this level limp any ace without reads and after you said that you were new at this level so you were waiting to know what it feels like before you top off your stack? Just because some people do limp pretty much atc you can't assume an unkown is limping such a wide range. If you do, your ranges will be off quite a bit pretty much always --------------------------------EV. If your can't put him on an accurate range pre without a hud then just get one, sheesh. If it's the first hand at the table then give him a range then I would give him a range of something like 22-99, ATs, AJ-AQo, KJs, KQo,KQs,QJs, with the intention of taking a more passive than normal line and not spewtarding off my stack against someone who I have no information about. If i have a full stack and 0 hands on any other players at the table my plan would be to limp behind pre because we're kinda digging ourselfs a grave if there are some laggtarded players behind us, if we do raise for value then I'd cbet that flop for value and call his flop c/r because we'll have position on the turn, I don't raising the blocking bet just cause we have no information on this player, which you really should after a few rounds.