Empire (Yes I moved) 10+1. A7s. Bubble Hand.

[vqc]

***** Hand History for Game 2342184434 *****
NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:13818990 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Sunday, July 10, 16:55:16 EDT 2005
Table Table 35338 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 7: medicruss ( $2015 )
Seat 10: OliverMac ( $670 )
Seat 3: lockup3 ( $3405 )
Seat 8: TheGrindHer ( $1910 )
Trny:13818990 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to TheGrindHer [ 7s As ]
OliverMac folds.
lockup3 raises [300].
medicruss folds.
TheGrindHer calls [150].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Ks, 6s ]
TheGrindHer is all-In [1610]

Reads
I have seen 52 hands
He seems to be quite loose, and raises too much. The only hand Iv seen him raise with was 88 (he took it to showdown so I saw it).

[gabe]

why did you think the stop n go was better than pushing preflop?

[vqc]

I didnt really want to go all in against the big stack preflop.

My stack size was a bit more htan 10xBB. If i called his pfr i would be a little below 10xBB and I felt that I oculd make up the chips i lost calling the raise with some bubble steals. I was willing to call the preflop raise and see a flop, and it was either going to be push or fold on the flop.

Being first to act, I wouldve pushed any ace flop, and any 2 spade flop. If not then I probably woudlve folded out of the hand short 150 chips.

Is that too weak of a play with A7s on the bubble against a loose big stack? The play is exactly the same as a stop and go, but I wasnt intending it to be one.

[Bmxicle]

I didnt really want to go all in against the big stack preflop.

My stack size was a bit more htan 10xBB. If i called his pfr i would be a little below 10xBB and I felt that I oculd make up the chips i lost calling the raise with some bubble steals. I was willing to call the preflop raise and see a flop, and it was either going to be push or fold on the flop.

Being first to act, I wouldve pushed any ace flop, and any 2 spade flop. If not then I probably woudlve folded out of the hand short 150 chips.

Is that too weak of a play with A7s on the bubble against a loose big stack? The play is exactly the same as a stop and go, but I wasnt intending it to be one.

So you call and push on the flop unimproved?? Basically in situations like this if i think my hand is better than a large range of his hands i will be pushing over the top of his raise pre-flop. I definately don't like pushing allin with A high on a board that he could have easily hit something on.

[Sed]

Is a min-raise his usual MO or are you looking at AA/KK?

- sed

[gabe]

not quite as bubblicious, but just as fun


***** Hand History for Game 2344397821 *****
NL Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:13831471 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Sunday, July 10, 23:22:54 EDT 2005
Table Table 14926 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 6: bjc8x ( $1480 )
Seat 3: pushtron ( $670 )
Seat 8: Jeanette29 ( $1060 )
Seat 5: jcream22 ( $685 )
Seat 10: rosschu ( $615 )
Seat 2: Zeeplaneboss ( $305 )
Seat 7: lastdeu ( $1575 )
Seat 4: ap9966 ( $1610 )
Trny:13831471 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to pushtron [ 4h 3h ]
ap9966 folds.
jcream22 folds.
bjc8x folds.
lastdeu raises [125].
Jeanette29 folds.
rosschu folds.
Zeeplaneboss folds.
pushtron calls [75].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 7s, Js ]
pushtron is all-In [545]
lastdeu folds.
pushtron does not show cards.
pushtron wins 820 chips
>You have options at Table 14973 Table!.

[vqc]

The stop and go is a powerful move.

[gabe]

ive decided the stop n go is sooo much better than the squeeze play in SNGs.

***** Hand History for Game 2344863572 *****
NL Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:13833576 Level:4 Blinds(50/100) - Monday, July 11, 00:45:20 EDT 2005
Table Table 14255 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: pushtron ( $855 )
Seat 1: TinaTinaTina ( $930 )
Seat 5: hipplayer ( $2160 )
Seat 10: imbicile ( $680 )
Seat 8: golfnbowl ( $2120 )
Seat 4: kasualone158 ( $1255 )
Trny:13833576 Level:4
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to pushtron [ 5s 2s ]
hipplayer folds.
golfnbowl raises [250].
imbicile folds.
TinaTinaTina folds.
pushtron calls [200].
kasualone158 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Ks, 6c ]
pushtron is all-In [605]
golfnbowl folds.
pushtron does not show cards.
pushtron wins 1205 chips

[poskid_1982]

ive decided the stop n go is sooo much better than the squeeze play in SNGs.

I must agree. The bubble is my new favorite place for this play.

Just make sure that you can be reasonably sure of their holding